Editing Gregory of Nazianzus (section)

== Feast days ==
Gregory of Nazianzus is celebrated on different days across Christianity:
* 2 January: The [[Catholic Church]] and the [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|Church of England]] celebrate Gregory's feast on 2 January;<ref name="Britannica" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/texts/the-calendar/holydays.aspx |title=Join us in Daily Prayer – The Church of England |website=churchofengland.org |date=31 May 2018}}</ref>
* 10 January: The [[Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod]] commemorates Gregory, along with [[Basil of Caesarea]] and [[Gregory of Nyssa]] (the [[Cappadocian Fathers]]) on 10 January;<ref>Lutheranism 101, CPH, St. Louis, 2010, p. 277</ref>
* 19, 25 and 30 January: The [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] and the [[Eastern Catholic Churches]] celebrate two major feast days in Gregory's honor. 25 January is his primary feast; 30 January, known as the feast of the [[Three Great Hierarchs]], commemorates him along with John Chrysostom and Basil of Caesarea.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=100298 |title=St Gregory the Theologian the Archbishop of Constantinople |website=ocafs.oca.org |publisher=Orthodox Church in America |access-date=26 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp |title=Synaxis of the Ecumenical Teachers and Hierarchs - Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom |website=ocafs.oca.org |publisher=Orthodox Church in America |access-date=26 September 2009}}</ref> There is also a minor feast day on 19 January which commemorates the [[Translation (relic)|transfer of his relics]];<ref>{{Cite web |title=The transfer of the relics of Saint Gregory the Theologian |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/01/19/100215-the-transfer-of-the-relics-of-saint-gregory-the-theologian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241103104718/https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/01/19/100215-the-transfer-of-the-relics-of-saint-gregory-the-theologian |archive-date=3 November 2024 |access-date=3 November 2024 |website=[[Orthodox Church in America|OCA]]}}</ref>
* 9 May: The [[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]] celebrates Gregory's feast on 9 May;<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W3e7DwAAQBAJ |title=Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018 |date=1 December 2019 |publisher=Church Publishing, Inc. |isbn=978-1-64065-234-7 |language=en}}</ref>
* 14 June: The [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] commemorates Gregory of Nazianzus together with his friends [[Basil the Great]] and [[Gregory of Nyssa]] on 14 June;{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
* Armenian Dates: The [[Armenian Apostolic Church]] devotes two days each year to Gregory. He is commemorated together with eleven other doctors of the Church on the Saturday before the feast of the Discovery of the Holy Cross (which is observed on the Sunday closest to 26 October.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://armenianchurch.ge/en/kalendar-prazdnikov/description-2/october/commemoration-of-the-twelve-archimandrites-sts-retheos-dionisios-selbestros-athanas-cyril-of-jerusalem-ephrem-khourie-assyrian-vasil-barsegh-of-caesaria-gregory-of-nyssa-gregory-the-theoloegian-epiphan-of-cyprus-john-chrysostom-and-cyril |title=Commemoration of the Twelve Archimandrites – STS. Retheos, Dionisios, Selbestros, Athanas, Cyril of Jerusalem, Ephrem Khourie Assyrian, Vasil (Barsegh) of Caesaria, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Nazianzus, Epiphan of Cyprus, John Chrysostom and Cyril}}</ref> The Armenian Church calendar also has a feast day dedicated solely to Gregory. This falls either on the Saturday before the fourth Sunday of the [[Transfiguration of Jesus|Transfiguration]], or if that day falls during the feast of the [[Assumption of Mary|Assumption]], on the Saturday before the third Sunday after the [[Nativity of Jesus|Nativity]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://vemkar.us/armenian-heritage/st-gregory-the-theologian-and-the-expansive-intellectual-world-of-armenian-commentaries/ |title=St. Gregory the Theologian and the Expansive Intellectual World of Armenian Commentaries – VEMKAR}}</ref>