The four holy hierarchs

[Andrew]

I know that the Feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs was implemented ages ago.. but now that St. Gregory Palamas has been so acclaimed by the Church, and the saints throughout the ages have testified to his greatness and equality with the Three Holy Hierarchs, shouldn't he be ranked among them on that feastday?

[Olga]

Hello Andrew

St Gregory Palamas is commemorated twice a year by the Orthodox Church, on the second Sunday of Great Lent, and on November 14. He is also one of a trio of saints known as the Pillars of Orthodoxy, the other two being St Mark of Ephesus and St Photios the Great of Constantinople.

[Andrew]

Hello Andrew

St Gregory Palamas is commemorated twice a year by the Orthodox Church, on the second Sunday of Great Lent, and on November 14. He is also one of a trio of saints known as the Pillars of Orthodoxy, the other two being St Mark of Ephesus and St Photios the Great of Constantinople.

Yes! One more Feastday cannot hurt :)

[Nina]

Dear Andrew and Olga,

Yes, St. Gregory Palamas is a Hierarch, Great and a Pillar of Orthodoxy. :)

[Kusanagi]

I know that the Feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs was implemented ages ago.. but now that St. Gregory Palamas has been so acclaimed by the Church, and the saints throughout the ages have testified to his greatness and equality with the Three Holy Hierarchs, shouldn't he be ranked among them on that feastday?

But you should read why there was such a feast day of the 3 Hierarchs first.