Theodoros
Θεόδωρος
Theodore, in English
Saint Theodore the Tyro (“the Recruit”), Great Martyr — kept on 17 February.
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AI-generated · contemporary interpretation · onomasti original, 2026
Origin
The story of Theodoros
Theodoros keeps 17 February — the Great Martyr Theodore the Tyro (“the Recruit”). A second, movable day, the Saturday of St Theodore in Lent, is kept too; Greek practice displays both.
The name is a small prayer of thanks. Θεόδωρος joins θεός (theós, “god”) and δῶρον (dōron, “gift”) — “the gift of God.”
“The gift of God.”
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Theodoros at a glance
This name keeps more than one day. At least one of them is a movable feast — its date is set relative to Pascha (Orthodox Easter), which itself shifts each year, so that day changes from year to year. The remaining day (or days) are fixed calendar dates and do not move. onomasti computes the observed date for every year.
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Θεόδωρος
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In English letters: Theodoros · Theodore · Ted
Θεόδωρος
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