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The Council of Nicaea gave Christianity more than a creed — it gave the Church a way to calculate Easter. But unity around the great feast of the Resurrection remains incomplete.
This year’s 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea is suitably marked by both the Catholic and Orthodox Easter falling on the same date, which is not the norm. It was at Nicaea that the date of Easter was set; it was one of the most important items on the conciliar agenda.
The anniversary and the joint celebration this year have fostered hopes that a permanent joint celebration of Easter might be possible. That remains unlikely, however, given that relations within the Orthodox world do not permit such a momentous decision to be made.
Continued below.
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This year’s 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea is suitably marked by both the Catholic and Orthodox Easter falling on the same date, which is not the norm. It was at Nicaea that the date of Easter was set; it was one of the most important items on the conciliar agenda.
The anniversary and the joint celebration this year have fostered hopes that a permanent joint celebration of Easter might be possible. That remains unlikely, however, given that relations within the Orthodox world do not permit such a momentous decision to be made.
Nicaea and Easter
Continued below.
The 1,700-Year Quest for a Common Easter
COMMENTARY: The Council of Nicaea gave Christianity more than a creed — it gave the Church a way to calculate Easter. But unity around the great feast of the Resurrection remains incomplete.
