Feast of Orthodoxy

Late 14th-early 15th century icon illustrating the "Triumph of Orthodoxy" under the Byzantine Empress Theodora and her son Michael III over iconoclasm in 843. (National Icon Collection 18, British Museum)

The Feast of Orthodoxy (or Sunday of Orthodoxy or Triumph of Orthodoxy) is celebrated on the first Sunday of Great Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Church and other churches using the Byzantine Rite to commemorate, originally, only the final defeat of iconoclasm[1] on the first Sunday of Lent in 843, and later also opposition to all heterodoxy.[2]

  1. ^ Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions by Merriam-Webster (Jan 2000) ISBN 0877790442 page 231
  2. ^ Fortescue, Adrian. "Feast of Orthodoxy." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 7 October 2021Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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