July 19th
Theodore, Archbishop of Edessa
He was a terrible student – a fretful and daydreaming child who seemed unable to concentrate on anything. He was also full of mischief. One morning, for example, while the local Archbishop conducted services at the Holy Table, he hid beneath the table covering . . . and fell sound asleep!
He was only seven or eight years old at the time (around 790 A.D., according to most Church historians). But his life was about to be changed forever by a haunting and mysterious dream.
As the naughty boy slumbered beneath the Holy Table on that long-ago morning, he saw a beautiful child walking toward him. Light danced and shimmered around the tiny newcomer’s head – and when the youthful ..... READ MORE
