The Three Hierarchs

On January 29-30, 2024 His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon presided at the celebrations for the patronal feast day of the Three Hierarchs at Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. His Beatitude offered the homily where he used the three hierarchs, Ss. Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom, as a celebration of unity and harmony in the Church.

His Beatitude explained that this harmony is the harmony in the Gospel which extends into the lives of the faithful as “the harmony between words and deeds, doctrine and practice, contemplation and action. This is clearly expressed in today’s Gospel, when the Lord tells us, his disciples: ‘Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.’”

The faithful and parishes of the Orthodox Church in America are urged to intentionally pray for vocations and to support the seminaries, students, faculty, and their families. It is also vital to commit to financially support the three OCA seminaries as they continue the necessary work of providing exceptional education and spiritual formation for the future leaders of the Orthodox Church.

If you want to know more about supporting our seminaries, and their work, or learn more about vocation and theological formation, seminary contact information is available here.