Righteous Theodora, wife of Emperor Theophilus the Iconoclast - Troparion & Kontakion
Troparion — Tone 5
(Podoben: “O Coeternal Word...”)
As a most worthy namesake of the gifts bestowed by God,1 / and a divinely-wrought image of holy wisdom and faith, / you make the Church shine with godly piety; / for you demonstrate to all that the Saints in every age have shown honor to the revered icons, / O Theodora, thou righteous and fair adornment of Orthodox Empresses.
1 The name Theodora means “the gift of God.”
Kontakion — Tone 8
(Podoben: “O victorious Leader...”)
We praise you as the beauty of the Church, / the fitting dignity of Empresses and their character and diadem, O divinely-crowned Theodora. / For you saw the Icons restored and the complete overthrow of heresy. / Therefore, we cry out, “Rejoice, most honorable Sovereign.”