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TODAY IS A GREAT HOLIDAY: We Celebrate the Renewed Friday, popularly known as Eastern Friday
The Mother in Orthodoxy and in the eyes of God is not only the pillar of the family - she is the first teacher of faith.
TL;DR
- The first Friday after Easter celebrates the renewal of the Temple of the Life-Giving Spring of the Theotokos in Constantinople.
- The temple was originally built by Emperor Leo the Great in the 5th century on the site of a miraculous spring that healed a blind man.
- Subsequent emperors, including Justinian and Basil the Macedonian with his son Leo the Wise, renovated and expanded the temple, which became a site of numerous healings.
- Healings reported included various physical and mental ailments, and even the resurrection of a dead person.
- The history of the sanctuary and the holiday was recorded by Nikephoros Kallistos in the 14th century.
- Local customs involve visiting springs at dawn for washing, drinking water, and celebrating.
- Historically, some tradespeople celebrated this day as their patronal feast.