Orthodoxy Sunday


noun

See under Feast of Orthodoxy.

Origin of Orthodoxy Sunday

First recorded in 1840–50

Definition for orthodoxy sunday (2 of 2)

Feast of Orthodoxy

noun Eastern Church.

a solemn festival held on the first Sunday of Lent (Orthodoxy Sunday) commemorating the restoration of the use of icons in the church (a.d. 842) and the triumph over all heresies.