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- Our Holy Father Theodore the Sanctified (368), disciple of St Pachomius the Great
- He was born and raised an unbeliever, but came to faith in Christ as
a young man. Not long after being baptised, he heard of Pachomius (May
15) and fled to join him in the desert. Saint Pachomius accepted
Theodore as a monk and, because of his humility and obedience, came to
esteem him most highly of all the brethren. Theodore's sister joined
him in the desert, taking up life in a women's monastery and becoming
its abbess. When their mother came to bring them back from the desert,
she in turn was persuaded to stay in the women's monastery as a
monastic. Finally, Theodore's brother Paphnutius also came to the
monastery and was tonsured.
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Once the Bishop of Panopolis asked Saint Pachomius to build a monastery
for him; Pachomius entrusted Theodore to carry out the work. Some of
the brethren grumbled at the authority given to Theodore, for he was
younger than many of them; but St Pachomius said: 'Theodore and I
fulfill the same service for God; and he also has the authority to give
orders as father.' When St Pachomius reposed, he left St Theodore to be
spiritual father to the monasteries that he had founded, a task which
he faithfully fulfilled until his death at a great age.
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source: http://www.abbamoses.com
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