The 381 Council of Constantinople solidified Trinitarian doctrine, affirmed the Holy Spirit’s divinity, and reshaped the ...

Saint Athanasius the Great, Archbishop of Alexandria, was a great Father of the Church and a pillar of Orthodoxy. He was born around the year 297 in the city of Alexandria into a family of pious ...

The Catholic Church on May 2 honors St. Athanasius of Alexandria, a fourth-century bishop known as “the father of orthodoxy” for his dedication to the doctrine of Christ’s divinity.

The brief yet famous book On the Incarnation—which unpacks the person and work of Christ—was written 1,700 years ago by Athanasius of Alexandria, an Egyptian bishop who profoundly shaped the ...

Athanasius was born in 295 in Alexandria, Egypt, and served there most of his whole life. He was ordained bishop of Alexandria in 328. Three years earlier, he attended the Council of Nicea ...

The hero of the story is St. Athanasius of Alexandria. Athanasius was a little man (the Romans were contemptuous of his short stature) and only a youth when he came to prominence. He may even have ...

Just ask, for instance, St. Athanasius of Alexandria. If you’re unfamiliar with Athanasius, who served as bishop of Alexandria from A.D. 328 to A.D. 373, the main thing you really need to know ...

The ancient Church of Alexandria is one of the five centers of ancient Christianity, along with Jerusalem, Antioch, Constantinople and Rome. On Saturday, Aug. 1, Saint Mary & Saint Athanasius ...

Eid happens to land this year on the feast of St. Athanasius of Alexandria. He was a 4th-century Egyptian bishop who opposed Arianism, a teaching that denied the full divinity of Christ.