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The Doxastiko at Lauds on the 1st Sunday in Lent (Theodore Rokas)

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When we commemorate the saints for the first Sunday in Lent, the Sunday of Orthodoxy (when we read the Synaxari), we see: on that day, the first Sunday of the Fast, we commemorate the memory of the restoration of the holy and venerable icons, effected by the Emperors of Constantinople, Michael and his mother Theodora, of blessed memory, in the reign of Saint Methodios the Confessor, Patriarch’. In other words, we celebrate the adoption of the feast of Orthodoxy, which was established triumphantly by the Synod of Hierarchs residing in Constantinople on 11 March 843. In establishing this feast, the Synod applied the resolutions of the 7th Ecumenical Synod. But the hymns for the feast don’t refer exclusively to the ...

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‘The pure and undefiled fast has now come upon us..’

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  ‘The pure and undefiled fast has now come upon us and brings us to the celebration of the martyr’s miracles. Through the fast our souls are cleansed from filth and defilement and through the martyr’s miracles and feats we are emboldened to fight bravely against the passions. Illumined, therefore, by the grace of holy abstinence and by the wondrous works of the martyr Theodore, we are fortified by our faith in Christ and beseech Him to award salvation to our souls.’ (Matins Aposticha)

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