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 | | St Christodoulos, who was from the region of Nicaea of Bithynia, was the son of Theodore and Anna, and was given the name John. |
 | | He assumed the monastic habit in his youth and was renamed Christodoulos ("slave of Christ" in Greek). |
 | | However, when he was discovered, and professed his faith in Christ, he was taken before Arian the Governor, and after he had been tortured, he was drowned in the river. |
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