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The '''Fifth Ecumenical Council''' took place in [[Constantinople]] in [[553]] AD, and is also known as the '''[[Second Council of Constantinople]].'''
==History==
The fifth of the seven [[Ecumenical Councils]] dealt with the following:
*Reinterpreting the Chalcedonian decrees from an Alexandrian point of view
*Explaining more constructively the two natures of Christ and how they form a single Person

Among the [http://www.comparativereligion.com/anathemas.html anathemas] made by the Council were those against parts of the teaching of Origen.
==Commemoration ==
The '''Holy Fathers of the Fifth Ecumenical Council''' are commemorated on [[July 25]] and also on the 9th Sunday after [[Pentecost]] the Sunday of the Fathers of the First Six Councils.

== Source ==
*''The Orthodox Church'', Bishop Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia
*''The Orthodox Wiki''

== External Links ==
*[http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0835/_INDEX.HTM Canons of the seven ecumenical councils]
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=102090 Commemoration of the Holy 165 Fathers of the Fifth Ecumenical Council] – OCA website.

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