SAINT GREGORY THE THEOLOGIAN

This Saturday, August 3, the Armenian Church commemorates Saint Gregory the Theologian, also known as St. Gregory of Nazianzus, after this town in Cappadocia, who is considered to be one of the great fathers of the Eastern Church. A great orator, his famous Five Theological Orations were powerful statements of faith and an eloquent defense of orthodoxy that earned him the title “the Theologian.” He also wrote poetry, letters, and with St. Basil compiled a selection of writings by Origen.