https://www.roersma-iconen.nl/en/category/location/corfu/Recent content in Corfu on Roersma IconpaintingsHugoenThu, 20 Oct 2016 17:31:07 +0200https://www.roersma-iconen.nl/en/st-theodora/Sat, 01 Aug 2015 14:36:14 +0200https://www.roersma-iconen.nl/en/st-theodora/<p><a href="https://www.roersma-iconen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/St.-Theodora.jpg"><img src="https://www.roersma-iconen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/St.-Theodora.jpg" alt="St. Theodora Corfu 18e eeuw" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </a></p> <p>In 830 AD Saint Theodora (born in 815) married the Byzantine Emperor Theophilus, who died twelve years later. In 842 she devoted herself to re-establishing the veneration of the icons at a Holy Synod in Nicaea. She died in a convent on 11 February 867 at the age of 52 years, The Orthodox Church declared her a saint.</p>