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Saint Gregory who was from Irenopolis of the Decapolis of Asia Minor, was the
son of Sergius and Mary. He became a monk as a young man, and after
struggling for many years in virtue and prayer under obedience to a
wise spiritual father, he was informed by revelation that it was the
will of God for him to live, like the Patriarch Abraham, with no certain
dwelling, moving from place to place. His journeyings took him to Ephesus,
Constantinople, Corinth, Rome, Sicily, Thessalonica, and again to Constantinople,
where, after many labours in defence of Orthodoxy against Iconoclasm,
he reposed in peace in the first half of the ninth century. He had
two disciples, one of whom was Saint Joseph the Hymnographer (see Apr.
3), who wrote the Menaion service for Saint Gregory, his father in
Christ.
Kontakion in the Third Tone:
The Church knoweth thee to be a shining sun that enlight'neth all men
with the rays of cures and with the beauty of virtue. Hence, O truly
blessed Father, Christ's faithful servant, we all celebrate thy venerable
memorial, O wise Gregory most righteous; and we now honour thy valiant
struggles for Christ.
Source: http://www.goarch.org
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