{"id":167372,"date":"2022-06-07T00:00:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T21:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=167372\/"},"modified":"2022-06-07T15:36:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T12:36:45","slug":"hieromartyr-theodotus-the-bishop-of-ancyra-martyr-zinaida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/hieromartyr-theodotus-the-bishop-of-ancyra-martyr-zinaida\/","title":{"rendered":"Hieromartyr Theodotus the Bishop of Ancyra; Martyr Zenaida"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hieromartyr Theodotus, Bishop of Ancyra<\/h3>\n

The Holy Martyr Theodotus<\/strong> lived in Ancyra of Galatia in the third century. He was distinguished by his kindliness and concern. At the height of the persecution under Diocletian (284-305) he provided Christians with everything they needed, and gave them shelter in his home. There they secretly celebrated church services.<\/p>\n

Saint Theodotus visited the Christian captives in prison, paid their bail, and reverently buried the bodies of martyrs who had been thrown to the wild beasts. Once he buried the bodies of seven holy women martyrs, who were drowned in the sea (May 18). They reported this to the governor.<\/p>\n

After refusing to offer sacrifice to idols, and denouncing the folly of paganism, Saint Theodotus confessed Christ as God, for which they subjected him to terrible tortures and beheaded him with a sword. They wanted to burn the holy martyr\u2019s body, but could not do so because of a storm which had arisen, so they gave his holy relics to a certain Christian for burial.<\/p>\n

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Troparion \u2014 Tone 4<\/h4>\n

Your holy martyr Theodotus and his companions, O Lord, \/ through their sufferings have received incorruptible crowns from You, our God. \/ For having Your strength, they laid low their adversaries, \/ and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. \/ Through their intercessions, save our souls!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/article>\n

Martyr Z\u0113na\u03afda (Zenais) of Caesarea in Palestine<\/h3>\n

There is very little information about Saint Z\u0113na\u03afda, except that she was born in 284, in Caesarea of Palestine, and that she was found worthy of the charism of working miracles. She ended the course of her life with a martyric death.<\/p>\n

The Byzantine Synaxarion mentions that Saint Z\u0113na\u03afda’s veneration was widespread in Constantinople, where her Synaxis took place on June 6, at a church dedicated to her in the Basilisk district.<\/p>\n

There are a number of hagiographic sources which mention the name of Saint Z\u0113na\u03afda. Among them, a Neapolitan calendar of the IX century (June 7); a printed Greek Menaion (Venice, 1591; and the Synaxaristes of Saint Nik\u00f3d\u0113mos of the Holy Mountain.<\/p>\n

In the Roman Martyrology of Cardinal Caesar Baronius, Z\u0113na\u03afda is mistakenly listed under June 5 with the martyrs Valeria, Kyriak\u1e17, and Maria.<\/p>\n

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Troparion \u2014 Tone 4<\/h4>\n

Your holy martyr Z\u0113na\u03afda, O Lord, \/ through her sufferings has received an incorruptible crown from You, our God. \/ For having Your strength, she laid low her adversaries, \/ and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. \/ Through her intercessions, save our souls!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/article>\n

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