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Fathers or Hierarchs: teachers of the faith
Examples:
The Three Hierarchs:
St Basil the Great the Archbishop of Caesarea, in Cappadocia,
St Gregory the Theologian the Archbishop of Constantinople,
St John Chrysostom the Archbishop of Constantinople.
Apostle Stephen the Archdeacon of the Seventy – first deacon and a martyr
St Gregory Palamas the Archbishop of Thessalonica
New Hieromartyr and Equal-to-the-Apostles Kosmas Aitolos
St Nicholas the Wonderworker and Archbishop of Myra in Lycia
St. Spyridon the Wonderworker and Bishop of Tremithus
Others:
Patriarchs of Alexandria
St Athanasius the Great
St. Cyril
John the Merciful
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