Theodore of Kyrenia

Saint Theodore, hieromartyr, was bishop of Kyrenia, according to tradition in the time of the emperor Diocletian (284 to 305), and died a martyr in the third century or at the beginning of the fourth. The Orthodox Church commemorates him on 4 July.

He was born in the city called Kyrene in the sources and copied sacred books. The sources do not say clearly whether this is Kyrenia in Cyprus, as the title here has it, so the location is not certain.

In the time of the persecutions he was betrayed by his own son, Leon. He died a martyr together with the women martyrs Aroa (Arona), Kyprilla and Lucia.

No other news of his life has been preserved in the sources at hand.