Commemoration
Commemoration of the Fifth Ecumenical Council
July 25 Old CalendarAugust 7 New Calendar
Life
This Council was held in Constantinople in the time of Emperor Justinian the Great, in the year 553. At this Council all the Monophysite heresies were condemned, as well as the heretical writings of Theodore of Mopsuestia, Theodoret of Cyrrhus, and Origen.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, July 25. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on July 25
The full reading for July 25 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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