St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church
Las Vegas, NV
Orthros and Divine Liturgy for the Three Holy Hierarchs
Thu, Jan 30
|St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Chur
Saint Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. John Chrysostom are the Universal Teachers of the Church!
Time & Location
Jan 30, 2020, 8:00 AM
St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Chur, 5300 El Camino Road, Las Vegas, NV, USA
About The Event
During the reign of the Emperor Alexius Comnenus (1081-1118), a controversy arose in Constantinople among men learned in Faith and zealous for virtue about the three holy Hierarchs and Fathers of the Church, Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom. Some argued for Saint Basil above the other two because he was able, as none other, to explain the mysteries of the Faith, and rose to angelic rank by his virtues. Organizer of monastic life, leader of the entire Church in the struggle with heresy, austere and demanding shepherd as to Christian morals, in him there was nothing base or of the earth. Hence, said they, he was superior to Saint Chrysostom who was by nature more easily inclined to absolve sinners.
The partisans of Saint Chrysostom retorted that the illustrious Archbishop of Constantinople had been no less zealous than Saint Basil in combating vices, in bringing sinners…