In 378, after the death of the Arian emperor Valens, St. Gregory was absent, a synod of Arian bishops and court prelates gathered in Nyssa and deposed him. Even worse, his Arian opponents exploited Gregory’s financial administrative slackness to manufacture charges of misappropriating Church funds. Gregory of Nyssa was no financial wizard either, and St. Gregory disappointed his brother, who frequently faulted the latter for his political ineptitude and his lack of firmness in dealing with people. Basil’s brother actually went to his see and stayed there, although he was elevated against his will.1 Not being the able administrator that St. Basil’s metropolitan district of Caesarea. In 371, his ecclesiastical career advanced further, being elevated to the episcopal seat of Nyssa (in modern central Turkey), a small town in St. 329-389), he retired to the same monastery on the Iris which his brother, St. Under the influence of his friends, especially St. Like his older brother, he opted at first for a secular career in rhetoric. 330-379) was born around 330 and was educated chiefly by Basil. Gregory of Nyssa, the younger brother of St. Service of Preparation for Holy Communion.
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