Feast Day
In the Western churches Gregory's feast day is on January 2. The Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches celebrate two feast days in honor of Gregory: January 25 as his primary feast and January 30, known as the feast of the Three Great Hierarchs, which commemorates him along with John Chrysoston and Basil of Caesarea.
Read more about this topic: Gregory Of Nazianzus
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