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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
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Martyr

Theodore Churkin

A Russian martyr, commemorated in the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Feast
October 2old style October 15
Era
unknown
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Theodore Churkin is one of the martyrs of Kazan who suffered for Christ in the city of Kazan in the years 1552-1553, according to azbyka. Only his name has been preserved from his life.

He is commemorated with Boris Saltykov, Jacob Evstafev, Sylvan Vasilyev and the other Russian and Tatar martyrs of Kazan. Their commemoration is on 2 October by the old calendar (15 October by the new), according to Patriarch Job's letter of 1592, and the Synaxis of the Saints of Kazan is kept on 4 October by the old calendar (17 October by the new).

Commemorated the same day October 2