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*754 [[Iconoclastic Council]] held in Constantinople under the authority of Emperor [[Constantine V Copronymus]], condemning icons and declaring itself to be the Seventh Ecumenical Council; Constantine begins dissolution of the monasteries.
*787 [[Seventh Ecumenical Council]] held in Nicea, condemning [[iconoclasm]] and affirming [[veneration]] of [[iconography|icons]].
*789 Death of [[Philaret the Merciful]].
*803 Death of [[Irene of Athens]], wife of Byzantine Emperor Leo IV; St. Luke's icon brought to Agiassos on [[Metropolis of Mytiline|Mytiline]].
*814 Bulgarians lay siege to Constantinople; conflict erupts between Emperor [[Leo V the Armenian|Leo V]] and Patr. [[Nicephorus I of Constantinople|Nicephorus]] on the subject of iconoclasm; Leo deposes Nicephorus, Nicephorus excommunicates Leo.
=== Byzantine Imperial era (843-1204)===
*843 Empress Theodora secures return of icon-worshipwith [[Triumph of Orthodoxy]] occuring on first Sunday of [[Great Lent]], restoring [[iconography|icons]] to churches.*845 42 Martyrs of Ammoria in Phrygia taken as hostages from Ammoria to Samarra (in Iraq) and executed there.*850 [[Third Finding of the Head of St. John the Forerunner|Third Finding]] of the head of [[John the Forerunner]].*858 [[Photius the Great]] becomes patriarch of Constantinople. *860 [[w:Rus'-Byzantine War (860)|Second Rus-Byzantine War]], a naval raid and the first siege of Constantinople by the Rus. *ca. 860 [[w:Christianization of the Rus' Khaganate|Christianization of the Rus' Khaganate]]. *861 [[Cyril and Methodius]] of Thessaloniki mission depart from Constantinople to [[Church of Russia#Conversion of the Slavs|missionize the Slavs]]; Council of Constantinople attended by 318 fathers and presided over by papal legates confirms [[Photius the Great]] as patriarch and passes 17 canons.*864 Baptism of Prince [[Boris of Bulgaria]]; [[Synaxis]] of the [[Theotokos]] in Miasena in memory of the return of her icon. *867 Council in Constantinople held, presided over by [[Photius the Great|Photius]], which anathematizes Pope [[Nicholas I of Rome]] for his attacks on work of Greek missionaries in Bulgaria and use by papal missionaries of [[Filioque]]; Pope Nicholas dies before hearing news of excommunication; [[Basil the Macedonian]] has Emperor [[Michael III]] murdered and usurps Imperial throne, reinstating Ignatius as patriarch of Constantinople. *867 Death of [[Kassiani the Hymnographer|Kassiani]], Greek-Byzantine poet and hymnographer, who composed the ''[[Hymn of Kassiani]]'', chanted during [[Holy Week]] on Holy Wednesday. *869-870 [[Robber Council of 869-870]] held, deposing [[Photius the Great]] from the Constantinopolitan see and putting the rival claimant Ignatius on the throne, declaring itself to be the "Eighth Ecumenical Council." *870 Conversion of Serbia; Malta conquered from the Byzantines by the Arabs.*874 Translation of relics of [[Nicephorus I of Constantinople|Nicephorus the Confessor]], interred in the [[Church of the Holy Apostles (Constantinople)|Church of the Holy Apostles]], Constantinople. *877 Death of [[Ignatius I of Constantinople]], who appoints [[Photius the Great|Photius]] to succeed him. *877 Arab Muslims conquer all of Sicily from Byzantium and make Palermo their capital.*879-880 [[Eighth Ecumenical Council]] held in Constantinople attended by 383 fathers passing 3 canons, confirms [[Photius the Great|Photius]] as Patriarch of Constantinople, anathematizes additions to the [[Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed]], and declares that the prerogatives and jurisdiction of the Roman pope and the Constantinopolitan patriarch are essentially equal; the council is reluctantly accepted by Pope [[John VIII of Rome]]. *881 Death of [[Theoctiste of the Isle of Lesbos|Theoktiste of Lesbos]] ([[November 9]]).*885 [[Mount Athos]] gains political autonomy, as Emperor Basil lays down the boundaries of the monastic republic ; death of Mount Athos[[Cyril and Methodius|Methodius]].*886 [[w:Glagolitic alphabet|Glagolitic alphabet]], (now called [[w:Old Church Slavonic|Old Church Slavonic]]) adopted in Bulgarian Empire.
*892 Death of Theodora the Myrrh-gusher of Thessaloniki.
*902 Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabid Arabs.
*904 Thessaloniki sacked and pillaged by Saracen pirates under [[w:Leo of Tripoli|Leo of Tripoli]], a Greek pirate serving Saracen interests.
