St.
Theodora
1) The wife of the Byzantine emperor Theophilus with whom she had Michael
the Drunkard.
Empress Theodora wanted the worship of images to be reinstated, and died
in a convent 867. In art she is depicted as an empress.
Orthodox
nameday: 11/3
2) A young woman from Alexandria who refused to deny her faith, and so was
condemned to become a prostitute. St. Didymus, who at the time still was
a pagan, rescued her from the brothel. He then converted, and they died
together as martyrs in 304.
Orthodox
nameday: 11/9
St. Theodora (2) & St. Eufrosynus
