Festal Orations: Saint Gregory of Nazianzus 312.62 our Mother

our Mother

as well as to understand their own inner journey

who gives St Olympia the tools to overcome her temptation to despondency and despair

Gregory's adherence to Scripture in the context of his philosophical milieu provides contemporary readers with a superb example of Christianity encountering culture

an indifferent Muslim president

Festal Orations: Saint Gregory of Nazianzus 312.62 our Mother"Sugg. Donation" In the Orthodox Church St. Gregory of Nazianzus (ca. AD 329 390) is known as "the Theologian," a title he shares only with the Apostle and Evangelist John. His reputation and influence in the Byzantine world as both theologian and rhetor are unsurpassed. Although best known in the West for his dogmatic work, Five Theological Orations, in the Eastern churches Gregory has been hailed for his many festal orations, homilies that