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Venerable Theosterictus the Confessor

Also known as Theosteriktos of Pelekete

Abbot of the Pelekete monastery near Prusa and an iconodule confessor who suffered under the iconoclasts; author of the Small Supplicatory Canon (Paraklesis) to the Theotokos. He reposed about 826.

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Notes

Distinct from Theocteristus, Abbot of Symbola (OS-2175; Nov 10 / Feb 17).

Sources: J. Sanidopoulos, johnsanidopoulos.com; OCA calendar