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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Holy Martyrs

Theodore and Philippa

Martyrs at Perge, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.

Feast
September 20old style October 3
Era
2nd century
Place
Perge
Order
Martyrs

Life

Saints Theodore and Philippa, Martyrs, with their companions, were crucified at Perge in Pamphylia, in the time of the emperor Elagabalus (around 220). Theodore was a Roman soldier, and Philippa his mother. Their companions suffered martyrdom with them: the soldier Socrates and Dionysius, a former pagan priest who became a Christian. Some sources add a third companion, named Dioscorus.

The Catholic Church commemorates them on 20 September, and the Orthodox Church on 21 April, which also dates their deaths to the reign of the emperor Antoninus Pius (138-161).

Commemorated the same day September 20