Commemoration
Second Ecumenical Council
May 22 Old CalendarJune 4 New Calendar
Life
In the time of Emperor Theodosius the Great, this council was convened in the year 381 in Constantinople to establish the Orthodox teaching on the Holy Spirit, about Whom the then-Archbishop of Constantinople, Macedonius, taught erroneously. This spirit-fighting archbishop taught that the Holy Spirit was a creature of God and not a divine Hypostasis, equal to the Hypostasis of the Father and the Son and consubstantial with Them. Macedonius was condemned by the council, and the Nicene Creed was supplemented with the teaching on the Holy Spirit.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, May 22. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on May 22
The full reading for May 22 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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