Pope Francis said on Thursday he planned to visit Turkey's Iznik next year for the anniversary of the first council of the Christian Church, Italian news agency ANSA reported. The early centuries of Christianity were marked by debate about how Jesus could be both God and man,

The Council of Nicaea took place in the ancient city of Nicaea in 325 A.D. in the former Roman Empire, which is now the present-day city of İznik, in northwestern Turkey

Pope Francis announced plans to visit Turkey's Iznik next year to commemorate the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. This significant event mediated key theological debates about Jesus's dual nature as both God and man in early Christianity.

Pope tells plan to mark 1,700th anniversary of pivotal First Council of Nicaea, in AD 325, where the early church made key decisions

Pope Francis is planning to visit Türkiye’s Iznik district next year to mark the anniversary of the first council of the Christian Church, Italian

Pope Francis said on Thursday that he hopes to travel to Türkiye next year to commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, Christianity’s first ecumenical council. The visit to Nicaea,

The early centuries of Christianity were marked by debate about how Jesus could be both God and man, and the Church decided on the issue at the First Council of Nicaea in 325.