Fathers of the Fifth Ecumenical Council

Commemoration of the 165 Holy Fathers of the Fifth Ecumenical Council in Constantinople.

The Fifth Ecumenical Council met in Constantinople in 553 under Emperor Justinian and condemned the errors of Origen and the so-called Three Chapters, confirming the teaching of Chalcedon.

The Church honors its 165 Fathers as defenders of the Orthodox faith.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Fathers of the Fifth Ecumenical Council is commemorated on July 25. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on August 7 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on July 25

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  Dormition of Anne

  Holy Woman, Κοίμηση Αγίας Άννας

  Dormition of Saint Anne, mother of the Theotokos.

  Name days: Anna, Anne, Annie, Anneta, Annita, Annitsa

• Olympias the Deaconess

  Holy Woman, Ολυμπιάς η Διακόνισσα

  Venerable Olympias the Deaconess of Constantinople, friend of St. John Chrysostom.

  Name days: Olympia, Olympias, Olympiada, Olymbia, Olimpia, Olympie

• Eupraxia of Tabenna

  Holy Woman, Ευπραξία

  Venerable Eupraxia, virgin of the Thebaid.

  Name days: Eupraxia, Efpraxia, Evpraxia, Praxia

• Blandina and the Martyrs of Lyon

  Martyr, Βλανδίνα

  Holy Martyrs Sanctus, Maturus, Attalus and Blandina of Lyon in Gaul.

• Gregory Kallidis

  Hierarch, Γρηγόριος Καλλίδης

  St. Gregory Kallidis, Metropolitan of Heraclea, hierarch of the twentieth century.