The Monk Theodore the Trikhinian
Commemorated on April 20
The Monk Theodore
the Trikhinian was born into a rich Constantinople family. In his youth he
withdrew into a wilderness monastery in Thrace and accepted monasticism. The
monk was strict in fasting, and he wore only a coarse prickly hairshirt, which
was called a "trikhinia" ("vlasyanitsa"). This name also
was given to the monastery in which he pursued asceticism. During his life the
monk worked many miracles and healings. After his death there flowed from his
holy relics a salubrious myrrh, which healed many of the sick and cast out impure
spirits.
The years during
which the monk Theodore lived is unknown.
© 1996-2001 by translator Fr. S. Janos.