Three Holy Hierarchs

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The Three Holy Hierarchs

Our fathers among the saints Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom are known as the Three Holy Hierarchs for their leadership of the Church. Their shared feast day is celebrated on January 30.

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During the eleventh century, disputes raged in Constantinople about which of the three hierarchs was the greatest. By the will of God, the three hierarchs appeared to St. John Mauropos ('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."

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