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Easter. The Roman Catholic, Greek, English and .some other churches have joined in the movement to reform the calendar insofar as fixing a specific date for Easter is concerned. (Easter is now fixed in relation to the phases of the moon. This arrangement was made at the Council of Nicaea in 325 A. D. in order to give persons making Easter pilgrimages a waxing moon on their journey and a waning moon on their trip back home).-M. B. Cotsworth, Director of the International Fixed Calendar League...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Grand Conclave | 1/12/1925 | See Source »

Differences of opinion as to the teachings of Jesus Christ first became historic at the Council of Nicaea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaea, Nish | 9/8/1924 | See Source »

...Serbian Orthodox Church now proposes that the 1,600th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea shall be celebrated at the birthplace of the Emperor next year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaea, Nish | 9/8/1924 | See Source »

...Chalcedon, on the Asiatic shore, Gregory VII crossed over to Phanar in a caïque, accompanied by the Archbishops of Brusa and New Caesarea. Where the marble steps of the Ecumenical palace go down to the waters of the Bosphorus, he was met by the Metropolitans of Nicaea and of Cyzicus. Taking his arms they led him to the palace gate. The chief secretary of the Holy Synod read him the canon of election. The Archbishop of Caesarea gave him the pastoral staff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Phanar's Throne | 12/24/1923 | See Source »

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