Venerable
Basil of Solovki
Venerable monk of Solovki, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Feast
- August 9old style August 22
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Holy Venerable Basil of Solovki was a cell attendant and disciple of Venerable Zosimas of Solovki. The calendar page preserves no other account of his life.
He is commemorated in the Synaxis of the Saints of Novgorod on 11 July (a movable date) and in the Synaxis of the Saints of Solovki on 22 August, in the new style.
Commemorated the same day August 9
MatthiasApostle · Apostle chosen in place of JudasAug 9
Irene of AthensRight-Believing · Byzantine EmpressAug 9
Sava of OhridSaint · Disciple of Saints Cyril and MethodiusAug 9
Romanus OstiariusMartyr · Doorkeeper of the church in RomeAug 9
Firmus and RusticusMartyr · Martyrs of VeronaAug 9
Secundianus, Marcellianus and VerianusHoly Martyrs · Martyrs of ItalyAug 9
Anthony MonkinFool-for-ChristAug 9- Jacob of SolovkiVenerable · Abbot of Solovki MonasteryAug 9
- Marcellus of VologdaSaint · Archbishop of VologdaAug 9
- Adrian of SolovkiVenerable · HermitAug 9
- Alexis of ConstantinopleMartyrAug 9
- Alexis of SolovkiVenerable · HermitAug 9