Feb. 17 – Great Martyr Feodor Tiron
The Great Martyr Feodor Tiron lived during the time of the persecutors Maximian and Maximinus, in the early 4th century. He was a recruit soldier (tiron) in a regiment stationed in the city of Amasiya, in the Pontic region of Asia Minor. When the regimental commander learned that Feodor believed in Christ, he ordered him…