Saturday February 28, 2026 / February 15, 2026
My soul, my soul, arise! Why are you sleeping? The end is drawing near, and you will be confounded. Awake, then, and be watchful, that Christ our God may spare you, Who is everywhere present and fills all things.
Great are the triumphs of faith! In a fountain of flame the holy martyr Theodore rejoiced as in refreshing water. For having been made a whole burnt offering by fire, he was offered as sweet bread to the Trinity. By his prayers, O Christ our God, save our souls.
Having received the faith of Christ in thy heart as an inner shield, thou didst overcome all the opposing forces, O great champion, and thou hast been crowned with a heavenly crown, O Theodore, for thou art eternally invincible.
O holy apostle Onesimus/ entreat the merciful God// that He grant to our souls remission of transgressions.
Thou didst shine forth upon the whole world like a beam, O blessed one,/ shinÂing with the rays of the most radiant Paul, that sun who hath illumined the world.// Wherefore, we honor thee, O glorious Onesimus.