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# St Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia

Life dates

c. 330 – 379

Region

Cappadocia

Canonization

Universal veneration (saint of the undivided Church / whole Orthodox Church)

## Short life

Theologian, organizer of monastic life and philanthropist; defender of the Nicene faith against Arianism. Author of monastic rules and of the Liturgy celebrated ten times a year.

## Related

- Circumcision of the Lord. St Basil the Great
- Synaxis of the Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom