Holy Martyr Theodoule of Anazarbus and those who believed through her.
St. Theodoule was a Christian woman of Anazarbus in Cilicia who suffered in the persecution of Diocletian. Tradition relates that her steadfastness under torture led her tormentors Helladios, Evagrios, Makarios and Boethos to believe in Christ, and they were martyred with her.
She is commemorated on January 18.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Theodoule the Martyr is commemorated on January 18. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on January 31 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Theodoule, Theodouli, Theodoula
Also commemorated on January 18
Athanasios the Great
Hierarch, Αθανάσιος ο Μέγας
Archbishop of Alexandria, Father of Orthodoxy, defender of Nicaea.
Name days: Athanasios, Thanassis, Thanos, Nasis, Atanas, Athanasius, Thanasis, Thanasi, Athanasis, Athanasia, Nasia, Sia
Cyril of Alexandria
Hierarch, Κύριλλος Αλεξανδρείας
St. Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria, champion of the title Theotokos.
Markianos of Cyrrhus
Venerable, Μαρκιανός
Venerable Markianos, hermit of the desert of Cyrrhus in Syria.
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