St. Gregory the Theologian

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Contents

WORD 1. On Easter and his procrastination. 1

WORD 2. To those who called at the beginning, but did not meet the Holy Scriptures. Gregory, when he became a presbyter 2

HOMILY 3. St. Gregory the Theologian justifies his removal to Pontus after his ordination to the priesthood and his return from there; and also teaches how important the priesthood is and what a bishop should be. 3

HOMILY 4. The first accusation against Emperor Julian. 22

HOMILY 5. The second accusatory against Emperor Julian. 46

HOMILY 6. On Peace, Delivered in the Presence of the Father after the Preceding Silence on the Occasion of the Reunion of the Monastics. 56

HOMILY 7. Funeral to Brother Caesarius, pronounced during the lifetime of his parents. 62

HOMILY 8. Tombstone of Gorgonia, sister of St. Gregory of Nazianzus. 69

HOMILY 9. The defensive words he spoke to his father Gregory in the presence of Basil the Great after the ordination of St. Gregory the Theologian as Bishop of Sasima. 75

HOMILY 10. The defense he said to his father and Basil the Great upon the return of the Holy Spirit. Gregory the Theologian from solitude. 77

HOMILY 11. Spoken to the brother of Basil the Great, Saint Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, when he came to Saint Gregory the Theologian after his ordination to the dignity of bishop. 78

HOMILY 12. Spoken to his father, who entrusted him with the care of the church of Nazianzus. 80

HOMILY 13. Delivered at the consecration of Euladius to the dignity of Bishop of Doar. 81

HOMILY 14. About love for the poor... 82

HOMILY 15. Spoken in the presence of his father, who was silent with grief after the hail had devastated the fields. 94

WORD 1. On Easter and your procrastination

The day of the Resurrection is an auspicious beginning. Let us shine with triumph and embrace one another. Let us say: brethren, and to those who hate us (Isa. 66:5), especially to those who have done or suffered something out of love. Let us yield everything to the Resurrection; let us forgive one another: I (I will mention this now), who have been subjected to good compulsion, and you, who have used good compulsion; although you complain a little about me for the delay. Perhaps it is better and more precious before God than the haste of others. It is also good to deviate somewhat from the calling of God, as Moses did in ancient times, and after Jeremiah; it is good to hasten with readiness to the voice of the Caller, as Aaron and Isaiah were, provided that both are out of godliness, the one because of one's own weakness, and the other because of the hope in the power of Him who calls. On the day of the sacrament I was anointed; on the day of the sacrament he withdrew for a short time in order to test himself; on the day of the sacrament, and I return, having chosen this day as a good guardian of my timidity and weakness, so that He who has now risen from the dead may renew me also with the Spirit, and, having clothed me with a new man, for a new creature, for those who are born according to God, He may make me a good educator and teacher, who with Christ both dies willingly and rises again.