Commemoration
Saint Theodora
February 11 Old CalendarFebruary 24 New Calendar
Life
Theodora was a greek empress, wife of the evil Emperor Theophilus the iconoclast. After Theophilus's death Theodora became empress with her son Michael III. She immediately established the veneration of icons at a council in Constantinople in the year 842. On this occasion was established the celebration of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, which to this day is observed on the first Sunday of Great Lent. This holy woman, deserving for the Church, gave up her soul to God on February 11, 867. At that time of complete triumph of Orthodoxy over all heresies, by God's wondrous Providence, Saints Cyril and Methodius were sent among the Slavs as Christian missionaries.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, February 11. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on February 11
The full reading for February 11 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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