Saint Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica, was born in the year 1296 in Constantinople. St Gregory’s father became a prominent dignitary at the court of Andronicus II Paleologos (1282-1328), ...

On the second Sunday of Great Lent, there is a great feast in the blessed city of Thessalonika, Greece. It is the feast of St. Gregory Palamas. On this day, the holy relics of the saint are taken from ...

6 Relics from other Orthodox countries are also included in the celebration. This year, relics of St. Gregory Palamas have been brought in from Greece. 7 The Romanian Orthodox Church decreed that ...

Orthodox Christians on Sunday (March 31) celebrated the second Sunday of Lent on which they also commemorated St Gregory Palamas, who is considered to be one of the greatest Saints in the Orthodox ...