The Council proclaimed “We define that holy icons, whether in color, mosaic, or some other material, should be exhibited in the holy churches of God, on the sacred vessels and liturgical vestments, on the walls, furnishings, and in houses and along the roads, namely the icons of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ, that of Our Lady the Theotokos, those of the venerable angels and those of all saintly people. Whenever these representations are contemplated, they will cause those who look at them to commemorate and love their prototype. We define also that they should be kissed and that they are an object of veneration and honor, but not of real worship, which is reserved for Him Who is the subject of our faith and is proper for the divine nature, … which is in effect transmitted to the prototype; he who venerates the icon, venerated in it the reality for which it stands.”

Despite these teachings about icons, the iconoclasts began to trouble the Church again. A Regional Synod was called in Constantinople in 843 AD to bring peace to the Church. The veneration of icons was solemnly proclaimed at St. Sophia’s Cathedral. Monks and clergy came in procession and restored the icons to their rightful places. This occurred on March 11, 843 (which that year was the First Sunday of Lent). The Synod decreed that a perpetual feast on the anniversary of that day should be observed each year on the First Sunday of Great Lent. The day was called “Triumph of Orthodoxy.” Since that time, this event is commemorated yearly with a special service on the first Sunday of Lent, the “Sunday of Orthodoxy”.

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The Flower of the Month for March are Daffodils, sometimes called Jonquils or Narcissus. Because they often bloom in early spring, they symbolize new birth, beginnings, happiness and joy.