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Commemoration of the Third Ecumenical Council 9/22/2013
This Council was gathered at Ephesus in 431, during the reign of the Emperor Theodosius II. Two hundred holy fathers participated in the Council. This Council anathematized Nestorius, the Patriarch of Constantinople for his heretical teaching about the most Holy Virgin Mary and for the nativity of the Lord. Namely, Nestorius would not call the Most Holy Virgin Mary Theotokos, that is to say, Mother of God, but Mother of Christ. Anathematizing Nestorius, the Holy fathers clearly defined that the most Holy Virgin was to be called Mother of God. Apart from this, they confirmed the faith of the first two Councils, especially the Creed from Nicea and Constantinople and commanded that no one was to add or remove anything from the Creed.
