Cloud of Witnesses Quick search…
← Back to the saints

Righteous Emilia, Mother of St. Basil the Great

Also known as: St. Emmelia; Emilia of Caesarea; Emmelia of Cappadocia

Righteous Emilia, pray to God for us.

Brief Life Mother of a household of saints — among them Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Macrina the Younger, and Peter of Sebaste — she raised her children in piety and ended her life in monastic stillness.
Feast Day(s) Jan 1; May 30
Rank / Type
Righteous
Church Status
LaypersonMonastic
Family / Life State
MarriedParentWidowed
Commonly Asked Intercessions
Children
Life Experience
WidowhoodParenting
Virtue
FaithCharityPatience
Region of Origin
Asia Minor
Tradition of Veneration
Pan-OrthodoxGreek
Era Byzantine
Century 4th
Gender Female
Notes Commemorated on the Greek calendar on May 30.
Links
Hymn / Apolytikion Icon Video / Media
Sources OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Jan 1

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

Code: MIT · Data: CC0 1.0 (public domain) · Excel export