Martyr
Theis
A martyr remembered in the synaxarion of the Greek Church.
- Feast
- February 23old style March 8
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Saint Theis (Thea) the Martyr is commemorated on 23 February (new style, the calendar of the Church of Greece) together with Clement. According to the verses of the synaxarion, she mocked the false gods and the defenders of error killed her with the sword. No other details of her life are preserved.
Commemorated the same day February 23
Polycarp of SmyrnaHieromartyr · Bishop of SmyrnaFeb 23
Matrona of MoscowFool-for-ChristFeb 23
Serenus of SirmiumMartyr · Gardener, martyr of SirmiumFeb 23
Alexander the UnsleepingVenerable · Founder of the Unsleeping OnesFeb 23
GorgoniaRighteous · Sister of Gregory the TheologianFeb 23
John TheristisVenerable · Monk in CalabriaFeb 23
PolychroniusSaint · Bishop of BabylonFeb 23- John, Antiochus, Antoninus and MosesVenerable · Syrian hermitsFeb 23
- Polycarp of BryanskVenerable · Founder of the Transfiguration MonasteryFeb 23
- ZebinasVenerable · Syrian hermitFeb 23
- PolychroniusVenerable · Hermit of SyriaFeb 23
- 73 MartyrsHoly MartyrsFeb 23