*907 Third [[w:Rus'-Byzantine War (907)|Rus-Byzantine War]], a naval raid of Constantinople (''or [[w:Tsargrad|Tsargrad]] in Old Slavonic'') led by Varangian Prince [[w:Oleg of Novgorod|Oleg of Novgorod]], which was relieved by peace negotiations.
*911 [[Protection of the Mother of God|Holy Protection of the Virgin Mary]]; Russian envoys visit Constantinople to ratify a treaty, sent by Oleg, Grand Prince of Rus'.
*912 [[w:Nicholas Mystikos|Nicholas I Mysticus]] becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
*921 Death of [[Irene Chrysovalantou]].
*925 Death of [[Peter of Argos]].
*ca941 Fourth [[w:Rus'-Byzantine War (941)|Rus-Byzantine War]].950 *944 City of Edessa recovered by Byzantine army, including [[Icon Not Made By Hands]] *953 [[Monastery of Hosios Loukas]] founded by St. [[Luke the Younger]] Thebes, near Stiris (Thebes) in Greece.*957 [[Olga of Kiev]] baptized in Constantinople.
*960 Emperor [[Nicephorus II]] Phocas re-captures [[w:Crete|Crete]] for the Byzantines.
*961 Founding of [[w:Agia Lavra|Agia Lavra]] monastery in Kalavryta, Peloponesse, (the symbolic birth-place of modern Greece in 1821).*963 [[Athanasius of Athos]] establishes first major monastery on [[Mount Athos]], the [[Great Lavra (Athos)|Great Lavra]]; founding of Philosophou Monastery in [[Metropolis of Gortyna and Megalopolis|Dimitsana]] (Peloponesse).
*965 Emperor [[Nicephorus II]] Phocas gains [[w:Cyprus|Cyprus]] completely for the Byzantines.
*968-71 Fifth [[w:Rus'-Byzantine War (968-971)#Campaigns in the Balkans|Rus-Byzantine War]], resulting in a Byzantine victory over the coalition of Rus', Pechenegs, Magyars, and Bulgarians in the [[w:Battle of Arcadiopolis|Battle of Arcadiopolis]], and the defeat of [[w:Sviatoslav I of Kiev|Sviatoslav of Kiev]] by [[w:John I Tzimiskes|John I Tzimiskes]].
*969 Emperor [[w:Nikephoros II|Nikephoros II Phokas]] captures Antioch and Aleppo from Arabs.
*972 Emperor [[w:John I Tzimiskes|John I Tzimiskes]] grants [[Mount Athos]] its first charter ([[Typikon]]).
*975 Emperor [[w:John I Tzimiskes|John I Tzimiskes]] in a Syrian campaign takes Emesa, Baalbek, Damascus, Tiberias, Nazareth, Caesarea, Sidon, Beirut, Byblos and Tripoli, but fails to take Jerusalem.
*980 Revelation of the ''[[Panagia Axion Estin|Axion Estin]]'' (the hymn "It Is Truly Meet"), with the appearance of the [[Archangel Gabriel]] to a [[monk]] on [[Mount Athos]].
*987 Sixth [[w:Rus'-Byzantine War (987)#Baptism of Vladimir|Rus-Byzantine War]], where [[Vladimir of Kiev]] dispatches troops to the Byzantine Empire to assist Emperor [[w:Basil II|Basil II]] with an internal revolt, agreeing to accept [[Orthodox Christianity]] as his religion and bring his people to the new faith.
*988 [[Baptism of Rus']] begins with the conversion of [[Vladimir of Kiev]] who is baptized at [[w:Chersonesos|Chersonesos]], the birthplace of the Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox churches; Vladimir marries Anna, sister of Byzantine emperor Basil II.
*1009 Patr. [[Sergius II of Constantinople]] removes name of Pope [[Sergius IV of Rome]] from [[diptychs]] of [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]], because the pope had written a letter to the patriarch including the [[Filioque]].
*11th c. [[Kaisariani Monastery (Athens)|Kaisariani Monastery]] is founded on the slopes of Mount Hymettos, one of the oldest and most important monasteries in Attica; death [[Theodora of Vasta]].
*1022 Death of [[Symeon the New Theologian]].
*1025 Greece is divided into ''themes'' including Crete, the Peloponnese, Hellas, Nicopolis, Larissa, Cephalonia, Thessalonica, the Cyclades and the Aegean.
*1042 Founding of [[Nea Moni of Chios|Nea Moni]] Monastery on Chios.
*'''1054''' The [[Great Schism]] between Orthodox East and Latin West.
*1083 [[Metropolis of Paronaxia]] separates from the [[Metropolis of Rhodes]].
*1088-93 Founding of [[monastery]] of [[Apostle John|John the Theologian]] on [[Patmos]].
*1093 Death of [[Christodoulos of Patmos|Christodoulos the Wonderworker of Patmos]].
*1192-1571 [[Church of Cyprus]] is subordinated to a Latin Hierarchy established by the Crusaders.
*12th c. Skete life begins in Meteora.