Council of Chalcedon The Council of Chalcedon is believed to have been the fourth ecumenical council of the Christian churches of the time. It was held from 8 October to 1 November 451 at Chalcedon (a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor), today the district of Kadıköy on the Asian side of the Bosphorus, incorporated into the city of Istanbul.In 325, the first ecumenical council (First Council of Nicaea) verified through Scripture that Christ was God, "consubstantial" with the Father, against Arius's contention that he was a created being. Council_of_Chalcedon
Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria (Coptic:Arabic:Pope of Alexandria (444 ADPatriarch of Alexandria (444 ADOtherwise known as His Holiness Pope St. Dioscorus the Great, he died in Asia Minor, at the date of 17 September 454. Pope_Dioscorus_I_of_Alexandria
Severus of Antioch Severus, Patriarch of Antioch (AD 512 - 518), born approximately 465 in Sozopolis in Pisidia, was by birth and education a pagan, who was baptized in the martyrium of Leontius at Tripolis. Severus_of_Antioch
British Orthodox Church British Orthodox Church is a small Oriental Orthodox jurisdiction, canonically part of the Coptic Patriarchate of Alexandria. Its mission is to the people of the British Isles, and though it is completely Orthodox in its faith and practice, it remains British in its ethos. British_Orthodox_Church
Sozopolis, Pisidia Sozopolis in Pisidia, called Apollonia during Seleucid times, was an ancient town in the region of Pisidia, now in the Asian part of Turkey. It is not to be confused with the Thracian Sozopolis in present-day Bulgaria.Sozopolis is noted for being the birthplace of Severus of Antioch (born approximately 465). Sozopolis,_Pisidia
Oriental Orthodoxy Oriental Orthodoxy is the communion of Eastern Christian Churches that recognize only three ecumenical councils — the First Council of Nicaea, the First Council of Constantinople and the Council of Ephesus. They rejected the dogmatic definitions of the Council of Chalcedon (451). Oriental_Orthodoxy
V. C. Samuel Father V.C. Samuel (Vilakuvel Cherian Samuel) Great Servant of Lord (1912 - 1998), called Samuel Achen (Achen is the term for priests in Malayalam), was an Indian Christian Philosopher, Theologian, Historian and Ecumenical Leader. He was a scholar and Malphono-Syriac, Guru-Sanskrit, Piadogogus -Greek, Rabbi-Hebrew (meaning great teacher or guide in the religious sense), a university professor and a priest of Indian Orthodox Church. V._C._Samuel