The Pan‐Orthodox Celebration of the 1600th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in 1925
Journal: The Ecumenical Review
Year: 2025

Abstract This article explores the attempts to organize a Pan‐Orthodox Council in the years following the First World War that could gather in 1925 on the occasion of the 1600th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. While some of these efforts were remarkably ambitious, and although they were not always feasible or fully realized, they nevertheless left a lasting impact, not least on the broader implications for Orthodox engagement in the ecumenical movement. In particular, the