This year, Christians will celebrate a significant anniversary: \u200b\u200b1700 years since the Council of Nicea, the first of the great Ecumenical Councils, which adopted the Nicene Creed. And many sermons of the Pope are dedicated to the anniversary and unification around the faith.

This is written by Vatican News.

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This symbol of faith, said Pope, “is a general confession of faith, which surpasses all the separation that shared the body of Christ for centuries”; and the anniversary of his proclamation is “an opportunity for all Christians who read the same Creed and believe in the same God.”.

As a sign of the unity of Christians, in his sermon dedicated to the upcoming anniversary, dad proposed to make Easter's holiday a single day, especially since this year gives this prerequisites: in 2025, Easter falls on the same date as in the Julian and Julian.

“Let us rediscover the common roots of faith! - said the Pope. - Let's maintain unity!

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Recall that almost a year ago, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew called on Christians of the eastern and western rite to the joint celebration of Easter and expressed the hope that the agreements would be able to achieve already this year.

The Primate of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople noted that in 2025 there will be a celebration dedicated to the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea. According to Patriarch Bartholomew, at this meeting, among other things, it is planned to discuss the issue of determining the general date of Easter celebration.