Founder of communal monastic life in Palestine.
St. Theodosius the Cenobiarch was born in Cappadocia in the fifth century and came as a young man to the Holy Land, where he embraced the ascetic life. Near Bethlehem he founded a great monastery of the common life, and he was appointed head of all the cenobitic monks of Palestine, whence his title Cenobiarch.
His monastery cared for the sick, the aged, and the poor, joining prayer to works of mercy, and he stood firm for the Orthodox faith in the disputes of his age. He reposed at a great age and is commemorated on January 11.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Theodosius the Cenobiarch is commemorated on January 11. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on January 24 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Theodosios, Theodosius, Fedya, Ted
Also commemorated on January 11
Theodosios of Trebizond
Hierarch, Θεοδόσιος Τραπεζούντος
St. Theodosios, abbot of Philotheou on Athos and Metropolitan of Trebizond.
Michael of Klops
Venerable, Μιχαήλ ο διά Χριστόν Σαλός
Venerable Michael the Fool-for-Christ of the Klops Monastery near Novgorod.
Parthena, Domnina and Neollina
Holy Woman, Παρθένα, Δομνίνα και Νεολλίνα
Holy Virgin Martyrs Neollina, Domnina and Parthena of Edessa.
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