Theoclete the Wonderworker

Venerable Theoclete the Wonderworker was a Byzantine saint of the ninth century. She lived in the reign of the iconoclast emperor Theophilos and distinguished herself by her many deeds on behalf of the poor and by her Christian life. Her incorrupt relics are believed by the Orthodox to be a source of many miracles. She is commemorated on 3 August as venerable.

She was born in the Theme of the Optimatoi. Her parents were named Constantine and Anastasia. Her parents, of a fairly high social condition, forced her to marry a man named Zacharias, whom she is said to have guided onto the "right path". All her life she is said to have been involved in many Christian works, especially by receiving into her house many people in need and distributing significant parts of her wealth in charity. The Byzantine saint is said to have summoned her friends before her death to announce joyfully her impending death. Her incorrupt body is said to have produced miracles. Her name means "called by God" and appears in several forms, sometimes Theoklito, sometimes Theokliti, although this may refer to another saint of the same name commemorated on 21 August in some manuscripts. In the Orthodox liturgy she is honoured with hymns, among them her apolytikion, which has not reached us in the sources.