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Hieromartyr · 8th century

Hieromartyr Theoktistus Abbot of Pelekete

Also known as Theoktistos of Pelekete

Abbot of the Pelekete monastery who suffered for the holy icons under the iconoclast emperor Constantine Copronymus, being tormented with boiling tar and receiving the crown of martyrdom.

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Notes

Leap-day saint: in non-leap years the commemoration transfers to Feb 28.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints