The New Iconoclasm

Iconostasis inside an Orthodox church in Bucharest

One of the many things I love about the Byzantine Christian tradition is the Sunday commemorations of the first Ecumenical Councils. The Sunday after the Ascension recalls Nicaea I, the first council; we commemorate the first six in July, and then on the Sunday nearest October 11, we remember the seventh council, Nicaea II. If you are familiar with the interior of our churches…

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