Basil resisted the pressure from Emperor Valens, an Arian himself, who wanted to keep him in silence and admit the heretics to communion. No wonder, when the great St. Athanasius died, the ...

Saint Basil the Great (c. 330–379) was a key figure in early Christian theology and the development of monasticism. Born into a wealthy and devout Christian family in Cappadocia, Basil received a ...

Despite his ordination as a deacon, which, according to some sources, was granted to him by St. Basil the Great, Ephraim considered himself ... St. Ephraim was often depicted as a gray-haired elder in ...