The prelate pointed out that pilgrimages were organized by communities from Smyrna, Istanbul, and other Turkish dioceses.

Icon depicting the Emperor Constantine and the fathers of the Council of Nicaea of 325 with the Greek text of the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381 in its liturgical form. Artist unknown.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I led a liturgy in Istanbul to commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, held in 325 AD. The council, convened by Emperor Constantine I, ...

This year marks the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea (325)! The word ecumenical comes from the Greek oikoumene (οἰκουμένη), which translates as “the whole inhabited ...

The Council of Nicaea, whose 1700th anniversary we celebrate this year (325-2025), holds a unique place in the living memory of the Christian people. It was the first “ecumenical” Council, in the ...

The creed, released at the end of the three-month-long Council of Nicaea in August 325 AD, will be 1700 years old now. Still, the Nicene Creed is not the oldest profession of faith. That honour goes ...

One of the objectives of the Council of Nicaea, Pope Leo recalled, was to demonstrate the unity of the church by establishing a common date for Easter throughout the world. “Sadly, differences ...

Credit: Vatican Media The Holy Father called the 325 Council of Nicaea “foundational for the common journey that Catholics and Orthodox have undertaken together since the Second Vatican Council.” ...

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill explores the 1,700-year history of the "rule of faith" in Christianity, ...

The Holy Father called the 325 Council of Nicaea “foundational for the common journey that Catholics and Orthodox have undertaken together since the Second Vatican Council.” This symposium ...