Liturgical Texts
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Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost & Ninth Sunday of Luke
Gregory the wonderworker, bishop of Neo-Caesarea
Gennadios and Maximos, patriarchs of Constantinople; Nikon the wonderworker, disciple of
Sergios of Radonezh; Hilda, abbess of Whitby
SYNAXARION
On November 17 in the Holy Orthodox Church, we commemorate our father among the saints Gregory the wonderworker, bishop of Neo-Caesarea.
Verses
Gregory, who wrought many wonders aforetime,
Standing in God’s presence, worketh yet more wonders.
On the seventeenth the great Thaumaturge (wonderworker) died.
The miracle-working Gregory was called a second Moses. Although born a pagan, he became aware of the meagerness and insufficiency of pagan philosophy. Gregory then turned to Christian teachers with whom he studied and from whom he received baptism. To dedicate himself solely to Christ God, Gregory withdrew to the wilderness and lived in rigorous asceticism. Bishop Phaedimus of Amasea wanted to consecrate him Bishop of Neo-Caesarea. The clairvoyant Gregory perceived this intention and hid from the bishop’s emissaries. Finally, Phaedimus consecrated him in absentia, and Gregory had to accept the office of bishop. The Most-holy Theotokos and St. John the Theologian appeared to him in a vision and gave him the Symbol of Faith—“The Creed”—which the First Ecumenical Council ratified. He died around the year 270 in great old age. When he arrived in Neo-Caesarea as bishop, he found only seventeen Christians in that pagan city. At the end, Gregory left the city Christian, with only seventeen pagans. On this day, we also commemorate Gennadios and Maximos, patriarchs of Constantinople; Nikon the wonderworker, disciple of Sergios of Radonezh; and righteous mother Hilda, abbess of Whitby. By the intercessions of Thy saints, O Christ God, have mercy upon us. Amen.
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