Saint Basil the Elder (Greek: Βασιλείος ό Γέρος), father of St. Basil the Great, was raised in Neocaesarea (modern day Turkey) in the Pontus. He died...
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Macrina the Elder (Greek: Μακρίνα; before AD 270 – c. 340) was the mother of Basil the Elder, and the grandmother of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa...
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Caesarea Basil the Elder, father of Basil the Great and saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church Basil of Ancyra (died 362), a 4th-century martyr Basil of Amasea...
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Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great (Koinē Greek: Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Μέγας, Hágios Basíleios ho Mégas;ግዕዝ (Ge'ez) ቅዱስ ባስልዮስ ዐቢይ (ዓምደ ቤተ...
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Ναυκράτιος) was the son of Basil the Elder and Emmelia of Caesarea. He was the younger brother of Macrina the Younger and Basil the Great, and an older...
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pagan rule. She was the wife of Basil the Elder and bore nine or ten children, including Basil of Caesarea (born circa 330), Macrina the Younger, Peter of...
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Saint Macrina the Younger, (324 – 379), daughter of Saint Basil the Elder and granddaughter of the above Măcrina, a village in Puieşti Commune, Buzău County...
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Saint Basil may refer to: Basil the Elder, 4th-century saint, father of Basil the Great Basil of Caesarea (Basil the Great), 4th century leading churchman...
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Cappadocian Fathers (redirect from The Cappadocians)
had been a martyr, and their parents, Basil the Elder and Emmelia of Caesarea are also recognized as saints. The fathers set out to demonstrate that Christians...
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Basil II Porphyrogenitus (Greek: Βασίλειος Πορφυρογέννητος Basileios Porphyrogennetos; 958 – 15 December 1025), nicknamed the Bulgar Slayer (Greek: ὁ...
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