İZNIK, Turkey (RNS) — For Christian leaders across the world and across denominations, the anniversary of the first Council of Nicaea is providing an opportunity for introspection and, potentially, ...

The Catholic Church this year marks the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, the first ecumenical synod in the history of the Church, convened by Emperor Constantine in what is now the ...

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 ...

In June of the year 325, the first Ecumenical Council began in Nicaea, convened by the Emperor Constantine. Among the many topics discussed, which we will try to address briefly, two in particular ...

In the summer of A.D. 325, more than 300 bishops gathered in Nicaea — located in modern-day northern Turkey — to promulgate a common Christian creed, settle Christological disputes that arose from the ...

This May marks 1,700 years since the convening of what is arguably the most important and influential council in Christian history. For three months in 325 CE, Emperor Constantine gathered hundreds of ...

ONEONTA — Orthodox Archbishop the Rev. Michael Dahulich will present a seminar on the Council of Nicaea, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 29, at the 34th annual Theology Institute at Hartwick College.

Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders will gather to commemorate the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, 2801 E. 4th Street in Duluth on Tuesday, August ...

Cardinal Kurt Koch and Patriarch Bartholomew I, Eastern Orthodox ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, addressed the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea being celebrated in 2025 during the ...

In the United States, Catholics kneel during the Eucharistic prayer while Catholics in the rest of the world stand. Many European churches, especially the older ones, do not even have kneelers. After ...