If you have a fraction of the fun listening that I had recording this with Dr. Matthew Milliner, you will be delighted to have spent time on our chat about his book Mother of the Lamb. He interrupts me twice before I'm finished introducing him and our topic...

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Joyous feasts! Saint Katherine disputing the philosophers (painting circa 1380 by Cenni di Francesco). And a traditional Russian icon of the Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple.

Joyous feast of Saint Gregory the Wonder Worker. Baptized by Origen and seven years his student, after a speech thanking Origen, he returned home to Neocaesarea and brought the city into the church with Macrina the Elder, Macrina the Younger and her brothers Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa.