Dorofei Tirsky ( 255 - 362 ) is a Christian saint , revered as a martyr . The memory takes place in the Orthodox Church on June 18 ( June 5, according to the Julian calendar ), in the Catholic Church on June 5 .
| Dorofei Tirsky | |
|---|---|
| Greek Δωρόθεος | |
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| Birth | 255 Antioch |
| Death | 362 |
| In the face | |
| Day of Remembrance | June 18 ( June 5 according to the Julian calendar ) |
Dorotheus was the bishop of Tire of Phoenician . He hid during the period of persecution of Christians under the emperor Diocletian and returned to Tire after the adoption of the Edict of Milan, Emperor Constantine . Upon his return, Dorofey ruled his diocese for about 50 years and was martyred during the reign of Julian the Apostate in the city of Ud (present-day Varna ).
Dorotheus is credited with compiling a “Synopsis” (a collection of legends about the lives of the prophets and apostles ), containing one of the variants of the list of seventy apostles .
Literature
- Dorofei, Bishop of Tyr // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 t. (82 t. And 4 extra.). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Lukhovitsky L.V., Artyukhova T.A. Dorofey // Orthodox Encyclopedia . - M .: Church-Scientific Center "Orthodox Encyclopedia" , 2007. - T. XVI. - pp. 23-24. - 752 s. - 39 000 copies - ISBN 978-5-89572-028-8 .
- Dimitri Rostovsky . The memory of the holy martyr Dorotheus, Bishop of Tyrus