Thecla

Saint

Thecla
Saint; Thecla
	Icon of Saint Thecla from the 11th century Menologion of Basil II.
Virgin Martyr, Equal to the Apostles
Born	AD 30; Iconium (now Konya, Turkey)
Died	AD 1st century
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church; Roman Catholic Church; Oriental Orthodox Church; Episcopal Church
Feast	September 23 (Roman Catholic, Episcopal); September 24 (Eastern Orthodox); Thout 23 (Coptic); Tuesday after fourth Sunday of the Exaltation of the Cross (Armenian);

Thecla (Ancient Greek: Θέκλα, Thékla) was a saint of the early Christian Church, and a reported follower of Paul the Apostle. The earliest record of her life comes from the ancient apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla.

^ "Lives of Saints :: Tout 23".
^ Domar: the calendrical and liturgical cycle of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church, Armenian Orthodox Theological Research Institute, 2003, 514-15.