Hieromonk
Venerable Theodul was the son of the Venerable Nila the Postnik. In his youth, he withdrew to Mount Sinai, leaving the world behind. During the attack of the barbarians on the hermits, he fell into the hands of robbers, who decided to offer him as a sacrifice at dawn. But through the fervent prayer of his father, the Venerable Nila, the Lord saved the young man. Sold by the robbers in the city of Elusa, he was redeemed by the local bishop and reunited with his father. After being ordained by the bishop as a priest, they returned to Mount Sinai, where they served the Lord until the end of their lives. Their incorruptible relics were transferred to Constantinople during the reign of Emperor Justin the Younger and laid to rest in the church in honor of the Holy Apostles in the Orphanotrophium.
