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February 11, 2026
TODAY IS A RED LETTER DAY AND A GREAT HOLIDAY! We Celebrate Three Holy Hierarchs!
When Ksenia put on her husband's clothes on the day of his funeral and thus joined the funeral procession, her relatives and friends thought that the death of Andrei Fyodorovich had clouded her mind.
TL;DR
- The Serbian Orthodox Church commemorates the Three Holy Hierarchs on February 12th, a significant date marked in red on the church calendar.
- The feast was established in the 11th century under Emperor Alexios Komnenos.
- The holiday honors Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom, who each have their own feast days.
- A dispute arose among people regarding who was the greatest among the three.
- A divine vision experienced by Bishop John of Euchaita revealed that the three saints were one in God, leading to the establishment of a common feast day.
- The Greek people consider this a major national and school holiday.
- A troparion is provided for the feast day.
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