The Patriarch Who Promoted the Exclusivity of the See of Constantinople
June 27, 2025
In memory of St. Methodios I, who reposed on this day in 847
The late 14th- or early 15th-century icon known as the “Triumph of Orthodoxy” presents a visual theology of victory—of truth defended, heresy condemned, and the memory of confessors preserved. Among the saints pictured is St. Methodios, Patriarch of Constantinople, depicted at the top right, cl…
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