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[[Image:Isidore of Chios.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Martyr Isidore of Chios]]
The holy, glorious and right-victorious [[SaintMartyr]] '''Isidore of Chios''' was [[martyr]]ed martyred in 251 under the persecution of Decius. The [[Orthodox Church]] celebrates his [[feast day]] on [[May 14]].
==Martyrdom==
His body was cast into a cistern. A young Christian woman, [[Myrope of Chios|Myrope]] (see [[December 2]]), with the help of a friend, retrieved the body although it was guarded by soldiers. On learning that the soldiers would be put to death if they failed to find the body, Myrope went to Numerius and confessed that she had taken Isidore's body, but refused to say where it was then interred. Numerius had her publicly flogged, then thrown into prison.
Before she died, she had a vision of Holy Isidore, who "encouraged her with the news that although she was about to die for what she had done it would not have been in vain because she would be giving her life for [[Jesus Christ]] and not for Isidore or their Christian friends." [http://web.archive.org/web/20040620135010/http://saintgeorge.org/news_and_events/church_calendar/saint_of_the_day/05may/may_14_saint_isidore_of_chios.php]
Her body was interred beside Isidore's, and a [[chapel]] erected over the graves. Saint Marcian built another in the fifth century. In 1525, the [[relics]] of Isidore and Myrope were moved by the Latins to the Church of Saint Mark in Venice.
[[Troparion]] (Fourth Tone)
Your Martyr, O Lord, in his courageous contested contest for You and received the prize of the crowns of incorruption and life from You, our immortal God. For since he possessed Your strength, he cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons' powerless presumption. O Christ God, by his prayers, save our souls, since You are merciful.
[[Kontakion]] (Fourth Tone)
In your holy prayers to God, you have shone brightly, a great guide for all the world. Therefore, we praise you on this day, O [[Saint]], you Martyr of godly mind and boast of Chios, O glorious Isidore.
==External Links and Sources==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20040620135010/http://saintgeorge.org/news_and_events/church_calendar/saint_of_the_day/05may/may_14_saint_isidore_of_chios.php Saint Isidore of Chios] from the archive of Saint George [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|Antiochian]] Orthodox Church in Washington, DC
*[http://libro.uca.edu/monastic/monastic6.htm The Abbey of Dueñas and the Cult of St Isidore of Chios in the County of Castile (10th-11th Centuries)] from the Library of Iberian Resources Online
*[http://home.iprimus.com.au/xenos/isidore1.html St. Isidore the Martyr of Chios] from the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]]
*[http://www.goarch.org/en/Chapel/saints.asp?contentid=54 Isidore the Martyr of Chios] ([[GOARCH]])
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[[Category:Saints]]