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[[Image:Theodore_the_Studite.jpg|right|thumb|St. Theodore the Studite]]
Our [[Venerable]] and God-bearing Father '''Theodore the Studite''' (759-826) was a [[hymnographer]] and [[theologian]] as well as the [[abbot]] of the [[Monastery]] of [[Studion Monastery|St. John the Baptist in Studios]], outside of Constantinople. His great theological contribution, ''On the Holy Icons'', was for the defense of [[icons]] during the Second [[Iconoclasm]] Period (814-842). He is also known for his writings and influence on monastic reform. His [[feast day]] is on [[November 11]], and the transfer of his [[relics]] from Cherson to Constantinople in 845 on [[January 26]].
Following the death of Emperor Leo IV (775–780) in 780, Theodore's uncle Platon, who had lived as a monk in the Symbola Monastery in Bithynia since 759, visited Constantinople, and persuaded the entire family of his sister, Theoktiste, to pursue the monastic life. Theodore, together with his father and brothers, sailed back to Bithynia with Platon in 781, where they set about transforming the family estate into a religious establishment, which became known as the Sakkudion Monastery. Platon became abbot of the new foundation, and Theodore was his "right hand." The two sought to order the monastery according to the monastic rule of of Basil of Caesarea.
He and one of his brothers, St. Joseph the Confessor, Archbishop of Thessaloniki (also called "Joseph the Studite"; 762-832; [[July 14]] and January 26), are known for their work on the ''[[Triodion]]'', the service book for the first three weeks of [[Great Lent]]. The first Lenten weekday canon is attributed to St. Joseph and the second to St. Theodore.<ref>''The Lenten Triodion'', trans. by Mother Mary and [[Archimandrite]] [[Kallistos Ware]], p. 41. ISBN 1878997513</ref>
==External links==
*[http://sttheodoremonks.oh.goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=287 Theodore the Studite] ([[GOARCH]])
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=103281 Venerable Theodore the Confessor the Abbot of the Studion], November 11 ([[OCA]])
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=100318 Translation of the relics of the Venerable Theodore the Abbot of Studion] (OCA)
[[Category:Church Fathers]]
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[[ro:Teodor Studitul]]