The Sunday of Orthodoxy
Elie Nahmy2023-03-04T18:29:54+10:00On the first Sunday of Great Lent, the Orthodox Church commemorates the triumph of Orthodoxy, the victory over the iconoclastic heresy. The heresy denied the use of icons in worship, considering it to be idolatry. However, the Orthodox Church recognized the use of icons as essential in the faith and practice of Christianity. The Sunday of Orthodoxy is a day of celebration of the true faith. It is a day of joy, but also of repentance, for the Church recognizes that, in the past, some of its members have fallen into error and heresy. Nevertheless, the Church affirms that it [...]