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 The Publican & The Pharisee |
 The Prodigal Son |
 Pilate Rendering His Judgment |
 The Last Supper |
 Sunday of Orthodoxy |
 St. Gregory Palamas, 14th Century Bishop of Thessalonika |
 Veneration of the Holy Cross |
 St. John Climacus, or St. John of the Ladder |
 Lazarus |
 Extreme Humility |
 Pascha |
 Theotokos of the Life-giving Spring |
 Holy Myrrh-Bearers |
 Sunday of the Paralytic |
 Mother’s Day |
 Healing the Blind |
 The Ascension |
 Pentecost |
 Sunday of All Saints |
 Onuphrius and Peter: Champions of Asceticism |
 Nativity of St. John the Baptist |
 Peter and Paul |
 Christ the Good Shepherd |
 Christ |
 The Holy Prophet Elias |
 St. Panteleimon |
 The Transfiguration |
 Matthias, the “13th Apostle” |
 Falling Asleep of the Virgin |
 The Apostle Titus |
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 |Resisting Pride |
 Elevation of the Cross |
 Eustathios |
 Kyriakos the Hermit |
 St. Paul |
 The Apostle James “The Less” |
 Seven Youths of Ephesus |
 Christ with the Theotokos |
 Theodore the Studite |
 Emperor Justinian |
 St. Katherine & St. Barbara |
 St. John of Damascus |
 St. Nicholas |
 St. Lucia |
 The Nativity |
 Christ with the Theotokos |
 Theofany |
 St. Anthony |
 St. Maximos |
 Xenophon & Family |
 Presentation of Christ |
 St. Haralambos |
 Christ with the Theotokos |
 Christ |
 Christ with the Theotokos |
 The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste |
 Christ |
 The Last Supper |
 St. Gregory Palamas, 14th Century Bishop of Thessalonika |
 Crucifixion |
 The Money Changers |
Raising of Lazarus |
 Palm Sunday |
 The Resurrection |
 “Doubting” Thomas |
 Myrrh Bearing Women |
 The Paralytic |
 The Woman at the Well |
 The Ascension |
 Christ (Father’s Day) |
 Our Holy Father Theonas, Archbishop of Thessolonica |
 Annunciation of the Theotokos |
 Synaxis in honor of the Archangel Gabriel |
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 St. John Climacus (of the ladder) |
 St. Mary of Egypt |
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 The Last Supper – Great Thursday |
 Jason, Apostle of the 70 |
 Burial, Holy Friday |
%20&%20brother%20of%20St.%20John%20the%20Theologian.JPG) James the Apostle (Iakovos) & brother of St. John the Theologian |
 The Myrrh Bearing Women, MYROFORES, Holy Saturday |
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 Pelagia the Nun-martyr of Tarsus & Anastasia the Roman.jpg |
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 Renewal Friday – Theotokos of the Lifegiving Font, Zoodochos Pygis |
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“We venerate Thy most pure image, O Good One…”
| One of the striking characteristics of our Holy Orthodox Church is the special devotion given to the sacred images of our Lord, His Blessed Mother and all of the Saints. They adorn our churches and sanctify our homes. From our infancy, we are taught to venerate all icons with reverence and respect for the holy ones that they represent.In the 8th century, however, the Church became embroiled in a fierce controversy over whether it was proper to treat icons in such a special way. Led by the Emperor Leo, the iconoclasts viewed such devotion as “pagan.” Icons were removed from churches and all public places. Even when the 7th Ecumenical Council, which was held in Nicea in 787 A.D., declared: “ICONS ARE TO BE VENERATED; GOD ALONE IS TO BE WORSHIPPED,” the controversy continued to rage. Scores of supporters of the Orthodox position on icons were martyred for their convictions.In 843 A.D., Empress Irene was able to finally end this bitter conflict. On the First Sunday of Lent that year, the veneration of icons was restored to its rightful place in the life of the Church. It is said that a great procession with holy icons took place in the Church of the Holy Wisdom in Constantinople that day, as thousands celebrated this “Triumph of Orthodoxy.” It is still customary for Orthodox faithful of all jurisdictions and ethnic backgrounds to joyfully gather in prayer on this day, marking the Church’s victory over the iconoclasts. — Weekly Bulletin, March 4, 2001 |
