Section 09: Glorification and Legacy

The end and the afterlife. Theodore died in exile-released obscurity on 11 November 826, seventeen years before the cause he had fought for triumphed — but it did triumph: on the first Sunday of Lent, 11 March 843, the icons were restored for good, and in 844 his relics were translated home to the Stoudios. This section sets out the repose, the vindication of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, and the long reach of Theodore’s influence — on Byzantine and Slavic monasticism, on the theology of the icon — together with the modern scholarship that has recovered him.

Contents

File Topic
Repose and the Triumph of Orthodoxy The death on 11 November 826; the disputed place of his repose; the final restoration of the icons on 11 March 843 under Empress Theodora and Patriarch Methodios, vindicating Theodore’s cause; the translation of his relics (with his brother Joseph’s) to Stoudios in 844; the feasts of 11 November and 26 January
Influence and Scholarship The enduring influence — the Studite rule on Athos and in Rus’, the icon theology in the Orthodox tradition, the Stoudios as a monastic and scribal center; and the modern scholarship that recovered him — Pratsch’s biography, Cholij’s and Tollefsen’s studies, Hatlie on Constantinopolitan monasticism, Fatouros’s edition of the letters

How to Use

  • Start with Repose and the Triumph of Orthodoxy for the close of the life and its vindication in 843.
  • Read Influence and Scholarship for the long reach of Theodore’s work and the state of the modern study of him.

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