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[[Image:Theodore_the_Studite.jpg|right|thumb|St. Theodore the Studite]]
Our [[Venerable]] and God-bearing Father '''Theodore the Studite''' (759-826) was a [[hymnographer]] and [[theologian]] as well as the [[abbot]] of the [[Monastery]] of [[Studion Monastery|St. John the Baptist in Studios]], outside of Constantinople. His great theological contribution, ''On the Holy Icons'', was for the defense of [[icons]] during the Second [[Iconoclasm]] Period (814-842). His [[feast day]] is on [[November 11]].
Following the death of Emperor Leo IV (775–780) in 780, Theodore's uncle Platon, who had lived as a monk in the Symbola Monastery in Bithynia since 759, visited Constantinople, and persuaded the entire family of his sister, Theoktiste, to pursue the monastic life. Theodore, together with his father and brothers, sailed back to Bithynia with Platon in 781, where they set about transforming the family estate into a religious establishment, which became known as the Sakkudion Monastery. Platon became abbot of the new foundation, and Theodore was his "right hand." The two sought to order the monastery according to the monastic rule of of Basil of Caesarea.
==External links==
*[http://sttheodoremonks.oh.goarch.org] ([[GOARCH]])*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=103281 Venerable Theodore the Confessor the Abbot of the Studion], November 11 ([[OCA]])*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=100318 Translation of the relics of the Venerable Theodore the Abbot of Studion] (OCA)*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=100325 St Theodore of Studion], January 26 (OCA)*[http://www.westsrbdio.org/prolog/my.html?month=November&day=11 The Venerable Theodore the Studite] (''[[Prologue of Ohrid]]'')*[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc11/Page_322.html Theodore the Studite] from ''New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol XI: Son of Man - Tremellius'' at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library*[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/neale/easternhymns.theodore.html Theodore of the Studium] from ''Hymns of the Eastern Church'' at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library*[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/herbermann/cathen14.html?term=Theodore+of+Studium St. Theodore of Studium] from the ''[[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] Encyclopedia'' at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library*[[w:Theodore the Studite|''Theodore the Studite'' on Wikipedia]]*[http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~slavman/Biography%20of%20St_%20Theodore%20the%20Studite.htm Theodore the Studite]===Writings===* [http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ephrem/theodore.htm Writings of St. Theodore the Studite]
*[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/theostud-rules.html Medieval Sourcebook: Theodore of Studium: Reform Rules (d.826)]
*[http://goarchwww.doaks.org/entypikaPDF/chapel/saintstyp009.asp?contentid=287 pdf ''Theodore Studites: Testament'' of Theodore the Studitefor the Monastery of St. John Stoudios in Constantinople] (PDF) ==Further resources==*St. Theodore's ''On the Holy Icons'' published by the [[GOARCHSt. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir's Seminary]])*Press. ISBN 0913836761 ([http://ocafsbooks.ocagoogle.orgcom/FeastSaintsViewer.aspbooks?FSIDisbn=103281 Venerable Theodore the Confessor the Abbot of the Studion] ([[OCA]0913836761 at Google Books])*[[w:Theodore the Studite|''Theodore the Studite'' on Wikipedia]]
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