Basil the Confessor

Venerable Basil the Confessor, companion of St. Procopius.

St. Basil the Confessor was a monk of the eighth century and the companion in asceticism of St. Prokopios of the Dekapolis. When the iconoclast heresy broke out, he stood with his fellow ascetic in defense of the veneration of the holy icons, and for this confession he endured imprisonment and ill-treatment.

When the persecution abated he returned to his labors of fasting and prayer, guiding others in the ascetic life until his peaceful repose. He is commemorated on February 28.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Basil the Confessor is commemorated on February 28. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on March 13 (a day earlier in leap years) of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

People with these names keep their name day on this feast:

Vasilis, Vasileios, Basil

Also commemorated on February 28

• Kyranna of Ossa

  Holy Woman, Κυράννα

  New Martyr Kyranna of Ossa near Thessaloniki.

  Name days: Kyranna, Kyrana, Kiranna

• Proterios of Alexandria

  Hierarch, Προτέριος

  Hieromartyr Proterios, Patriarch of Alexandria.

• Marana and Kyra

  Holy Woman, Μαράνα και Κύρα

  Venerable Marana and Kyra, ascetics of Beroea in Syria.

  Name days: Kyra, Kira

• Nestor of Magydos

  Hierarch, Νέστωρ Μαγύδου

  Hieromartyr Nestor, Bishop of Magydos in Pamphylia.

• Nymphas and Euboulos

  Apostle, Νυμφάς και Εύβουλος

  Holy Apostles Nymphas and Euboulos of the Seventy, disciples of St. Paul.

• Barsos of Damascus

  Hierarch, Βάρσος Δαμασκού

  St. Barsos, Bishop of Damascus.

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