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Nearing the end of their pilgrimage, today Orthodox and Catholic faithful commemorated the 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea by reciting the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed on the shores of Lake İznik, at the site of the council’s convening in 325 C.E. Led by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and His Eminence Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the moment was particularly poignant given that due to centuries-old persecution and church-conversions, virtually no visible evidence remains of the city’s Christian past.
