Saint of the Day – 11 September – Saint Theodora the Penitent (Died 491) Abbot as Theodore, Penitent, Recluse. Born in Alexandria, Egypt and died in 491 of natural causes in Egypt. Also known as – Theodora of Alexandria.
Theodora had been a married woman in Alexandria, Egypt. But she had succumbed to the attentions of another man and had committed adultery. Filled with remorse, she became a penitent, dressed as a man to enter the Monastery, where she later became the Abbot.
She was accused of sinful relations by a woman who had just had a child. Rather than reveal her identity, she agreed to leave the Monastery, keeping the child with her, raising it patiently.
It was only after her death that it was discovered that the Abbot Theodore, unjustly accused, was Theodora, a holy woman.
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