Saint of the Day
January 2
Basil the Great
Feast Day: January 2
Patron of: Hospital administrators, reformers, exegetes
Cappadocian Father who reformed monasticism and defended Church doctrine against Arianism.
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Gregory Nazianzen
Feast Day: January 2
Patron of: Theologians, orators, poets, teachers
Byzantine theologian whose brilliant orations defended Trinitarian doctrine with unsurpassed eloquence.
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Seraphim of Sarov
Feast Day: January 2
Patron of: Russia, hermits, spiritual contemplatives, those seeking reconciliation
Russian Orthodox mystic whose radical asceticism revolutionized Eastern spiritual practice.
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