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Η Τέταρτη Οικουμενική Σύνοδος, η Σύνοδος της Χαλκηδόνας

Synodus Quarta Oecumenica, Concilium Chalcedonense

The Fourth Ecumenical Council, the Council of Chalcedon

Четвёртый Вселенский Собор, Халкидонский Собор

 

8 October to 1 November 451 Anno Domini

 

  Fresco depicting the Fourth Ecumenical Council in the narthex of the Church of Saint Athanasius the Athonite in the Great Lavra on Holy Mount Athos  
  Fresco depicting the Fourth Ecumenical Council in the narthex of the Church of Saint Athanasius the Athonite
in the Great Lavra on Holy Mount Athos - Μονή Μεγίστης Λαύρας του Άγιο Όρος Άθως		  

 

Saint Athanasius and Saint Kirill, Patriarchs of Alexandria and Doctors of the Church   Saint Leon Magnus by Francisco de Herrera el Mozo
Ἀγιος Ἀθανάσιος Ἀλεξανδρείας – Saint Athanasius – Афанасий Великий, Confessor and Doctor of the Church,
*born c. 296-8; Patriarch of Alexandria from 328; reposed in the Lord 2 May 373†
Ἀγιος Κύριλλος Ἀλεξανδρείας – Saint Cyril (Kirill) of Alexandria – Кирилл Александрийский, Doctor of the Church
*born c. 376; Patriarch of Alexandria from 412; reposed in the Lord 27 June 444†
Icon in the Храм Святителей Афанасия и Кирилла, патриархов Александрийских, на Сивцевом Вражке, Moscow		  

Tome of Leo
— Foundational Church document on Christology —

By Pope Leo I, venerated as Pope Saint Leo the Great
(* circa 400; reigned from 29 September 440 to 10 November 461 †)

In the form of a Letter, dated 13 June 449 to
The Archbishop (Patriarch) of Constantinople,
Saint and Martyr, Φλαβιανος – Flavianus – Flavian (11 August 449 †)

 

 

in European Christendom Icon in fresco, written in 17th c., in Успенский Собор — Cathedral of the Dormition/Assumption in the Holy Trinity Saint Sergius Lavra   in European Christendom Fresco in the Transfiguration of the Savior Cathedral, Fourth Vsyelenskii Sobor
17th century icon in fresco, in the 16th century Успенский Собор — Cathedral of the Dormition,
in the Свято-Троицкая Сергиева Лавра в Сергиевом Посаде —Holy Trinity Saint Sergius Lavra. 		  Fresco in the Transfiguration of the Savior Cathedral (built 1506-1516) within
the Transfiguration of the Savior Monastery (founded XII century) in Yaroslavl —
Спасо-Преображенский Собор (1506-1516 гг.) в Спасо-Преображенском
Монастыре (основан в XII веке) в Ярославле.

 

  Αυτοκράτορας Ζήνων – Flavius Zeno Augustus – Emperor Zeno (r. 9 February 474 to 9 January 475 and August 476 to 9 April 491 †)  
     
  Trying to heal the Schism from the Council of Chalcedon of 451, and to reconcile the Chalcedonian and Miaphysite views about the nature(s) of Christ, and to obtain the political support of the largely Miaphysite provinces in Egypt, Palestine, Syria and Asia Minor, and under the influence of ...  
     
  Πατριάρχης Ακάκιος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως – Acacius Constantinopolitanus – Патриарх Константинопольский Акакий – Patriarch of Constantinople Acacius  
    (r. 471 to November 498 †; Saint for the Oriental Orthodox)  
     
  Emperor Zeno issued the ἑνωτικόν – Henotikon– Act of Union of 482 Anno Domini.
         
  ... with the result that the situation for the Orthodox -Catholic Church was made even worse.  
     
  Pope Felix III (r. 13 March 483 to 1 March 492 †; Saint for the Catholics)  
     

 

 

 

 

  Armenian Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Bzommar in Montevideo in Uruguay  
  Catedral Católica Armenia Nuestra Señora de Bzommar en Montevideo en Uruguay – Armenian Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Bzommar