1st Ecumenical Council

John, reading 56. Chapter 17:1-13 Dear brothers and sisters, Today we commemorate the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council. On the eve of the feast of the Holy Trinity, the Church glorifies those who confirmed the true doctrine concerning the divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ. The First Ecumenical Council was convened by the…

On the Seventh Sunday after Pascha: Teaching of our Father among the Saints John Chrysostom on the Council of the 318 Holy Fathers who gathered against the heretic Arius. Today, beloved faithful, we commemorate the memory of the holy fathers. For by their confession—that the Son of God became man, willingly suffered, died, was buried,…