![]() ![]() To honor his brother, Gregory wrote his funeral oration and then completed Basil's Hexaemeron ("Six Days"), a series of nine sermons, delivered during Great Lent, which described and elaborated upon the Genesis account of the world's creation in six days. As the two were extremely close, Gregory was very grieved at his loss. The next year, 379, his brother Basil the Great died. He was twice deposed from his see because of false accusations made by heretics. Gregory and Basil both spent much effort defending the Faith against the attacks of the Arians. ![]() ![]() In 372, his brother Basil ordained him the bishop of Nyssa in Cappadocia (in present-day Turkey). He received a good education and taught rhetoric at one point. Gregory was raised in a very pious (and large) Christian family of ten children his grandmother Macrina the Elder, his mother Emily, his father Basil the Elder, his sisters Macrina the Younger and Theosebia, and his brothers Basil the Great and Peter of Sebaste have all been recognized as saints. ![]()
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