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Sunday of Orthodoxy. The Sunday of Orthodoxy is the first Sunday of Great Lent. The dominant theme of this Sunday since 843 has been that of the victory of the icons. In that year the iconoclastic controversy, which had raged on and off since 726, was finally laid to rest, and icons and their veneration were restored on the first Sunday in Lent.
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Each of the Sundays of Great Lent has its own special theme. In the course of Church history, almost each Lenten Sunday has obtained a second theme, a historical theme.Originally the Lenten fast was the time for catechumens to prepare for baptismand entry into the Church. The Sunday spiritual themes were part of the early Christian catechesis.
Troparion (Tone2) 1. We venerate Your most pure image, O Good One, 2. and ask forgiveness of our transgressions, O Christ God. 3. Of Your own will You were pleased to ascend the Cross in the flesh 4. to deliver Your creatures from bondage to the enemy. 5. Therefore with thanksgiving we cry aloud to You: 6. You have filled all with joy, O our Savior...
Great Lent: Journey to Pascha, by Fr. Alexander Schmemann(1974). St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. ISBN 0913836044
Sunday of Orthodoxy by Protopresbyter Alexander SchmemannThe First Sunday of Lent: The Sunday of Orthodoxy (GOARCH)1st Sunday of Great Lent: Sunday of Orthodoxy (OCA)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 on the first Sunday of Lent in 843, and later also opposition to all heterodoxy.
Sunday of Orthodoxy. Fr. John Kaloudis. Since 843 the Church has designated the first Sunday of Lent as Sunday of Orthodoxy. Specifically, we celebrate the restoration of Icons by the Empress Theodora. Generally, we commemorate: 1) The victory of Orthodoxy-right worship, over heresy-false worship.
Feb 28, 2012 · Sunday of Orthodoxy. Rejoicing today in the triumph of Orthodoxy on this first Sunday of Lent, we joyfully commemorate three events: one event belonging to the past; one event to the present; and one event which still belongs to the future. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Mar 8, 2020 · The first Sunday of Great Lent, that is Sunday of Orthodoxy, gives prominence to the triumph of the Orthodox Church over false teachings. The Church was literally shaken by the Iconoclasm (Eikonomachia) for a century.
