Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete 2016)

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church council event in Eastern Orthodoxy pan-Orthodox council

The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete 2016) was a landmark pan-Orthodox gathering of bishops convened in Crete to address contemporary theological, ecclesial, and pastoral issues facing the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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Label	Occurrences
Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church	7
Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete 2016) canonical	3
Council of Crete	2
Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (2016)	2
2016 Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church	1
Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church in Crete	1
Pan-Orthodox Council of 2016	1
Pan-Orthodox Council of Crete	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T191431 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete 2016)
Context triple: [Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, associatedEvent, Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete 2016)]

A. Third Council of Constantinople
The Third Council of Constantinople was a 7th-century ecumenical council that condemned Monothelitism and affirmed that Christ possesses both a divine and a human will.
B. First Council of Constantinople
The First Council of Constantinople was the second ecumenical council of the Christian Church, held in 381, which expanded the Nicene Creed and clarified Trinitarian doctrine against Arian and other heresies.
C. Second Council of Constantinople
The Second Council of Constantinople was a 6th-century ecumenical council of the Christian Church that addressed Christological controversies, particularly those surrounding the writings associated with the so-called "Three Chapters."
D. Orthodox Church of Cyprus
The Orthodox Church of Cyprus is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church that serves as the primary Christian denomination on the island of Cyprus, with its own independent hierarchy and ancient traditions.
E. Second Council of Nicaea
The Second Council of Nicaea was the seventh ecumenical council of the Christian Church, held in 787, best known for restoring the veneration of icons and condemning iconoclasm.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete 2016)
Target entity description: The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete 2016) was a landmark pan-Orthodox gathering of bishops convened in Crete to address contemporary theological, ecclesial, and pastoral issues facing the Eastern Orthodox Church.

A. Third Council of Constantinople
The Third Council of Constantinople was a 7th-century ecumenical council that condemned Monothelitism and affirmed that Christ possesses both a divine and a human will.
B. First Council of Constantinople
The First Council of Constantinople was the second ecumenical council of the Christian Church, held in 381, which expanded the Nicene Creed and clarified Trinitarian doctrine against Arian and other heresies.
C. Second Council of Constantinople
The Second Council of Constantinople was a 6th-century ecumenical council of the Christian Church that addressed Christological controversies, particularly those surrounding the writings associated with the so-called "Three Chapters."
D. Orthodox Church of Cyprus
The Orthodox Church of Cyprus is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church that serves as the primary Christian denomination on the island of Cyprus, with its own independent hierarchy and ancient traditions.
E. Second Council of Nicaea
The Second Council of Nicaea was the seventh ecumenical council of the Christian Church, held in 787, best known for restoring the veneration of icons and condemning iconoclasm.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	church council ⓘ event in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ pan-Orthodox council ⓘ
aim	to address contemporary theological issues ⓘ to address ecclesial issues ⓘ to address pastoral issues ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Council of Crete ⓘ linked to: Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete 2016) Holy and Great Council ⓘ
characterization	landmark pan-Orthodox gathering ⓘ
city	Kolymvari ⓘ
confession	Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity
convokedBy	Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ linked to: Patriarchate of Constantinople
country	Greece ⓘ
documentAdopted	Autonomy and the Means by Which it is Proclaimed ⓘ Encyclical of the Holy and Great Council ⓘ Message of the Holy and Great Council ⓘ Relations of the Orthodox Church with the Rest of the Christian World ⓘ The Importance of Fasting and its Observance Today ⓘ The Mission of the Orthodox Church in Today’s World ⓘ The Orthodox Diaspora ⓘ The Sacrament of Marriage and its Impediments ⓘ
endDate	2016-06-26 ⓘ
focus	contemporary challenges facing the Orthodox Church ⓘ unity of the Orthodox Church in the modern world ⓘ
historicalSignificance	first pan-Orthodox council convened in many centuries ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Greek ⓘ Russian ⓘ other modern languages ⓘ
location	Crete ⓘ
nonParticipatingChurch	Antiochian Orthodox Church ⓘ Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ Georgian Orthodox Church ⓘ Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
participantsType	bishops ⓘ primates of autocephalous Orthodox Churches ⓘ
participatingBody	Albanian Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Orthodox Church of Albania Church of Alexandria ⓘ linked to: Orthodox Church of Alexandria Church of Cyprus ⓘ linked to: Orthodox Church of Cyprus Church of Greece ⓘ linked to: Greek Orthodox Church Church of Jerusalem ⓘ linked to: Orthodox Church of Jerusalem Church of Poland ⓘ linked to: Polish Orthodox Church Church of Romania ⓘ linked to: Romanian Orthodox Church Church of Serbia ⓘ linked to: Serbian Orthodox Church Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ linked to: Patriarchate of Constantinople
preConciliarMeetingsLocation	Chambésy, Switzerland ⓘ
preparationPeriod	over 50 years of pre-conciliar preparation ⓘ
presidedOverBy	Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople ⓘ linked to: Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
religion	Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity
startDate	2016-06-19 ⓘ
topic	Orthodox diaspora ⓘ autonomy and the means by which it is proclaimed ⓘ importance of fasting and its observance today ⓘ mission of the Orthodox Church in the contemporary world ⓘ relations of the Orthodox Church with the rest of the Christian world ⓘ sacrament of marriage and its impediments ⓘ
venue	Orthodox Academy of Crete ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople → associatedEvent → Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete 2016) ⓘ

Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete 2016) → alsoKnownAs → Council of Crete ⓘ