Now that all the distractions of the material life had been removed, Macrina persuaded her mother to give up her ordinary life and all showy style of… - Gregory of Nyssa

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Now that all the distractions of the material life had been removed, Macrina persuaded her mother to give up her ordinary life and all showy style of living and the services of domestics to which she had been accustomed before, and bring her point of view down to that of the masses, and to share the life of the maids, treating all her slave girls as if they were sisters and belonged to the same rank as herself.

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About Gregory of Nyssa

Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335 – c. 395), also known as Gregory Nyssen, was bishop of Nyssa, Cappadocia, from 372 to 376 and from 378 until his death. He is venerated as a saint in Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, and Lutheranism. Gregory, his elder brother Basil of Caesarea, and their friend Gregory of Nazianzus are collectively known as the Cappadocian Fathers.

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Native Name: Γρηγόριος Νύσσης
Alternative Names: Gregorius Nyssenus • Gregorius • St. Gregory of Nyssa
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