Theodora of Vladimir

Holy Right-⁠Believing Princess Martyr Theodora of Vladimir (Theodora Georgievna) was born in 1229 in Vladimir, into a princely family. Her father was the right-⁠believing Prince George (Yury) Vsevolodovich, and her mother the right-⁠believing princess martyr Agatha of Vladimir. She died on 7 February 1238, during the Tatar assault on Vladimir.

Count M. V. Tolstoy tells of the tragedy of 1238: on the Sunday of Meatfare, 7 February, soon after Matins, the Tatar attack began. Bishop Mitrophan, with the family of the grand prince and the people, shut himself in the Dormition Cathedral. Those gathered received monastic tonsure from Bishop Mitrophan, confessed, received the Holy Mysteries and prepared for death. The Tatars took the city and, coming to the church where Bishop Mitrophan was with the people, broke down the church doors, laid fires around the church and inside it and lit them. Then Bishop Mitrophan said, "Lord, stretch out Your invisible hand and receive in peace the souls of Your servants," and then blessed all for their inevitable death. All who were in the cathedral died from the smoke and the swords of the enemy.