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St. Theodora the Empress
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St. Theodora the Empress

c. 815–867 · Constantinople · Feast February 11

Theodora was married to the iconoclast emperor Theophilos but secretly venerated icons, keeping them hidden in a chest. When he died in 842 she became regent for her son and, with Patriarch Methodios, called a council that restored the icons. On the first Sunday of Lent in 843 a great procession carried icons back into Hagia Sophia, which the Church still celebrates as the Triumph of Orthodoxy.

  • Feast: February 11 (New Calendar)
  • Lived: c. 815–867
  • Place: Constantinople
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