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08 Aug 09

Icons: In Defense of Icons - St. John of Damascus




Icons: In Defense of Icons - St. John of Damascus


The Iconoclastic controversy lasted from 726, when Emperor Leo III (717-741) began an attack on the use of religious images, until 843 when The Empress Theodora allowed their restoration. The two periods of Iconoclasm were separated by the reign of the iconodule Empress Irene, under whom the Second Council of Nicea 787 was held.

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28 Apr 09

Orthodox Christians in North America (1794 - 1994)

St Innocent (Veniaminov)....While in Spanish California, Veniaminov visited the Franciscan missions along the coast, conversing with the Spanish monks in Latin. In a rare gesture of ecumenical goodwill for the time, Veniaminov even built small pipe organs for at least two of the Catholic missions.

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Western Rite | Antiochian.org Orthodox Church

INACCURATE INFORMATION\nSEE (See: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/westernriteorthodoxy/message/1100.

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