Council of Constantinople (843)
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The Council of Constantinople of 843 or the Synod of Constantinople of 843 was a local council (as opposed to an ecumenical council) of Christian bishops that was convened in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) in AD 843 by the Byzantine regent Theodora to confirm iconophilism in the Church. This council is still celebrated on the first Sunday of Great Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Church, as presecribed by the council. After the council which was under the presidency of the Patriarch Methodios I, the attendees met on 11 March 843 and symbolically processed from the Blachernae Church to the Church of Hagia Sophia bearing an icon of the Mother of God.[1]
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Council of Constantinople (843) | |
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Date | 3 or 4 March 843 (council), 11 March 843 (date of celebration) |
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Previous council | Council of Constantinople of 815 |
Next council | Council of Constantinople (861) |
Convoked by | Theodora, mother of Emperor Michael III |
President | Patriarch Methodios I of Constantinople |
Attendance | The Holy Endemic Synod of Constantinople |
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Location | Constantinople, Byzantium (modern-day Turkey). |
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For all councils of Constantinople, see Council of Constantinople.