St. Theodore Tiron Icon Mounted on wood Sizes:8 X 11

St. Theodore Tiron Icon Mounted on wood Sizes:8 X 11Orthodox Icon of Holy and Great Martyr Theodore Tiron or Theodore of Amasea Tyro or Tyron or Tiro or Teron. Comemmorated February 17th. Great Martyr Theodore the Recruit (Tiron) came from Amasia in Pontus and was a Roman legionary at the time of Maximian's great persecution (c. 303) He was commaned by his superior to offer incense to the idos and refused. St Theodore firmly confessed his faith in Christ the Savior in a loud voice. He was accused of

do not watch over this sinful flock

the holy Apostle Andrew had already given up his holy soul to the Lord

For hundreds of years

The lion now realized what had happened

Icon made by iconographer Demetrios Hraniotis (Greece)

Prophet Abbakoum

'My fathers and benefactors

This isolation was necessary for successful inner concentration and noetic prayer and he made great spiritual progress there

the Mother of the Heavenly Bridegroom

St Luke also wrote the Acts of the Holy Apostles at Rome around 62-63 A

Paul was preaching in the area of Troy when he had a dream

Orthodox Icon of the Prophet Elijah