Theodosia of Amisus

Holy Martyr Theodosia of Amisus (Theodora of Pontus) is one of the seven virgin martyrs: Alexandra, Claudia, Euphrasia, Matrona, Juliana, Euphemia and Theodosia, seized in the city of Amisus, on the shore of the Black Sea, in the persecution of the Emperor Maximian Galerius (305 to 311). At the inquiry they confessed their faith and for this were given over to cruel tortures. They were stripped and beaten with rods, their breasts were cut off, and then, hung up, their bodies were scraped with sharp hooks. In the end the holy virgins were burned alive in a heated furnace, in the year 310.

Theodosia is commemorated on 2 April (new style), together with the others. Their story was also written down by Saint Demetrius of Rostov.