Gregory

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Gregory

• Saint Gregory the DialogistMarch 12Bishop of Rome from 590 to 604, author of the Dialogues and the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.
• Saint Gregory the TheologianJanuary 25Great theologian and poet of Cappadocia who defended the Holy Trinity and led the Church of Constantinople.
• Saint Gregory II of RomeFebruary 11Bishop of Rome from 715 to 731, who resisted the iconoclast policy of Emperor Leo III.
• Saint Gregory III of RomeNovember 28Bishop of Rome from 731 to 741, during the iconoclast controversy.
• Saint Gregory of NyssaJanuary 10Bishop of Nyssa, brother of Basil the Great and great theologian of Cappadocia.
• Saint Gregory of ToursNovember 17Bishop of Tours under the Merovingians, a historian called the father of French history.
• Saint Gregory PalamasNovember 14Athonite monk and archbishop of Thessalonica, defender of hesychast prayer and the divine light.
• Hieromartyr Gregory the IlluminatorSeptember 30He who brought the Armenian people to Christianity in the early fourth century and was its first bishop.
• Saint Gregory the WonderworkerNovember 17Disciple of Origen, bishop of Neocaesarea in Pontus, and great wonderworker of the third century.
• Hieromartyr Gregory V of ConstantinopleApril 10Three times Ecumenical Patriarch, hanged by the Ottomans in 1821 at the start of the Greek War of Independence.
• Saint Gregory of Nazianzus the ElderJanuary 1Bishop of Nazianzus in Cappadocia, father of Gregory the Theologian and patriarch of a family of clergy.
• GSVenerable Gregory of SinaiAugust 8Monk and spiritual writer from Smyrna, who spread hesychasm on Mount Athos in the early fourteenth century.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Gregory?

The name day of Gregory is January 25, the feast of Saint Gregory the Dialogist. It is also kept on March 12, February 11, November 28, January 10, November 17, November 14, September 30, April 10.

II.Which saints bore the name Gregory?

The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Gregory, with their lives and icons.

III.Is Gregory a good baptismal name?

Yes. Gregory is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Gregory the Dialogist as patron.