Because of this, Empress Irene was a strong advocate for the use of icons in the Christian church.
After one of her supporters was elected as head of the Byzantine Church in 784, the two called together over 300 bishops to finally, formally eliminate iconoclasm. It was here the bishops declared that icons should be venerated, but not worshipped. For this victory and her patronage of monasteries, Irene is considered a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church today (Gale).
While Irene's rule seemed a bit overbearing during Constantine's upbringing, she was technically still within her limits as regent. It wasn't until 790 that Empress Irene's motives were officially questioned. Since he had come of age, Constantine tried to wrest his independence from his mother (Garland). Until then, Irene had successfully defended her position against numerous conspiracies and dominated her son in the process. Rather then relinquish her seat to the rightful heir, Irene began to play politics. She demanded her name be placed above his in all public documents. She had already formally dismissed his engagement and conducted a bride-show to hand-pick him a new bride. She played with his personal life and then aired his business to the political public in order to destroy his credibility (Garland).
Shortly after this, Irene learned of Constantine's plan to remove her from the capital completely, so she had him confined to the palace (Gale). Then she ordered the military to swear allegiance to only her as supreme ruler. Instead they rebelled and freed Constantine; Irene and her followers were banished from the palace until 792 when Constantine pardoned her, allowing her to return as empress (Gale).
Irene wanted complete rule of the Empire though, so she continued to plot against her son. Constantine realized this in 797 and fled the capital to assemble loyal troops (Garland). On Irene's orders he was captured and brought back to the palace, where she had him blinded and imprisoned.
Irene and Frederic Joliet-Curie Irene Joliet-Curie was born on September 12, 1897. ... Irene finished her high school education at College of Sevigne. ... He also met Irene, since she was assisting her mother at the Institut. ... Irene and Frederic went on to continue working in the laboratory. However, in 1956, Irene passed away as a result of leukemia. ...
Vincent and Irene live in the future of scientific advances when being born in a natural way means to be procreated in a test-tube so that any weaknesses or diseases are avoided in advance. ... In an era of perfection, Irene is procreated in the "natural" way; she is a test-tube baby who is almost genetically perfect. ... Irene is an ambitious employee at Gattaca. ... In order to obey the system's policy, Irene has never any desire in life which she tries to accomplish. ... If he tells Irene who waits on the other side that he has bad eyesight, she would know about the cheating and his dr...
Irene expresses her thoughts on Claire. ... Irene also had a secret desire that Claire would die. ... As Claire begins to spend time with Irene and her family, Irene questions her security with her husband. ... The thought of Brian leaving Irene for Claire, terrified Irene. ... "It was that smile that maddened Irene. ...
Irene is shown to be a supercilious person through her actions. We first see Irene's denial in her "coat of fitch skins dyed to resemble mink."". ... They had intended to go shopping after lunch, but irene excused herself and went home."" ... - Irene says, "Life is too terrible, too sordid and awful. ... Jim Wescott exposes Irene's hipocrisy at the end of the story. ...
He wrote about a lady by the name of Irene and in this monologue Irene is a lady of letters meaning she loves to write letters. ... (p44) We the audience think that Irene is very annoying. ... Irene would never swear but now she is swearing. ... Irene then does not live up to our expectations. ... It is also revelled that Irene is ill. ...
Irene's jealousy is rooted in hypocrisy. ... It mocks everything that Irene has done. ... Clare perceives Irene as her connection to the black world and Irene reconciles her craving to mingle in the white world. ... Irene and Clare both wanted this luxurious life. ... Irene wanted to live a luxurious life too. ...
Despite the tribulations both Jesus and Irene faced, their faith never faltered. ... When the grandmother acknowledges bruises and dirt covering Irene following her adventure in the tunnels to rescue Curdie, she takes it upon herself to bathe Irene. Following her bath, Irene is dressed in a nightgown white as snow, suggesting purity and innocence. ... Irene's baptism is a testimony of her faith, discipleship, and reaching of spiritual maturity. ... Upon finding her grandmother, Irene finds herself, beginning her journey to spiritual maturity. ...
Irene wants to present herself as something she is not, a person with a perfect life, marriage, and one with little to no conflict. ... Just as Irene seems to be at peace with the radio, she starts hearing sounds that she discerns are coming from her own apartment building. Soon Irene starts to hear conversations between people over the radio, Jim shrugs it off as a play being played over the radio. ... A sort of obsession starts when Irene wakes up in the middle of the night turns on the radio, and does the same the next morning. ... Irene and Jim discover the true nature of their marriage...
In Athens women had less rights. Education was not that good in Athens. ... Athens like most of Greece had many arts. ... Ionian Island asked Athens for some help and Athens gave them it (geocities). ... Athens sent troop to defeat them and Athens was successful (geocities). ...
