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St. Athanasius the Great, also known simply as Athanasius, was born around the year 296 AD in the bustling city of Alexandria, Egypt. Alexandria, a melting pot of cultures and religions, was one of the great metropolises of the Roman Empire. It was a center of learning, home to the famous Library of Alexandria, and a hub for trade and commerce.
Jun 21, 2022 · Athanasius of Alexandria Athanasius was Bishop of Alexandria from 328 to 373. He had attended the famous Council of Nicaea as a deacon in 325; this council was a meeting of as many church leaders as possible, and it condemned the teaching of Arius who claimed that Jesus was not fully God but just the highest part of creation.
The 39th Festal Letter of Athanasius (367 CE). It was an ancient custom for the bishop of Alexandria to write, if possible, every year soon after Epiphany a so-called Festal Epistle to the Egyptian churches and monasteries under his authority, in which he informed them of the date of Easter and the beginning of the Lenten fast.
Athanasius, on the contrary, being filled with the spirit of tenderness which our divine Redeemer exercised and recommended to be shown towards sincere penitents, condemned this excessive severity; and in 362 assembled a council at Alexandria, at which assisted St. Eusebius of Vercelli, in his return from his banishment in Thebais, St. Asterius ...
Jun 3, 2020 · 1. Life and Works. Athanasius was bishop of Alexandria for 45 years, interrupted by five periods of exile, and he was one of the most famous figures of his time. The motto of his life as well as the dominant feature of his reception was to preserve the decisions of the first ecumenical council of Nicea 325 – including the deposition of Arius ...
Athanasius (298–373 A.D.) was a bishop of Alexandria (Egypt), in the fourth century. He is revered as a Saint by both the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, and recognized as a great leader and doctor of the early church by Protestants .
St. Athanasius the Great, also known simply as Athanasius, was born around the year 296 AD in the bustling city of Alexandria, Egypt. Alexandria, a melting pot of cultures and religions, was one of the great metropolises of the Roman Empire. It was a center of learning, home to the famous Library of Alexandria, and a hub for trade and commerce.
