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St. Basil the Great

Also known as: Hagios Vasileios

Holy Hierarch Basil the Great, pray to God for us.

Brief Life Archbishop who founded the first great hospital and wrote rules for monastic life.
Feast Day(s) Jan 1; Synaxis Jan 30
Rank / Type
Hierarch
Church Status
Clergy - BishopMonastic
Family / Life State
Single Adult
Vocation
ScholarWriterTeacher
Commonly Asked Intercessions
EducationHealingFinancial Need
Life Experience
Illness
Virtue
WisdomCharityFaithZeal
Region of Origin
Asia Minor
Tradition of Veneration
Pan-OrthodoxGreek
Era Byzantine
Century 4th
Gender Male
Customs & Traditions In the Greek tradition it is St. Basil — not St. Nicholas — who is remembered with gift-giving at the New Year (his feast, Jan 1), and a 'vasilopita' is cut with a coin baked inside; the one who receives the slice with the coin is held blessed for the year.
Notes One of the Three Hierarchs (Jan 30).
Works by the Saint
On the Holy Spirit Hexaemeron the Longer & Shorter Rules the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil Letters
Links
Hymn / Apolytikion Icon Video / Media
Sources Synaxarion

This dataset is a work in progress and is not an authoritative or official liturgical resource; it awaits review by competent clergy and sources.

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