Confessor
Saint Basil the Confessor
February 28 Old CalendarMarch 13 New Calendar
Life
The companion and fellow sufferer of Saint Procopius the Decapolite. Basil faithfully followed his teacher Procopius both in peace and in persecution. He endured many torments from the iconoclasts. And when the iconoclasts were brought to ruin by God's Providence, Basil returned together with Procopius to their monastery, where he struggled for a long time in fasting and prayer, and reposed peacefully in the year 747.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, February 28. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on February 28
The full reading for February 28 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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