Gregory the Theologian
Hierarch
Commemorated January 19 · January 25 · January 30
Our father among the saints Gregory the Theologian , also known as Gregory of Nazianzus (though that name more appropriately refers to his father) and Gregory the Younger , was a great father and teacher of the Church. His feast day is celebrated on January 25 and that of the translation of his relics on January 19 . With Sts. Basil the Great and John Chrysostom , he is numbered among the Three Holy Hierarchs , whose feast day is celebrated on January 30 . St. Gregory is also known as one of the Cappadocian Fathers .
Troparion
The shepherd”s pipe of thy theology
vanquished the clarions of the rhetors;
for beauties of discourse were added to thee
who delved into the depths of the Spirit.
O father Gregory, entreat Christ God, that out souls be saved.
Kontakion
O glorious one who destroyed the rhetors” webs
with the tongue of thy theology,
thou hast adorned the Church with the vesture of theology woven from on high;
and, wearing it, it crieth out with us, thy children:
Rejoice, O father, thou uttermost mind of theology!