3 Holy Hierarchs

Today is the feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs, Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and St John Chrysostom. The story is that the people of Constantinople were trying to figure out which was the greatest. All three appeared in a vision saying “We all teach the same thing.” That should be true of everyone in the Church, but it’s not…

I have this icon which I purchased from the bookstore manager at Holy Trinity Cathedral back in the 2000s sometime. It’s one of the older Russian ones that were removed during the “modernization” process. I like to think St Tikhon and St Raphael venerated it at one point.

St Gregory, St Basil, and St John, pray for us!