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title: "St Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople"
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# St Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople

Life dates

c. 329 – 390

Region

Cappadocia; Constantinople

Canonization

Universal veneration (saint of the undivided Church / whole Orthodox Church)

## Short life

Friend of Basil the Great; his “Five Theological Orations” earned him the title of Theologian. Presided over the Second Ecumenical Council (381).

## Related

- St Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople
- Synaxis of the Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom