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Icon of Bishop Teodor being skinned alive by Muslims. St Sava of Serbia at top right.
Our father among the saints Hieromartyr Teodor or Theodore was a Serbian Orthodox bishop of Vršac in the sixteenth century. His feast day is May 16/29.
During the
Austro-Turkish War (1593-1606), many Christians suffered under the
Islamic warriors. The Serbs in Banat decided to protect their families
from these Muslim troops and asked their bishop, Teodor, to lead them.
He joined the rebellion against the Turks in 1593. The Christians
liberated some towns but in the end were defeated. Bishop Teodor, along
with a large group of people, left for Transylvania. The Muslims then
promised that they would stop killing innocent people if Teodor were to
return. When he did, he was seized in 1595 and then killed in a terrible
fashion: his skin was ripped off.
-- Kontakion in Tone 8
Let God be praised in the fields and meadows, on the green mountain tops and in the valleys below, on the rushing rivers and in dark caves, since every place has been watered by the innocent and holy blood of many Serbian Martyrs: worthy stewards, brave soldiers, young boys and children and chaste virgins; let God be praised and let everyone keep silent, for the Lord of all rules the world.
List of Killings Ordered or Supported by Muhammad
-- Kontakion in Tone 8
Let God be praised in the fields and meadows, on the green mountain tops and in the valleys below, on the rushing rivers and in dark caves, since every place has been watered by the innocent and holy blood of many Serbian Martyrs: worthy stewards, brave soldiers, young boys and children and chaste virgins; let God be praised and let everyone keep silent, for the Lord of all rules the world.
List of Killings Ordered or Supported by Muhammad
See also
Two Saints, new martyrs from Islam to Orthodox Christianity
Holy Neomartyr Chryse as a Model for our Lives
Women Saints Who Suffered Under Islam
New Martyrs Avakum the Deacon and Paisius the Abbot of Serbia
Helen Machankova: An Orthodox Christian New Martyr († March 15, 2013)
Pakistan, November 2014: Christian couple murdered by fanatic muslims - the woman was pregnant...
The Orthodox Christian sentiment regarding the persecutions of Christians by Islamist
Selected miracles of St. George the Trophy-bearer to Muslims
The Penalties for Apostasy in Islam
New Martyrs Under Turks
ŞEHİT AHMET - Two Turkish Saints
Türkçe dilinde Ortodokslukla ilgili metinler - Orthodoxy in Turkish
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