Commemorated the February 17

Saint Theodore who was from Amasia of Pontus, contested during the reign of Maximian (286-305). He was called Tyro, from the Latin Tiro, because he was a newly enlisted recruit. When it was reported that he was a Christian, he boldly confessed to Christ; the ruler, hoping that he would repent, gave him time to consider the matter more completely and then give an answer. Theodore gave an answer by setting fire to the temple of Cybele, the “mother of the gods,” and for this he suffered a martyr’s death by fire. He is also commemorated on the first Saturday of the Great Lent because of his miracle with the kollyva.