- Feast of Orthodoxy
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Eastern Ch.a solemn festival held on the first Sunday of Lent (Orthodoxy Sunday) commemorating the restoration of the use of icons in the church (A.D. 842) and the triumph over all heresies.
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Feast of Orthodoxy
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