Therapon of Cyprus

Holy Hieromartyr Therapon of Cyprus was first a monk and then a bishop on the island of Cyprus, and died a martyr in the time of the persecution of Diocletian (284-305), because he bravely confessed the Name of Christ.

The saint's relics at first stayed in Cyprus and were glorified by many miracles. In the year 806 they were moved to Constantinople, because the danger of a Saracen invasion threatened. On the way, as the ship with the relics sailed toward Constantinople, myrrh began to flow from them, and the travellers on board were miraculously saved from a storm through the prayers of Saint Therapon. Having reached Constantinople, the relics were laid in the church built in honour of the icon of the Mother of God Eleousa, that is, the Merciful (celebrated on 12 November), and the Azbyka page says that they were then carried to a new house of worship dedicated to the saint. Myrrh continued to flow from them and miracles to be worked: through the prayers of Saint Therapon very grave diseases were healed and the dying returned to life.

Saint Therapon is commemorated on 7 June.