Theodore of Constantinople

Theodore I, Archbishop of Constantinople.

Theodore was Patriarch of Constantinople in the seventh century, in the days of the emperor Constantine IV. He governed the Church with piety and reposed in peace.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Theodore of Constantinople is commemorated on December 27. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on January 9 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on December 27

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  Stephen the First Martyr

  Martyr, Στέφανος Πρωτομάρτυς

  Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen.

  Name days: Stefanos, Stefanis, Stephanos, Stefan, Stephen, Steve, Stefania, Stephania, Stephanie, Stefanie

• Theodore Graptus

  Venerable, Θεόδωρος ο Γραπτός

  Venerable Theodore the Branded, Confessor of the holy icons.

• Luke of Triglia

  Venerable, Λουκάς ο Τριγλινός

  Venerable Luke of Triglia in Bithynia.

• Mauricius and the Seventy Martyrs

  Martyr, Μαυρίκιος, Φωτεινός και οι Εβδομήκοντα

  Holy Martyrs Mauricius, his son Photinus, and the seventy soldiers martyred at Apamea.