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The '''Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas''' is the Second Sunday of [[Great Lent]]. It commemorates St [[Gregory Palamas]] (+1359) . It is between the [[Sunday of Orthodoxy]] and [[Sunday of the Holy Cross]].

==Spiritual themeThemes==Each of the Sundays of Great Lent has its own special themethemes. They can be seen as historical and spiritual. This Sunday’s theme is that men can become divine through the grace of God in the Holy Spirit. It was St. Gregory who bore witness that by [[prayer]] and [[fasting]] human beings can become participants of the uncreated light of God's divine glory even in this life.

This Sunday ===Historical theme=== It was originally dedicated to St . Gregory (remembered on [[November 14]]), who bore witness that by [[Polycarp of Smyrnaprayer]] (and [[February 23fasting]])human beings can become participants of the uncreated light of God's divine glory even in this life. After his glorification in 1368, a second commemoration of St Gregory Palamas ([[November 14]]) was appointed for this Second Sunday of Great Lent as a second ''Triumph of Orthodoxy''. It celebrates the condemnation of St. Gregory's enemies and the vindication of his teachings by the Church.