Several Icons of St. Theodore Tyron and Their Relationship with the Great Lent
Several Icons of St. Theodore Tyron and Their Relationship with the Great Lent

Summary/Abstract: The text presents several icons related to the veneration of St. Theodore Tyron on the first Saturday of the Great Lent. St. Theodore’s miracle with the koliva which is commemorated during the liturgy on that day is depicted on most of them. Some hagiographic works witnessing the connection between the saint’s veneration during Lent and the koliva miracle from as early as the 10th century on are pointed out. Despite that, the earliest known icons visualizing the miracle in question date only from the late 16th century. On the basis of the functions most of the icons had during the liturgy the study states the possible reasons having contributed to the emergence of iconographic works with that plot.

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