Saints of Orthodoxy

St. TheophylactusBishop of Nicomedia

the Confessor

Venerable· Green: Colour of the Holy Spirit and eternal life

“He built churches, hospices, homes for wanderers, he generously distributed alms, was the guardian of orphans, widows and the sick, and personally attended those afflicted with leprosy...”
St. Theophylactus Bishop of Nicomedia

Dates of commemoration for saint

Birth

8th century

Byzantine Empire

Death

845

Asia Minor

Life path

  • Monk
  • Bishop

Undertakings & Callings

  • Comforting of the poor
  • Defending the faith
  • Confessing the faith

God's Gifts

  • Wonderworking
  • Prophesy

Sufferings

  • Exile

Eras

  • Iconoclast heresy

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