Address at the Ecumenical Prayer Service near the Archaeological Excavations of the Ancient Basilica of Saint Neophytos
The address Pope Leo XIV gave at İznik, the ancient Nicaea, at the prayer service with Patriarch Bartholomew and other church leaders that marked 1,700 years since the council of 325.
Read the text at vatican.va ↗The Holy See’s booklet for the service, with the order of prayer and the creed (PDF) ↗The Holy See’s programme of the journey to Türkiye and Lebanon, 27 November to 2 December 2025 ↗
Leo XIV spoke on Friday 28 November 2025 at İznik in Türkiye. He says that the faith of Nicaea in Christ, “consubstantial with the Father”, is shared by all Christian churches and communities, including those that do not use the creed in worship, and thanks Bartholomew I for deciding to hold the commemoration where the council met.
The booklet printed for the service is the Holy See’s own and shows the order of prayer: who took part, the reading from John 17, the pope’s address, and the profession of faith introduced by the patriarch. It is evidence for what was planned and printed, and this wiki cites it for the wording of the creed it prints. See the Churches Mark 1,700 Years since Nicaea.
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- 28 November 2025, firm date