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Our Father among the Saints Gregory the Theologian, Patriarch of Constantinople

Our Father among the Saints Gregory the Theologian, Patriarch of Constantinople, is one of the Three Great Ecumenical Doctors or Holy hierarchs or Holy Bishops.
Our Father among the Saints Gregory the Theologian was a great theologian, writer, and orator.

Biography

25 January and 30 January - In 329, Our Father among the Saints Gregory the Theologian was born in Arianza, near Nazianza of Cappadocia. Then, he is also know as Our Father among the Saints Gregory Nazianzen.
He studied in Caesarea, Alexandria, and Athens. At school in Athens, Our Father among the Saints Gregory met Our Father among the Saints Basil the Great. They became close friends for life.
In 357, Our Father among the Saints Gregory returned to Cappadocia and was baptized.
Later, he was ordained a priest.
Still later, Our Father among the Saints Basil the Great consecrated him as Bishop of Caesarea.
In 375, Our Father among the Saints Gregory retired to solitude.
In 379, Our Father among the Saints Gregory was elected Patriarch of Constantinople.
In 381, Our Father among the Saints Gregory presided over the Second Ecumenical council, which was held in Constantinople.
Then, he resigned his patriarchal dignity after twelve years and retired to Arianza.
In 389 or 390, Our Father among the Saints Gregory the Theologian died.

Feast Days

25 January - Our Father among the Saints Gregory the Theologian

Our Fathers among the Saints Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom; Great Ecumenical Doctors or Holy hierarchs or Holy Bishops

30 January - In Constantinople, a quarrel about which of the three theologians was the greatest was happening. In 1100, Our Fathers among the Saints Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom appeared to Patriarch John in a dream and asked him institute one feast for all of them because they were equal before Holy God.

Troparion

25 January - Our Father among the Saints Gregory the Theologian

The sweet melody of your theological teaching has overcome the noisy blasts of orators, for God has granted you the power of penetrating spiritual depths and the gift of brilliant literary talent. Gregory our father, intercede with Christ God that He may save our souls.

30 January - The Three Great Ecumenical Doctors or Holy hierarchs or Holy Bishops (tone 1)

Let us all come together to honor with hymn and song the three great Satellites of the Holy Trinity, the Sun, enlightening the universe with the beams of their divine doctrine, flowing with honey-like rivers of wisdom, refreshing deserts with streams of God-knowledge: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom, the famous preacher. Let us sing in hymns our love for their teachings, for they constantly intercede for us before the Holy Trinity.

More information

St. Gregory of Nazianza (the Theologian) Saint Joseph Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Lawrence, Massachusetts, Click on Feasts of Major Saints

St. Gregory of Nazianzus Catholic Encyclopedia

The Fathers of the Church Please page down to St. Gregory the Theologian.

• Orations
• Letters

The three Holy Hierarchs, Fathers of the Church, Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom Saint Joseph Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Lawrence, Massachusetts, Click on Feasts of Major Saints

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The three Holy Hierarchs, Fathers of the Church, Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom Saint Joseph Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Lawrence, Massachusetts, Click on Feasts of Major Saints

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