Feasts, Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints
- Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and doctors of the Church
- Macarius of Alexandria
- Munchin, bishop
- Vincentian
- Adalhard or Adelard, abbot
- Caspar del Bufalo
Sts. Basil and Gregory are two of the four original Eastern Doctors of the Church. The title was bestowed on Gregory in 1568 A.D. because of his teaching on the Trinity. His feast day is celebrated in the East on January 25 and again on January 30 (with Sts. Basil and John Chrysostom).
Related blog posts:
Saints in the Byzantine Calendar [January 2]
- Silvester, Pope of Rome
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