Theodore of Ancyra

Saint Theodore the Confessor, Bishop of Ancyra.

Saint Theodore was Bishop of Ancyra in Galatia. The synaxarion honours him as a confessor who suffered for the faith and reposed in peace.

No further details of his life are preserved.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Theodore of Ancyra is commemorated on November 3. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on November 16 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on November 3

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  Akepsimas of Persia

  Hierarch, Ακεψιμάς

  Holy Hieromartyr Acepsimas of Persia.

• Consecration of the Church of George in Lydda

  Saint, Ανακομιδή λειψάνων Αγίου Γεωργίου

  Consecration of the church of the Great Martyr George at Lydda and the deposition of his relics there.

• George the New Hieromartyr of Neapolis

  Hierarch, Γεώργιος ο Νεαπολίτης

  Holy New Hieromartyr George, priest of Neapolis in Cappadocia, martyred in 1797.

• Akepsimas the Hermit

  Venerable, Ακεψιμάς ο Όσιος

  Venerable Akepsimas, hermit of Cyrrhus in Syria who lived enclosed in a cell for sixty years.

• Dasius, Severus, Andronas, Theodotus and Theodota

  Martyr, Δάσιος, Σέβηρος, Άνδρωνας, Θεόδοτος και Θεοδότη

  Holy Martyrs Dasius, Severus, Andronas, Theodotus and Theodota.

• Achaemenides of Persia

  Martyr, Αχαιμενίδης

  Holy Confessor Achaemenides, a Persian nobleman who suffered for Christ under King Yazdegerd.