On Great and Holy Wednesday, the hymns of the Bridegroom Service remind us of the sinful woman who poured precious ointment on Christ\u2019s head at Simon the leper\u2019s house (Mt. 26:7).<\/p>\n
The disciples complained about the wasteful extravagance, for the myrrh could have been sold and the money given to the poor. On this same day Judas agreed to betray the Lord for thirty pieces of silver. Because the betrayal took place on Wednesday, Orthodox Christians fast on most Wednesdays during the year.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, the Savior declared that the woman\u2019s actions would be remembered wherever the Gospel is preached (Mt. 26:13), for she had anointed Him in preparation for His burial (Mt. 26:12).<\/p>\n
Saint Theodore Trichinas was born in Constantinople, the son of wealthy and pious parents. From childhood Saint Theodore was inclined toward monasticism, so he left his home, family, and former life in order to enter a monastery in Thrace.<\/p>\n
There he began his arduous ascetic struggles. He dressed in a hair-shirt, from which he derived the name \u201cTrichinas,\u201d (or Hair-Shirt Wearer\u201d). He even slept on a stone in order avoid bodily comfort, and to prevent himself from sleeping too much.<\/p>\n
His life was adorned with miracles, and he had the power to heal the sick. He reposed at the end of the fourth century, or the beginning of the fifth century. A healing myrrh flows from his relics.<\/p>\n
The name of Saint Theodore Trichinas is one of the most revered in the history of Orthodox monasticism. Saint Joseph the Hymnographer (April 4) has composed a Canon to the saint.<\/p>\n
Troparion \u2014 Tone 3
\nHoly Father Theodore, \/ you were a temple of abstinence and a vessel of dispassion; \/ you served God by your works, \/ and were found worthy of His gifts. \/ Now pray to Christ our God to grant us His great mercy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Great and Holy Wednesday On Great and Holy Wednesday, the hymns of the Bridegroom Service remind us of the sinful woman who poured precious ointment on Christ\u2019s head at Simon the leper\u2019s house (Mt. 26:7). The disciples complained about the wasteful extravagance, for the myrrh could have been sold and the money given to the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[7192,4231,10012,6567,10011,6569,6570,10010,7194,7193,2104,6568],"class_list":["post-162801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feasts-and-saints","tag-20-april","tag-calendar","tag-daily-saints","tag-feasts-and-saints","tag-life-of-saints","tag-lives-of-the-saints","tag-orthodox-calendar","tag-orthodox-saints","tag-saint-theodore","tag-saint-theotimus","tag-saints","tag-saints-of-the-day"],"better_featured_image":{"id":232937,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1500,"height":2158,"file":"2017\/04\/03-MIERCURI-2.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"03-MIERCURI-2-360x360.jpg","width":360,"height":360,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/03-MIERCURI-2-360x360.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"03-MIERCURI-2-619x890.jpg","width":619,"height":890,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/03-MIERCURI-2-619x890.jpg"},"large":{"file":"03-MIERCURI-2-712x1024.jpg","width":712,"height":1024,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/03-MIERCURI-2-712x1024.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"4","credit":"Picasa","camera":"NIKON D300","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1247061570","copyright":"","focal_length":"31","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.01","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":160833,"source_url":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/03-MIERCURI-2.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162801\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=162801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162801\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232937\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=162801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=162801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=162801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}