Theodore the Studite

Theodore the Studite, also called St Theodore of Stoudios or St Theodore of Studium (759 - 826), was a Byzantine monk and abbot of the Stoudios monastery in Constantinople. He played a major role in the revivals both of Byzantine monasticism...

In this article: Platon, Byzantine, Constantine VI, and Nikephoros I

...to seize the properties of iconodules and monasteries, such as the rich Stoudios monastery, whose influential iconodule abbot, Theodore the Studite, he exiled. Leo V appointed competent military commanders from among his own...

In this article: Leo V the Armenian, Michael, Nikephoros I, Battle of Versinikia, Michael I Rangabe, and Michael the Amorian

...(680), who attended the Third Council of Constantinople; John (787), at Nicaea; St. Euschemon, a correspondent of St. Theodore the Studite, and a confessor of the Faith for the veneration of images, under Theophilus. The See of Lampsacus is...

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...defended the Orthodox doctrines against the Iconoclasts at the Seventh Ecumenical Council in Nicaea (787). His successor was Theodore the Studite to whom the monastery owes most of its fame, and who especially fostered academic and spiritual...

In this article: Monastery of Stoudios, Istanbul, Michael VII, Chludov Psalter, and Acoemetae

...of icons. The patriarch assumed a moderate policy towards former Iconoclasts, which incurred the opposition of Theodore the Studite and his partisans. About a decade later, Tarasios became involved in a new controversy. In January...

In this article: Constantine VI, Eastern Orthodox Churches, Rome, Second Council of Nicaea, and Nikephoros I

Peter tried to convince them otherwise, unsuccessfully, and ultimately had to seek the help of Theodore the Studite in persuading them. Theodore wrote a letter to all the monks of the area, telling them that Peter was in fact above...

In this article: Leo V the Armenian, God, Ephesus, Balea Lake, Hellespont, and Jerusalem

...between him and St. Gregory Nazianzen which gives further insight into the type of monastic life he established. St Theodore the Studite: 11th-century mosaic from Nea Moni Monastery, Chios The monks, as a rule, enjoyed the favor of the...

In this article: Christianity, St. Theodore the Studite, Armenia, Islam, Eastern Orthodoxy, St. Maximus the Confessor, and Council of Chalcedon

...thence to the monasteries of the rest of the Greek empire. Thus to this day the Rules of Basil and the Constitutions of Theodore the Studite, along with the canons of the Councils, constitute the chief part of Greek and Russian monastic...

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Their mother Anna was a sister of Theoktiste and her brother Platon. Theodote was thus a maternal first cousin of Theodore the Studite, son of Theoktiste. By 794, Theodote served as a Lady-in-waiting () of Irene . Irene was the widow...

In this article: Theodote, Constantine VI, Maria of Amnia, Saint Joseph, and Platon

...part of the personal property of Leo V and the associated revenue. They were also able to have their own attendants. Theodore the Studite sent a letter to the deposed Empress sometime between 821 and his own death in 826. All known...

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