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Festal Orations: Saint Gregory of Nazianzus 312.62 and Flaccilla)"Sugg. Donation" In the Orthodox Church St. Gregory of Nazianzus (ca. AD 329 390) is known as "the Theologian," a title he shares only with the Apostle and Evangelist John. His reputation and influence in the Byzantine world as both theologian and rhetor are unsurpassed. Although best known in the West for his dogmatic work, Five Theological Orations, in the Eastern churches Gregory has been hailed for his many festal orations, homilies that