Archaeologists may have found church where First Council of Nicaea took place
July 30, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: An archaeological team led by Professor Mustafa Sahin of Bursa Uludağ University in Turkey may have found the church in which the First Council of Nicaea was held in 325.
“The finds were identified by the excavation team as belonging to the Church of Saint Neophytos, an earlier structure that stood before the larger basilica now visible at the site,” Türkiye Today reported. The archaeologists believe that an earthquake destroyed the original church in 368, leading to the construction of the subsequent Basilica of Saint Neophytos.
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