All Christian monasticism stems, either directly or indirectly, from the Egyptian example: Saint Basil the Great Archbishop of Caesaria of Cappadocia, founder and organizer of the monastic movement in Asia Minor, visited Egypt around AD 357 and his rule is followed by the Eastern Orthodox Churches ; Saint Jerome who translated the Bible into Latin, came to Egypt, while en route to Jerusalem, around AD 400 and left details of his experiences in his letters ; Benedict founded the Benedictine Order in the 6th century on the model of Saint Pachomius, but in a stricter form.

In the Rite of Constantinople, two different anaphoras are currently used: one is attributed to Saint John Chrysostom, the other to Saint Basil the Great.

Along with the brothers Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa, he is known as one of the Cappadocian Fathers.

In the Roman Catholic Church he is numbered among the Doctors of the Church ; in Eastern Orthodoxy and the Eastern Catholic Churches he is revered as one of the Three Holy Hierarchs, along with Basil the Great and John Chrysostom.

A Byzantine-style icon depicting the Three Holy Hierarchs: ( left to right :) Basil the Great, John Chrysostom and Gregory the Theologian.

The Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches celebrate two feast days in honor of Gregory: January 25 as his primary feast and January 30, known as the feast of the Three Great Hierarchs, which commemorates him along with John Chrysoston and Basil of Caesarea.

Basil the Great, on 2 January.

Basil the Great says, " The honor shown the image passes over to the archetype.

# Regarding the written tradition opposing the making and veneration of images, they asserted that icons were part of unrecorded oral tradition ( parádosis, sanctioned in Orthodoxy as authoritative in doctrine by reference to, Basil the Great, etc.

** Basil the Great ( Roman Catholic and Anglican Church )

** Basil the Great, Doctor, Bishop of Caesaria, Cappadocia, CE 379 ( Anglicanism )

Basil the Great

While there, Julian became acquainted with two men who later became both bishops and saints: Gregory of Nazianzus and Basil the Great ; in the same period, Julian was also initiated into the Eleusinian Mysteries, which he would later try to restore.

The Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches honor him as a saint and count him among the Three Holy Hierarchs, together with Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzus.

The Eastern Orthodox Church commemorates him as a " Great Ecumenical Teacher ", together with Basil the Great and Gregory the Theologian.

Through Origen and especially the scholarly presbyter Pamphilus of Caesarea, an avid collector of books of Scripture, the theological school of Caesarea won a reputation for having the most extensive ecclesiastical library of the time, containing more than 30, 000 manuscripts: Gregory Nazianzus, Basil the Great, Jerome and others came and studied there.

" Ronald Hathaway provides a table listing most of the major identifications of Dionysius: e. g., Ammonius Saccas, Dionysius the Great, Peter the Fuller, Dionysius the Scholastic, Severus of Antioch, Sergius of Reshaina, unnamed Christian followers of everyone from Origen of Alexandria to Basil of Caesarea, Eutyches to Proclus.

In the film The Great Mouse Detective, the villain Ratigan attempts to kill the film's heroes, Basil of Baker Street and David Q. Dawson, with a Rube Goldberg style device.

* Basil the Great, Christian theologian, bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia

* Basil the Great, bishop of Caesarea Mazaca ( d. 379 )

* January 1 – Basil the Great, bishop of Caesarea ( b. 330 )

Gregory's work received little scholarly attention in the West until the mid-twentieth century, and he was historically treated as a minor figure in comparison to Basil the Great or Gregory of Nazianzus.

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Basil of Caesarea | Saint Basil the Great

* 1907 – Basil Spence, Scottish architect, designed the Coventry Cathedral ( d. 1976 )

* 1945 – Basil Poledouris, American composer ( d. 2006 )

* 1799 – The Blessed Father Basil Anthony Marie Patrice Moreau, Founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross ( d. 1873 )

* 1860 – Basil Spalding de Garmendia, American tennis player ( d. 1932 )

* 1892 – Basil Rathbone, English actor ( d. 1967 )

* 1923 – Basil Hume, Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, England ( d. 1999 )

* 1926 – Basil Salvadore D ’ Souza, Indian bishop ( d. 1996 )

* October 31 – Basil Liddell Hart, British military historian ( d. 1970 )

* Emperor Basil I of the Byzantine Empire ( d. 886 )

* February 11 – Basil Moreau, the founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross ( d. 1873 )

* Dominique Venner, Le plus grand marchand d ' armes de l ' Histoire: Sir Basil Zaharoff.

Basil d ' Oliveira

South Africa had been due to tour in 1970, but this was cancelled due to the Basil d ' Oliveira Affair and concerns over anti-apartheid demonstrations that had led to barbed wire at Lord's.

It was his best series with 306 runs ( 51. 00 ) and when Ted Dexter retired after losing 1-0 to Bobby Simpson ’ s Australia in 1964 Smith was made captain for England's last tour of South Africa before the Basil d ' Oliveira Crisis.

# Basil of Trebizond, d. 1340

* John Kay ( cricket journalist ), British cricket correspondent for The Argus who introduced Basil d ' Oliveira to English cricket

And in the East, at the death of Athanasius in 373, the Cappadocian Fathers ( Basil of Caesarea, d. 379 ; his brother Gregory of Nyssa, d. 394 ; and Gregory Nazianzus, d. 390 ), took the lead in support of Nicene orthodoxy.

They rented out their house in London, moved to Cape Town and he coached the First and Second XIs at the Roman Catholic St Joseph's College, set up a Under-11 side in his free time and met a talented Cape Coloured cricketer called Basil d ' Oliveira.

Barrington was named for the tour of South Africa in 1968 – 69, but this was cancelled when Basil d ' Oliveira was belatedly included and the South African government refused to allow him to play.

There was no tour in 1969-70 and no tourists in 1970 as the series with South Africa were cancelled due to the Basil d ' Oliveira Affair and concerns over anti-apartheid demonstrations that had led to barbed wire at Lords.

Pilcher and his boss finally found themselves in hot water in the early-seventies, when they claimed during the drug smuggling trial of Basil Sands that this man – who ’ d been caught red-handed – was innocent, and had been working with the police.