Every Sunday, Christians all over the world recite the Nicene Creed as a confession of faith. While most do not know the details of the controversy that led to its composition, they are aware that the ...

The institutionalisation of Christianity by the Council of Nicaea in AD 325 was a decisive moment in the faith’s history.

This is potentially huge news, because Nicaea was the site of the first ecumenical council. Neither man is likely to be alive in 2025, so the promise here is largely symbolic. Still, it’s a big ...

Moved with divine zeal and concern for unity, the Emperor Constantine the Great, equal to the Apostles, summoned the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea, a city of Bithynia. It was in this place that ...

Constantine I called the Council of Nicaea, and often the imperial treasury was used to fund the expenses of the churchmen ...

Sis said Constantine could be ruthless as a soldier ... of Armenia and in 325 he called together the bishops for the Council of Nicaea to resolve the huge Arian controversy.

which was the first major ecumenical council. And he had contact with the Emperor Constantine. So he was a very prominent figure. He's most important to us, however, as the first church historian.

After the death of Theophilus in 842, Theophanes was elected Bishop of Nicaea. Both brothers composed many canons and hymns, thereby adorning the services of the Church. You are a guide of Orthodoxy, ...

on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council, seeking a solution that could garner the widest ...