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[[Image:0312theophanes.jpg|thumb|Right|Icon of St Theophanes the Confessor]]
Our venerable father among the saints,'''Theophanes the Confessor of Sigriane''', is commemorated on [[March 12]] by the Church.
==Life==
[[Saint]] Theophanes the [[Confessor]] was born in 759 at [[Constantinople]] into a pious and renowned family. His father was a relative of the Byzantine emperor Leo the Isaurian (717-741). Three years after Theophanes was born, his father died, leaving his family under the care of the emperor himself.
Theophanes grew up at the court and became a dignitary under the emperor [[Leo IV the Khazar ]] (775-780). His position obliged him to enter into [[marriage]], but he persuaded his bride to live with him in virginity.
After the death of his parents, Theophanes and his wife visited [[Monastery|monasteries]] in the Sygrian district (Asia Minor). There Theophanes met the Elder Gregory Stratitios, who predicted to Theophanes' wife that her husband would earn the crown of [[Martyr|martyrdom]].
After the death of the impious emperor Leo the Armenian, the "Big Settlement" Monastery was restored, and the [[relics]] of the holy confessor were transferred there.
==Hymn==
[[Troparion]] ([[Tone]] 8)
:By the radiance of miracles you illuminated the whole universe.
:O our holy Father Theophan, pray to Christ our God to save our souls.
==Source==
http://ocafs.oca.org/Caption.asp?FSID=100787
[[Category:Saints]]
[[Category:Byzantine Saints]]
[[Category:Monastics]]
[[Category:9th-century saints]]
