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Thursday, March 28, 2024, 3:59AM  
THE SYNAXARION
On this day in the Holy Orthodox Church, the First Sunday of the Fast, we make remembrance of the restoration of the holy and venerable Icons, which took place through the ever-memorable Sovereigns of Constantinople, Michael and his mother, Theodora, during the patriarchate of Saint Methodios the Confessor.

This restoration was accomplished in the year 842. Theodora’s husband was an iconoclast. After his death, Theodora venerated an icon of the Theotokos in front of Patriarch Methodios. The other faithful in the church did the same, venerating all the icons, considering them to be representations of their original elements, not idols. Theodora prayed to God to forgive her husband during the first week of Great Lent; and on the First Sunday of the Fast, she led the way in hanging up the icons to adorn the churches.  

O invariant Icon of the Father, through the intercessions of Thy holy Confessors, have mercy on us.  Amen.
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