Confessor
Saint Basil the Confessor
April 12 Old CalendarApril 25 New Calendar
Life
During the time of the Iconoclast heresy, this virtuous man was bishop in the city of Parium, in Asia Minor. He refused to sign the imperial decree against the veneration of icons. For this he was greatly persecuted and tormented. But he remained firm in Orthodoxy like a diamond. He ended his life in the first half of the eighth century, and departed to the Lord.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, April 12. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on April 12
The full reading for April 12 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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