Feast of Orthodoxy

proper noun

A celebration 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.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. ChristianityA celebration 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.
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Feast of Orthodoxy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Feast%20of%20Orthodoxy

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Chicago

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