Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral commemorated the Sunday of Orthodoxy, or the restoration of the holy icons in the reign of the holy Empress Theodora, on Sunday, March 8, 2020 with children carrying icons in a procession around the church following Divine Liturgy.

1st Sunday of Great Lent: Sunday of Orthodoxy – Troparion & Kontakion

Commemorated on March 8

Troparion — Tone 2

We venerate Your most pure image, O Good One, / and ask forgiveness of our transgressions, O Christ God. / Of Your own will You were pleased to ascend the Cross in the flesh / to deliver Your creatures from bondage to the enemy. / Therefore with thanksgiving we cry aloud to You: / You have filled all with joy, O our Savior, / by coming to save the world.

Kontakion — Tone 8

No one could describe the Word of the Father; / but when He took flesh from you, O Theotokos, He accepted to be described, / and restored the fallen image to its former state by uniting it to divine beauty. / We confess and proclaim our salvation in word and images.