Festal Orations.

Festal Orations

Nonna Verna Harrison, translator

St. Vladimir's Seminary Press

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One of the earliest Saints of Christianity, St. Gregory of Nazianzus was one of the most important figures in early Christianity. "Festal Orations: Saint Gregory of Nazianzus" is a collection of the man's festal speeches, deftly translated by Nonna Verna Harrison. His orations bring to light the problems Christians faced in the day, and the book covers his life and times as well as his acts earned him posthumous sainthood. "Festal Orations" is a must for historians who focus on earlier Christianity.