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1755-1756 - Council of
Constantinople (Pan-Orthodox Council), convened and presided over by
Ecumenical Patriarch Cyril V, and attended by Patriarchs Matthew of
Alexandria and Parthenius of Jerusalem, and several bishops representing
the Orthodox patriarchates (the acts of this council are also later
signed by Patriarch Sylvester of Antioch), decree that Western converts
must be baptized upon their reception into the Orthodox Church. This
council also condemns and anathematizes anyone that dares to change the
calendar.
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