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Saint Theodore the Branded
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Saint Theodore the Branded

Palestinian monk who defended holy icons and had verses cut into his face by order of an iconoclast emperor.

Icon of Saints Theodore and Theophanes the Branded. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Who was Saint Theodore the Branded?

Theodore and his younger brother Theophanes were monks of the monastery of Saint Sabbas near Jerusalem. Sent to Constantinople, they defended the veneration of holy icons against the iconoclast emperors and were repeatedly imprisoned, beaten and exiled. In 836 Emperor Theophilus ordered twelve lines of insulting verse to be cut into their faces, which is why they are called the Graptoi, "the inscribed." Theodore died in exile in Bithynia around 841, shortly before the veneration of icons was restored.

Feast day and traditions

His brother Theophanes later became bishop of Nicaea and wrote many hymns still sung in the Byzantine liturgy. The Roman Martyrology remembers Theodore on December 27.

Prayer

Saint Theodore, who bore the marks of your faith on your face, help us to honor Christ and his saints with courage and love. Amen.

Novena

To pray a novena that ends on the eve of the feast, begin on December 18 and finish on December 26.

Mass readings

Read the Mass readings for December 27 from the US bishops (USCCB).

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Celebrate as a family

Look at the holy images in your home together and explain to the children why we honor pictures of Jesus, Mary and the saints.

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