Dr. Mustafa Şahin, underwater archaeological excavations and research started in 2015 at the basilica located 20 meters off ...

Istanbul marked the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, the groundbreaking gathering convened in 325 by ...

This raucous meeting, which took place exactly 1700 years ago, was one of the most important in Christian history.

The first ecumenical council, known as the Council of Nicaea, is still accepted as authoritative by the Catholic Church, the ...

Christian leaders stress that the council and its anniversary still have relevance in the modern day, despite theological divides.

The creed set the standard for orthodoxy for 1,700 years. But no one professes the faith today in the ancient Turkish town where it was written. All the Christians will be tourists. This year ...

By celebrating together this Nicene faith and by proclaiming it together, we will also advance towards the restoration of full communion among us.” ...

Where it is Nicaea is a city in Turkey located 130 km southeast of Istanbul, the center of the district of the same name in the province of Bursa. The city is best known as the site of two ...

Around 200-250 bishops gathered in the city of Nicaea — modern day İznik in Turkey — sometime in May or June of 325 at the summons of Emperor Constantine, the first Christian ruler of the ...

The Pope said he is “preparing” to visit Turkey to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea. Reminded during his audience with reporters on Monday of Pope Francis’ plans ...