Redeeming The Time

On the First Sunday of Great Lent we celebrate the restoration of the Holy icons, and also call this day the "Triumph of Orthodoxy." We discuss the most important parts of the encounter of Nathaniel with Jesus Christ, and the Kontakion for the feast, which perfectly describes what Philip told Nathaniel to "Come and see," why this is the "Triumph of Orthodoxy," and why this triumph is so closely associated with icons. "The uncircumscribable Word of the Father was circumscribed when he took flesh of thee, O Theotokos; and when He had restored the defiled image to its ancient state, He suffused it with divine beauty. As for us, confession our salvation, we record it in deed and word." Kontakion, Tone 6