Theodosius of Monza

Venerable Theodosius of Monza was a monk of the Russian Church, in the Annunciation monastery on the river Monza, in the Kostroma governorate, and died around the year 1602. He is commemorated on 12 December, in the Synaxis of the saints of Kostroma.

Almost nothing has survived of his childhood and life in the world, and the other reports about him are few and fragmentary. It is known that he struggled in the Annunciation monastery on the bank of the river Monza almost from its founding. In the life of Venerable Ferapont it is said that Theodosius was blind and surpassed all the brethren of the monastery in monastic virtues: obedience, humility, vigil in prayer, fasting and diligence. His favorite work, which he did not interrupt even at night and which he often did secretly in place of other monks, was preparing flour on hand mills. He was granted wonderful appearances of Venerable Ferapont, who had died before, and after his own death he himself appeared to others.

According to a Russian biographical dictionary, Theodosius died not later than 1601, but the Orthodox encyclopedia "Drevo", citing the Kostroma diocese, says that he died in 1602. He was buried in the Annunciation church of the Monza monastery, now abolished.