Hellenic Net

ENGLISH Ὁ Δωρόθεος, κἂν φραγγέλλωμαι λέγει, Λείπουσι πολλὰ πρὸς τὰ Χριστοῦ μου πάθη. Πέμπτῃ Δωροθέοιο δέμας πληγῇσι δαμάσθη. Saint Dorotheos (255 - 362) was a Christian bishop of Tire and a martyr of the Orthodox church. Not to be confused with the elder of Antioch. He is traditionally credited with the Acts of the Septuagint (which may be the same work as the lost Septuagint), which is mentioned in Luke 10:1. Saint Dorotheos was a scholar not only of the divine scriptures, but also of Greek education. He was barren from birth, whom Diocletian made procurator of Tyre. He flourished in the year 303, when he endured many hardships in the persecutions of Diocletian, and was finally exiled. He returned to his church, after the evil had passed, and exhorted the faithful until the time of Julian and then fled to Odessa. There he was captured by the emperor's lords, tortured to death and martyred at the age of 107. Saint Dorotheos was a shepherd who had "the formation of knowledge an...