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The '''Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy''' is celebrated on the first Sunday of [[Great Lent]]. It is the celebration of the victory of the [[iconodule]]s over the [[iconoclasm|iconoclasts]] by the decision of the [[Seventh Ecumenical Council]]. Therefore, the service is to commemorate the restoration of [[iconography|icons]] for use in services and private devotional life of Christians.
Services often include the [[clergy]] or the [[faithful]] triumphantly processing around the church, holding icons of their [[patron saint|patron]] or parish saints. In areas where multiple [[jurisdiction]]s exist (such as the United States), [[Pan-Orthodox]] [[Vespers]] are also usually celebrated in the evening.
==Themes==
*[http://www.schmemann.org/byhim/orthodoxy1985.html Sunday of Orthodoxy] by Protopresbyter [[Alexander Schmemann]]
*[http://lent.goarch.org/articles/lent_sunday_of_orthodoxy.asp The First Sunday of Lent: The Sunday of Orthodoxy] ([[GOARCH]])
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150331003920/http://aggreen.net:80/liturgics/triumph_orth.html The Service of the Triumph of Orthodoxy]
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=10 1st Sunday of Great Lent: Sunday of Orthodoxy] ([[OCA]])
[[fr:Dimanche de l'Orthodoxie]]
[[ro:Duminica Ortodoxiei]]
[[el:Κυριακή της Ορθοδοξίας]]
