Church of Jerusalem to hold conference dedicated to I Ecumenical Council
The Monastery of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem (founded in the 6th century). Photo: jerusalem-patriarchate
The Patriarchate of Jerusalem will host a theological conference in 2025 to mark the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council. According to a decision made by the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, presided over by His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III on 26 December, the conference will take place in Jerusalem at the ancient Monastery of the Holy Cross, as reported on the official website of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
To organise the conference, the Holy Synod appointed a Commission headed by Patriarch Theophilos. Members of the Commission include the Chief Secretary, His Eminence Archbishop of Constantina Aristarchos, Secretary of the Holy Synod Hierodeacon Simeon, Archimandrite Reverend Father Christodoulos, Professor of the Theological School of Thessaloniki, Mr. Theodoros Giagkou and Mr. Phaedon Kidoniatis.
It was noted that the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea, held in Constantinople, denounced Arianism as a heresy and enshrined the divinity of Christ by invoking the term Homoousion (Greek: “same in being, same in essence”) in a statement of faith known as the Creed of Nicaea.
As reported earlier, the Patriarch of Jerusalem met with the Palestinian President.
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