Janeir-2-acem Sogglem Santam

January 2: Liturgical Feast of St. Gregory of Nazianzum the Younger, or St. Gregory the Nazianzen, his Dies Natalis is January 25, 389 A.D.; the Byzantine Catholic Rites celebrate two major feast days in his honor: January 25 as his primary feast; & January 30, known as the feast of the Three Great Hierarchs, commemorating him along with Saints John Chrysostom & Basil the Great of Caesarea; there's also a minor feast day on January 19 which commemorates the translation of his relics (link); 

St. Basil the Great, died January 1, 379 A.D., his Dies Natalis, his liturgical feast in the Catholic Church is June 14, commemorating his consecration as a Bishop; the Whore, Apostate, Church masquerading as the Catholic Church, has pretended to transfer his feast to January 2, which cannot be observed without Grave Mortal Sin, affront to the Divine Majesty of God; 

St. Macarius the Alexandrian, or the Younger or Junior, also called "the Sophisticated," ("ho politikos") as, unlike St. Macarius the Great, who was a rustic, he came from the sophisticated city of Alexandria; hermit, monk, Abbot, Bishop, his name is Greek & means "happy," same as the Latin Hilarius, & was a fairly common name, particularly in Egypt, borne by many saints, the most renowned being St. Macarius the Great; he was born in Alexandria, Egypt around 300 A D., and until the age of 40, was a fruit & sweets merchant, however, following a mystical experience, he abandoned everything & retired to the Nitrian desert to live as a hermit; over time, some 5000 followers settled around his hermitage, forming a coenobiotic community, an inchoate monastery; as Abbot of his community, Macarius was consecrated a Bishop to minister to the hermits, coenobiots & monks; in the persecution of Emperors Valens & Lucius, St. Macarius the Great & St. Macarius the Younger were seized, along with other prominent Christians, tortured, & exiled to imprisonment on an island, where they exorcised their prison-keeper's possessed daughter, following which, the jailer's entire family, & the population of the island, reverted, hearing which, the Prefect came to fear a general rebellion, & ordered their release; his teachings are collected in a work called the "Diatessaron," which is a collection of speeches & dialogues that he had with his disciples, in which he emphasizes the importance of prayer, meditation & charity; he died, Jan. 2, 395 or 405 A.D., the Byzantine Catholic Rites celebrate him on Jan. 19 (link); 

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