First Ecumenical Council of Nikea Icon (1) Mounted on wood Sizes:6 X 8

First Ecumenical Council of Nikea Icon (1) Mounted on wood Sizes:6 X 8Orthodox icon of the First Ecumenical Council. Commemorated May 29. The first Ecumenical Council was held in Nicea, Asia Minor in 325 under Emperor Constantine the Great. 318 Bishops were present. It was called to deal with a controversy about the nature of Christ called the Arian controversy. Arius was a presbyter who denied the divinity of Christ. He taught that if Jesus was born, then there was time when He did not exist. If He became God, then

The saints refuted the emperor's words

It is not fitting that one as righteous as you should worship idols and not know the truth

Patriarch Jeremiah the Elder rededicated the monastery of St John the Baptist to Nicholas

Theodota was taken for questioning when it was learned that she was a Christian

without being able to find an appropriate place to rest

reveals Himself through His energies

who was of consular rank

Then they threw the martyr into prison and for a long while they exhausted her with hunger

Here too the rare initials on the globe are repeated

Diocletian

he delivered his farewell speech - the Syntacterion

Artemius received many awards for distinguished service and courage