Ecumenical Bible Week 2025 – September 7th-14th
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This year marks 1,700 years since the first ecumenical council of the Christian church took place: The Council of Nicaea, held in 325 CE. This council was a significant moment in history as it gave rise to the Nicene Creed. For this year's Ecumenical Bible Week, we have organised some events which will explore the connection between Scripture and the Nicene Creed, under the title "Nazareth to Nicaea."
You can find further information on these events below, all of which are completely free to attend. However, for our Thinking Allowed and Saturday Seminar, we would kindly ask that you register using the links provided so that we have an idea of numbers and can prepare the venues accordingly.
Sunday, September 7th – St. Finian's Lutheran Church – 19:00
To open the Ecumenical Bible Week for 2025, we invite you to join us for evening prayer in St. Finian's Lutheran Church on Sunday 7th September at 19:00.
Wednesday, September 10th – Donnybrook – 19:30–21:00
In our first event, titled Thinking Allowed, a number of speakers representing different Christian denominations will offer personal reflections on what the Nicene Creed means to them. For more information and an overview of the invited speakers, click on the More Information button below.
Saturday, September 13th – St. Brigid's, Stillogran – 10:30–14:00
In our second event, we have invited three speakers to offer presentations on the biblical background of the Council of Nicaea and the Nicene Creed which resulted. For more information and an overview of the invited speakers, click on the More Information button below.
Sunday, September 14th – Christ Church Cathedral – 15:30-16:30
To conclude the Ecumenical Bible Week for 2025, we warmly invite you to join us in Christ Church Cathedral on Sunday afternoon for Choral Evensong. In the description provided by Chirst Church Cathedral:
"Choral Evensong is essentially a service of reflection—of leaving ourselves open that God may speak to us through the psalms, readings and canticles, which are the core of the service. Cathedrals with a great choral tradition draw upon a rich inheritance of music, much of it sung by the choir alone. In the Anglican tradition this music finds its natural setting in the office of Evensong, a combination of the medieval offices of Vespers and Compline. The choice of scripture readings is from the ecumenical lectionary now in use in the Church of Ireland, reading though the different books of the Bible, little by little, day by day."
No registration is necessary for this event, and like our other events on Wednesday and Saturday, there is no cost to attend.
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