The Recovery of the Relics of Saint Theodore of Sanaxar

Commemorated on April 21.

The Relics of Hieromonk Theodore (Ushakov) the restorer of the Monastery, were recovered on April 21, 1999, and he was glorified for local veneration on June 28/July 11, 1999.

Present at the celebrations and the rite of canonization, which was performed by the ruling Bishop, His Grace Bishop Barsanuphios of Saransk and Mordovia, the Archimandrite of the Monastery, and ruling bishops from the neighboring dioceses: His Eminence Archbishop Seraphim of Penza and Kuznetsk, and His Eminence Archbishop Proklos of Simbirsk and Melekes.

Saint Theodore is commemorated on February 19, (the day of his blessed repose), on April 21/May 21 (the recovery of his holy relics), and on May 23/June 5 (the Synaxis of the Saints of Rostov and Yaroslavl).

The relics of Saint Theodore of Sanaxar now rest in the cathedral church of Saint John the Baptist.

Troparion

From your youth you loved Christ with filial love,
and desiring to serve only the Lord,
you have chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away by death.
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You devoted yourself to the one thing needful, and to the Giver of Life,
and you were found worthy to receive from Him the gifts of divine teaching and spiritual discernment,
guiding all who have recourse to you, seeking the salvation of their souls,
O divinely-wise Elder Theodore of Sanaxar.
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Luke 10:42.