Context: Devotions to artistic depictions of Mary vary among Christian traditions. There is a long tradition of Roman Catholic Marian art and no image permeates Catholic art as does the image of Madonna and Child. The icon of the Virgin Theotokos with Christ is without doubt the most venerated icon in the Orthodox Church. Both Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christians venerate images and icons of Mary, given that the Second Council of Nicaea in 787 permitted their veneration with the understanding that those who venerate the image are venerating the reality of the person it represents, and the 842 Synod of Constantinople confirming the same. According to Orthodox piety and traditional practice, however, believers ought to pray before and venerate only flat, two-dimensional icons, and not three-dimensional statues.

Question: In which year was the Second Council of Nicea?
Answer: 787

Question: In which year did the Synod of Constantinople confirm the veneration of images of Mary?
Answer: 842

Question: Which icon is most venerated in the Orthodox Church?
Answer: icon of the Virgin Theotokos

Question: What is the name given to artistic depictions of Mary?
Answer: Marian art

Question: In the Orthodox church, what types of icons are allowed to be venerated and prayed before?
Answer: flat, two-dimensional icons

Question: Which believers pray to and venerate three-dimensional statues?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: In what year was the first image of the Madonna and Child found?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: In what year was the first image of the Virgin Theotokos with Christ found?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What is the name given to the artistic depictions of Jesus as an adult?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: In what year was the Orthodox Church founded?
Answer: Unanswerable