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Venerable Theodore the Wonderworker and Hermit of the Jordan

JUNE 05
Saint Theodore the Wonderworker lived during the sixth century. In his youth he left the world, embraced monasticism and withdrew into the Jordanian wilderness. He received from God the gift of wonderworking. Thus, while journeying on a ship to Constantinople, St Theodore besought the Lord that water drawn from the sea be made fresh to quench the thirst of his companions.

To those thanking him for this the monk said that God had worked such a miracle out of pity for the intense thirst of mankind, rather than by his ****