Byzantine Iconoclasm

Christian monk, priest, hymnographer and apologist (675/6-749)

pope

emperor of Byzantine Empire

thumb|upright=1.2|Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy depicting the "[[Triumph of Orthodoxy" over iconoclasm under the Byzantine empress Theodora and her son Michael III, late 14th to early 15th century]]

ecumenical council of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church (787 AD)

empress of Byzantine Empire (752-803)

emperor of Byzantium

Byzantine emperor (lived 775–820)

Byzantine emperor from 829 to 842

Byzantine emperor

Artabasdos or Artavasdos ( or , from , , , Latinized as Artabasdus) was a Byzantine general of Armenian descent who seized the throne from June 741 until November 743, in usurpation of the reign of Constantine V.

9th-century Byzantine empress, wife of Theophilos

Two periods in the history of the Byzantine Empire when the use of religious images or icons was opposed by religious and imperial authorities.

Byzantine saint

patriarch of Constantinople

Patriarch of Constantinople

Patriarch of Constantinople

Patriarch of Constantinople

synod

Iconodulism (also iconoduly or iconodulia) designates the religious service to icons (kissing and honourable veneration, incense, and candlelight). The term comes from Neoclassical Greek εἰκονόδουλος (eikonodoulos) (from – icon (image) + – servant), meaning "one who serves images (icons)". It is also referred to as iconophilism (also iconophily or iconophilia from – icon (image) + – love) designating a positive attitude towards the religious use of icons. In the history of Christianity, iconodulism (or iconophilism) was manifested as a moderate position, between two extremes: iconoclasm (radic

Patriarch of Constantinople from 815–821

Patriarch of Constantinople

Patriarch of Constantinople

Patriarch of Constantinople (821-837)

Feast observed in Orthodox Christianity

Bishop Synnada

Patriarch Anastasius of Constantinople

Patriarch of Constantinople

Unsuccessful attempt by the Umayyad Caliphate to capture the Byzantine city of Nicaea in 727

Byzantine governor and general (died 792)

9th-century Byzantine Christian saint (810-867) (c.810-867)

essay by Theodulf of Orléans

Byzantine saint

Byzantine saint

Byzantine monk

Byzantine saint

Byzantine saint

Byzantine bishop and saint

Greek saint

Byzantine writer

Byzantine-era settlement in Cappadocia

Byzantine iconophile martyr

Bishop of Sardis

Palestinian Christian monk duo

Eastern Orthodox saint venerated for his role in the restoration of the veneration of icons

patriarch of Jerusalem

Patriarch lf Jerusalem

synod held in the Basilica of St. John Lateran in 769; rectified abuses in the papal electoral process which had led to the elevation of the Antipopes Constantine II and Philip; condemned the Council of Hieria (754)

local council that restored Iconoclasm

Iconolatry (Greek: εἰκών, eikon, 'picture or image', + λατρεία, latreia, 'veritable (full) worship or adoration') designates the idolatric worship or the adoration of icons. In the history of Christianity, iconolatry was mainly manifested in popular worship, as freedom of worship while others viewed it as superstitious belief in the divine nature of icons or deities. It was practiced as a focal point on icons, and other deities representing various saints, angels and God. One of the extreme practices of iconolatry was scraping parts of icons into the Holy Communion.

ruined Byzantine-era monastery in Turkey

Byzantine general and aristocrat

Archbishop of Thessalonica (d. 832)

Eastern Orthodox monk and saint

Byzantine saint

Byzantine monk, ascetic, opponent of iconoclasm, saint

Byzantine monk

Archbishop of Mytilene from 804-815

Byzantine official and saint