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[[Image:Three Holy Hierarchs.jpg|right|frame|The Three Holy Hierarchs]]
Our fathers among the [[saint]]s '''[[Basil the Great]] ([[January 1]]), [[Gregory the Theologian]] ([[January 25]]), and [[John Chrysostom]] ([[November 13]])''' are known as the '''Three Holy Hierarchs''' for their leadership of the Church.  Their shared [[feast day]] is celebrated on [[January 30]].

During the eleventh century, disputes raged in Constantinople about which of the three [[hierarch]]s was the greatest.  By the will of God, the three hierarchs appeared to St. [[John Mauropous]] ('Black-foot'), Bishop of Euchaita ([[June 14]] or [[October 5]]), in the year 1084, and said that they were equal before God: "There are no divisions among us, and no opposition to one another." St. John chose January 30 for their Feast, thus peacefully ending the controversy.<!-- St. John Mauropous is credited with the composition of both the ''[[Canon]] to the Most Sweet [[Jesus]]'' and the ''Canon to the Guardian [[Angel]]''. --->
==hymns==
[[Troparion]] (Tone 1)
:Let us who love their words gather together
:And honor with hymns the three great torch-bearers of the triune Godhead:
:Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom.
:These men have enlightened the world with the rays of their divine doctrines.
:They are sweetly-flowing rivers of wisdom filling all creation with springs of heavenly knowledge.
:Ceaselessly they intercede for us before the Holy Trinity!
[[Kontakion]] (Tone 2)
:O Lord, You have taken up to eternal rest
:And to the enjoyment of Your blessings the divinely-inspired heralds, 
:The greatest of Your teachers,
:For You have accepted their labors and deaths as a sweet-smelling sacrifice,
:For You alone are glorified in Your saints!
==Source==
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=100350 Synaxis of the Ecumenical Teachers and Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom] ([[OCA]]) <!-- http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:G9pmI8uCjEgJ:www.resurrectionmission.org/saints/months/days/september04.htm+Euchaita++three+holy+hierarchs&hl=en&client=firefox-a --->

==External links==
*[http://www.westsrbdio.org/prolog/prolog.cgi The Three Hierarchs: Saint Basil the Great, Saint Gregory the Theologian and Saint John Chrysostom] from the ''[[Prologue of Ohrid]]''
*[http://www.goarch.org/en/special/listen_learn_share/threehierarchs/learn/ Feast of the Three Holy Fathers, Great Hierarchs and Ecumenical Teachers, Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom] ([[GOARCH]])
*[http://www.goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=408 Synaxis of The Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, & John Chrysostom] (GOARCH)
*[http://home.iprimus.com.au/xenos/threehierarchs.html Our Fathers Among the Saints, the Ecumenical Teachers Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom] - [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]] (Fifth Archdiocesan District of Western Australia)
*[http://www.oramaworld.com/product_info.php/products_id/10095/p/Three_Holy_Hierarchs.html Three Holy Hierarchs] Icon and history
*[http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/saints_jan_feb.htm#n15 The Three Great Hierarchs: Sts. Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom] 
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/groups/inp115.htm Icon of the Three Holy Hierarchs]
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/groups/zcj01.htm Icon of the Three Holy Hierarchs]


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