St. Gregory of Narek | Saint of the Day | February 27 #Saint #holiness

SAINT GREGORY OF NAREK
ABBOT AND DOCTOROCTOR OF THE CHURCH
February 27

Born about 950 in the historic Armenian district of Adzevatsik, Gregory grew up in a family that encouraged learning. As a youth he entered Narek Monastery which Ananians, his mother’s great-uncle, governed as abbot. He enrolled in the monastery’s renowned school and there, as priest and abbot, he spent his whole life which was on fire with love for the Virgin Mary. He attained the height of holiness and mystical experience and displayed his learning in various works of mystical theology. In the year 1003 he produced his celebrated Book of Lamentations, and about two years later he died.