Martyr
Saint Theodore lived in Antioch and was engaged in trade. By the order of Emperor Julian the Apostate, he was imprisoned for singing psalms while carrying the holy relics of the martyr Vavila: "Let all who serve idols be put to shame, who boast of idols" (Ps. 96:7).
Saint Theodore was tortured, being hung on a tree and whipped with the hides of oxen, and then he was thrown into a dungeon in iron chains. In the morning, Julian learned that the sufferings of the saint brought joy to the Christians, and he ordered his release. The saint, recounting his sufferings, said that at first he felt a little pain, but then an Angel appeared to him, who strengthened him.
Seeing how the Angel supported the saint, the torturers could not harm him. Julian, for his cruelties, was punished with death during a war with the Persians, while Saint Theodore, rejoicing, departed to the Lord.
