Venerable-Martyr · 8th century
Virgin Martyr Theodosia the Nun of Constantinople
Also known as Theodosia of Constantinople
A nun of Constantinople who, when the soldiers came to take down the icon of Christ over the Chalke gate, led the women who pulled down the ladder in its defense, and for this confession of the holy images was put to death.
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Notes
Distinct from St Theodosia of Tyre (OS-0926, also May 29).
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints