Ecumenical commemoration of the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea

Summary

At the site of the First Council of Nicaea, Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I led a joint prayer marking 1,700 years since the council that produced the Nicene Creed, appealing for full unity among Christians and for peace.

Key points

• The Nicene Creed as a shared foundation for all Christians.
• A renewed commitment to the goal of full communion.
• Common witness for peace in a wounded region.
• Gratitude for the long friendship between Rome and Constantinople.

Context

The commemoration was the centrepiece of Leo XIV's first foreign trip and a journey Pope Francis had planned before his death.