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In Syria, there is a Greek Orthodox church of St. Thecla in Darayya. In 1849, some people found a cave in Latakia which later became St. Taqla's Shrine. In the United States there are three Roman Catholic parishes named for Saint Thecla: in Clinton, Michigan; in Pembroke, Massachusetts; and in Chicago, Illinois.
The monastery of St Thecla and the church of St John the Baptist were rebuilt in 1756, according to the chronicle of Mikha’il al-Burayk. The Russian consul Uspensky records four monks at St Thecla in 1840. In 1906, a church was built at the grotto over the remains of an ancient church of unknown date.
Similarly, the phrase the Protomartyr (with no other qualification of country or region) can mean Saint Stephen, the first martyr of the Christian Church. Saint Thecla the Protomartyr, the first female martyr of the Christian Church, is known as "apostle and protomartyr among women". [1]
A church at the site dates likely to the 4th or 5th centuries, when a church was erected upon the ruins of a former pagan temple, and dedicated to Saint Thecla, a virgin and martyr from Anatolia. The cathedral has been refurbished over the centuries. It was rebuilt in the 8th century till possessing five naves.
The Catacomb of Saint Thecla is a Christian catacomb in the city of Rome, near the Via Ostiense and the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, in the southern quarter of the ancient city. The catacomb was constructed in the fourth century of the Common Era, linked with a basilica to the saint that is alluded to in literature.
The Life and Miracles of Saint Thecla (Latin: De vita et miraculis sanctae Theclae) is a Greek hagiography of Thecla, the reputed follower of Paul of Tarsus. [1] The text was composed between 445 and 474. [2] It consists of two books, the first a biography and the second an account of 46 posthumous miracles wrought by Thecla.
Saint Thecla of Kitzingen (Tecla of England, Heilga) (died ca. AD 790) was an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine, nun, abbess, and missionary. She was one of a number of figures associated with Saint Boniface and the Anglo-Saxon mission .
20 September: Vigil, and commemoration of St Eustace and Companions martyrs. 21 September: Matthew Apostle, Double. 22 September: Maurice and companions martyrs. 23 September: Linus pope and martyr, Semidouble, and commemoration of St Thecla virgin and martyr. 24 September: 25 September: 26 September: Cyprian and Justina martyrs.