Triumph of Orthodoxy

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The Triumph of Orthodoxy is the 843 CE restoration of the veneration of icons in the Byzantine Empire, celebrated as the definitive end of Iconoclasm and a key affirmation of Eastern Orthodox doctrine.

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Triumph of Orthodoxy canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine history event
historical event
religious celebration
alsoKnownAs Feast of Orthodoxy
Sunday of Orthodoxy
associatedDoctrine Incarnation theology in Eastern Orthodoxy
distinction between veneration and worship
veneration of icons
associatedWithCouncil Second Council of Nicaea
category Byzantine Empire
Christian feast
Eastern Orthodox liturgical days
Iconoclasm
cause end of the second period of Byzantine Iconoclasm
theological victory of iconodules
commemoratedBy Synodikon of Orthodoxy
liturgical services
processions with icons
commemoratedOn first Sunday of Great Lent
date 843
influenced Byzantine religious art
identity of Eastern Orthodox Church
keyFigure Emperor Michael III
Empress Theodora
Patriarch Methodios I of Constantinople
liturgicalCalendar Byzantine Rite
Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
longTermImpact permanent acceptance of icons in Eastern Orthodoxy
stabilization of Orthodox doctrine on images
place Byzantine Empire
Constantinople
precededBy Byzantine Iconoclasm
second Iconoclast period
religiousDenomination Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine Rite
Eastern Orthodox Church
religiousTradition Byzantine Christianity
Eastern Orthodoxy
result official restoration of icons in churches
reinstatement of icon veneration as Orthodox dogma
significance affirmation of Orthodox doctrine on icons
condemnation of Iconoclasm as heresy
end of Byzantine Iconoclasm
restoration of the veneration of icons
textAssociated Synodikon of Orthodoxy
theme victory of true faith over heresy
vindication of holy images
timePeriod 9th century
underRuler Emperor Michael III
Empress Theodora

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Byzantine Iconoclasm significantEvent Triumph of Orthodoxy
Empress Theodora associatedWith Triumph of Orthodoxy