Theodore of Perge and those with him

Holy Martyrs Theodore of Perge, his mother Philippa, and Dioscorus, Socrates and Dionysius.

Theodore was a young soldier of Perge in Pamphylia who refused to sacrifice to the idols and was cruelly tortured in the second century. The pagan priest Dioscorus, seeing his endurance, believed in Christ and was burned; the soldiers Socrates and Dionysius who guarded him likewise confessed and were speared.

Theodore was crucified, and his mother Philippa, who stood by him, was beheaded. They are honoured together.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Theodore of Perge and those with him is commemorated on April 19. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on May 2 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on April 19

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  John of the Ladder

  Venerable, Ιωάννης της Κλίμακος

  Abbot of Sinai and author of The Ladder of Divine Ascent.

  Name days: Ioannis, Giannis, Yiannis, John

• Paphnutius of Jerusalem

  Hierarch, Παφνούτιος ο Ιεροσολυμίτης

  Hieromartyr Paphnutius of Jerusalem.

• Agathangelos of Esphigmenou

  Martyr, Αγαθάγγελος ο Εσφιγμενίτης

  Holy New Martyr Agathangelos of the Esphigmenou Monastery, beheaded at Smyrna.

• George of Pisidia

  Hierarch, Γεώργιος Επίσκοπος Πισιδίας

  Saint George the Confessor, Bishop of Antioch in Pisidia, who suffered exile for the icons.

• Tryphon of Constantinople

  Hierarch, Τρύφων Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως

  Saint Tryphon, Patriarch of Constantinople, who yielded his throne in humility.

• Symeon of Philotheou

  Venerable, Συμεών ο Μονοχίτων

  Venerable Symeon the Barefoot of Philotheou, abbot and preacher of repentance in Greece.