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Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Basil the Blessed''' (1468 – [[August 2]], 1557) was a [[Fool-for-Christ]] and [[Wonder-worker]] living in Moscow at the time of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. His [[feast day]] is celebrated on the date of his repose (August 2). He is also known as ''Vasily'', ''Vasily Blazhenny'', ''Basil Fool-for-Christ'', or ''Basil of Moscow''.
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==Life==
There are many stories concerning St. Basil, but a prominent one concerns his rebuke of Ivan the Terrible. St. Basil gave the Tsar some meat during [[Great Lent]], telling him it did not matter whether or not he refrained from eating meat ([[fast]]ed), because of the murders he had committed.

The [[St. Basil's Cathedral (Moscow)]] was named for him, although it was originally dedicated to the [[Protection of the Theotokos]].

==External links==
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=102185 Blessed Basil of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ] ([[OCA]])
*[http://www.oca.org/FStropars.asp?SID=13&ID=102185 Troparion for Blessed Basil of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ] (OCA)
*[http://all-moscow.ru/ikona/vasblaz.en.html Icon of St. Basil the Blessed]
*[[:Wikipedia:Basil Fool for Christ|''Basil Fool for Christ'' at Wikipedia]]
*[http://www.orthodox.net/trebnic/to-basil-the-blessed.html Akathist Prayer to St. Basil the Blessed] (small excerpt)
*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jim_forest/fools.htm Holy Fools] by Jim Forest

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 ==Life==
-Basil was born into a family of serfs in December 1468 in the village of Elokhovo, near Moscow, Russia. Elokhovo is now part of the city of Moscow. His father was named Jacob and his mother Anna. According to tradition, Basil was born on the portico of the Elokhovo church in honor of the Vladimir [[Icon]] of the Most Holy [[Theotokos]].
+Basil was born into a family of serfs in December 1468 in the village of Elokhovo, near Moscow, Russia. Elokhovo is now part of the city of Moscow. His father was named Jacob and his mother Anna. According to tradition, Basil was born on the portico of the [[Cathedral of the Theophany in Elokhovo (Moscow)|Elokhovo church]] in honor of the Vladimir [[Icon]] of the Most Holy [[Theotokos]].
 Apprenticed to a shoemaker in Moscow, Basil soon showed that he was no ordinary man. When a merchant, who had brought grain to Moscow, ordered special boots that the merchant could not wait to be finished and would get when he returned in a year, Basil wept and said, "I wish you would cancel the order, since you will never wear them." When his perplexed master questioned him, Basil explained that the man would not wear the boots as he would soon die. After several days the prediction came true.

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 ==Sources==
-*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=102185 [[OCA]]: Blessed Basil of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ]
+*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=102185 [[OCA]]: Blessed Basil of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ]
 *[[Wikipedia: Basil_Fool_for_Christ]]

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-Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Basil the Blessed''' (1468 &ndash; [[August 2]], 1557) was a [[Fool-for-Christ]] and [[Wonder-worker]] living in Moscow at the time of Tsar Ivan the Terrible.  His [[feast day]] is celebrated on the date of his repose (August 2).  He is also known as ''Vasily'', ''Vasily Blazhenny'', ''Basil Fool-for-Christ'', or ''Basil of Moscow''.
+Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Basil the Blessed''' was a [[Fool-for-Christ]] and Wonder-worker living in Moscow at the time of Tsar [[Ivan IV of Russia|Ivan the Terrible]]. He is also known as ''Vasily'', ''Vasily Blazhenny'', ''Basil Fool-for-Christ'', or ''Basil of Moscow''. His [[feast day]] is celebrated on [[August 2]], the date of his repose.
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 ==Life==
-There are many stories concerning St. Basil, but a prominent one concerns his rebuke of Ivan the Terrible.  St. Basil gave the Tsar some meat during [[Great Lent]], telling him it did not matter whether or not he refrained from eating meat ([[fast]]ed), because of the murders he had committed.
+Basil was born into a family of serfs in December 1468 in the village of Elokhovo, near Moscow, Russia. Elokhovo is now part of the city of Moscow. His father was named Jacob and his mother Anna. According to tradition, Basil was born on the portico of the Elokhovo church in honor of the Vladimir [[Icon]] of the Most Holy [[Theotokos]].
-The [[St. Basil's Cathedral (Moscow)]] was named for him, although it was originally dedicated to the [[Protection of the Theotokos]].
+==Sources==
 ==External links==
-*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=102185 Blessed Basil of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ] ([[OCA]])
+*[http://www.oca.org/FStropars.asp?SID=13&ID=102185 OCA: Troparion for Blessed Basil of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ]
 *[http://all-moscow.ru/ikona/vasblaz.en.html Icon of St. Basil the Blessed]
 *[http://www.orthodox.net/trebnic/to-basil-the-blessed.html Akathist Prayer to St. Basil the Blessed] (small excerpt)
-*[http://www.jimandnancyforest.com/2008/09/22/the-way-of-the-holy-fools/ The Way of Holy Fools] by [[Jim Forest]]
+*[http://www.jimandnancyforest.com/2008/09/22/the-way-of-the-holy-fools/  The Way of Holy Fools] by [[Jim Forest]]
 [[Category:Fools-for-Christ]]
 [[Category:Russian Saints]]
 [[Category:Saints]]