Martyr · 4th century
Virgin Martyr Theodora and Martyr Didymus the Soldier
Also known as Theodora of Alexandria · Didymus
When the virgin Theodora was condemned to a house of shame at Alexandria for confessing Christ, the soldier Didymus entered in disguise and changed clothes with her that she might escape; discovered, the two were beheaded together under Diocletian.
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Notes
Named pair commemorated as one.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints