Basil the Priest

Holy Venerable Basil the Priest is remembered in the Lenten Triodion as the one who, out of obedience, took up his dwelling in a tomb while still alive. No reliable information about him has been preserved.

The Triodion says at Matins of Cheesefare Saturday: "But a certain Basil too seized the crown of obedience, for he, dwelling in a tomb in his life, shows us the radiance of obedience." His commemoration is kept on Cheesefare Saturday, in the Synaxis of All Venerable Fathers who shone in ascetic labour; the calendar lists it at 13 March (a movable date), in the new style.