A Brief Biography of Saint Basil the Great

Robert 's childhood was born in 330 AD and childhood minors of North Asia, whose grandmother taught in the sermon the teachings and teachings of the Protestant Gregory Miracle writer. Shortly thereafter, Basil began his leotic teaching with his father in Neosesaria. Basil then moved to the Caesarean section of Cappadocia to continue his study. After that, Basil visited Athens and continued his study of rhetoric. It is noteworthy that he studied with his best friend, Gregory of Nazi's ancestor for five years. And he became a theologian and father of Cappadocia.

Evsrios is taught by the faith of St. Christian. Great and Gregory theologian basil. They taught him to use Origen 's filacorea to read the Bible, and the great saints wrote for such teaching purposes. Unlike most of us today, Origen 's father Origen is a deep authority in faith, and his name and theology were slowly recovering. One of Origen 's icons is called "Origen teaching Origen" and Father Behr showed this to me in his study last year.

St. Basil is a bishop of the 4th century, the father of the Greek Orthodox Church known for goodwill to the poor. To commemorate them, the family gathers at the St. Basil 's Day (New Year of Greece), exchanges gifts and has a hearty feast including the traditional St. Basil' s Festival cake Vassilopita. A gold coin or coin wrapped in foil is baked in the cake and a person who gains a fortunate slice doubles the blessing. The first Vassilopita is always left to Saint Basil to admit his generosity

The popular visual symbol is the St. Basil Cathedral in Moscow and its colorful dome. Statue of Saint Basil, the other hundreds of churches and statues of the cathedral are important proof of legitimacy of the country's long history. Apartments, office calendars, posters, postcards all have images of orthodox churches. Bread symbolizes an important aspect of the self-image of the country. This is a sign of hospitality, just like khlebsol ("bread salt"). In old customs, welcome to put round bread with salt in visitors. When hosts accept important customers, this tradition can be observed in political and diplomatic activities. In a broad sense, bread is a symbol of life, it is the main food in difficult times, "without bread" means starvation