[Video] Pope Leo XIV and Patriarch Bartholomew commemorate 1700th Nicaea Council

Video: Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople gathered in Nicaea to commemorate the 1700th anniversary of the 1st Ecumenical Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. Footage from Nicaea (modern day Iznik, Turkey) shows the leaders marking this significant event. The 1st Council of Nicaea was notable for the creation of the Nicene Creed, the separation from the Jewish calendar for Pascha (Easter), and the anathemization of Arianism. The video also references the story of Bishop Nicholas of Myra and the attendance of 318 bishops from across the Roman Empire, a number symbolically linked to Abraham's Household in the Book of Genesis.