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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 MauroposMauropous]] ('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 Mauropos Mauropous is credited with the composition of both the ''[[Canon]] to the Most Sweet [[Jesus]]'' and the ''Canon to the Guardian [[Angel]]''. --->
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