HOLY GREAT MARTYR THEODORE THE RECRUIT This holy, glorious Martyr of Christ came from Amasia in Pontus and was a Roman legionary at the time of Maximian’s great persecution (c. 303). He had been a Christian since childhood but kept his faith secret, not out of cowardice but because he

St. Met. Philaret (Voznesensky) Translated by Seraphim Larin Brothers, yesterday during the All-night Vigil, we spoke about what difficulties our Orthodox Church encountered along Her path in ancient times, when initially there was the epoch of persecution, followed by the era of heresy. However, this occurred and then ceased, and