HIS REMAINS ARE IN NOVO HOPOVO ON FRUŠKA GORA: Serbian Orthodox Church Celebrates Saint Theodore Tiron Today
Hieromartyr Charalampus was a bishop in Magnesia and suffered for Christ in his one hundred and thirteenth year.
TL;DR
- Saint Theodore Tiron is commemorated by the Serbian Orthodox Church on March 2nd.
- He served as a soldier and later a duke, known for his devout Christian life.
- He was imprisoned and sentenced to die by starvation by Emperor Licinius.
- Tradition states Jesus Christ and angels appeared to him in prison.
- He was martyred by being cast into fire in 306 AD.
- His body did not burn, and his relics were eventually moved to Novo Hopovo Monastery on Fruška Gora.