TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT do this! We celebrate a great holiday, and it is accompanied by a strict custom Orthodox Christians honor Saint Theophylact the Confessor on March 21st, celebrating his courage and faith. The day is marked by customs including prayer, fasting, and making wishes at midnight, believed to enhance the saint’s miraculous powers. His life story serves as an inspiration for devotion and standing firm in faith.

• Saint Theophylact the Confessor, Bishop of Nicomedia, is honored on March 21st.
• He was known for his courage, unwavering faith, and miraculous help.
• He bravely opposed Emperor Leo the Armenian’s iconoclasm and was exiled for thirty years.
• Believers pray, cleanse their thoughts, and gather in churches for the saint’s intercession.
• A special custom involves praying and making wishes at midnight, believed to be when the saint’s powers are strongest.
• Traditions of sharing personal experiences of the saint’s help strengthen faith.