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Basil Fool for Christ

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Vasily the Blessed (known also as Basil, and as the fool for Christ; the Wonderworker of Moscow; or Blessed Vasily of Moscow; Василий Блаженный, Vasily Blazhenny) is a Russian Orthodox saint of the type known as yurodivy or "holy fool". [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 27 relations: Apprenticeship, Calendar of saints, Canonization, Eastern Orthodox Church, Foolishness for Christ, Gregorian calendar, Hell icon, Icon, Ivan the Terrible, John of Moscow, John the Hairy, List of metropolitans and patriarchs of Moscow, Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow, Miser, Moscow, Patriarch Job of Moscow, Relief, Russian Orthodoxy, Saint, Saint Basil's Cathedral, Serfdom, Shoemaking, Shoplifting, Sign of contradiction, Thaumaturgy, Xenia of Saint Petersburg, Yelokhovo Cathedral.

  2. 15th-century Eastern Orthodox Christians
  3. 15th-century Russian people
  4. 16th-century Eastern Orthodox Christians
  5. 16th-century Russian people
  6. Yurodivy

Apprenticeship

Apprenticeship is a system for training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study (classroom work and reading).

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Calendar of saints

The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.

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Canonization

Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, specifically, the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration and entering their name in the canon catalogue of saints, or authorized list of that communion's recognized saints.

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Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.

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Foolishness for Christ

Foolishness for Christ (διά Χριστόν σαλότητα; оуродъ, юродъ) refers to behavior such as giving up all one's worldly possessions upon joining an ascetic order or religious life, or deliberately flouting society's conventions to serve a religious purpose—particularly of Christianity. Basil Fool for Christ and Foolishness for Christ are Yurodivy.

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Gregorian calendar

The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world.

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Hell icon

Hell icons (Адописная икона, adopisnaya ikona, lit. "Hell-written icon" or "Hell-painted icon") are alleged icons with images of Devil hidden under the primer, the riza or the painted layer.

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Icon

An icon is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Catholic churches.

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Ivan the Terrible

Ivan IV Vasilyevich (Иван IV Васильевич; 25 August 1530 –), commonly known as Ivan the Terrible, was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1533 to 1547, and the first Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia from 1547 until his death in 1584.

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John of Moscow

John of Moscow also known as Blessed John the Fool for Christ was a 16th-century Russian saint. Basil Fool for Christ and John of Moscow are 16th-century Christian saints, 16th-century Eastern Orthodox Christians, 16th-century Russian people and Yurodivy.

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John the Hairy

John the Hairy (Иоанн Власатый, also known as John the Merciful of Rostov) was a holy fool (Yurodivy), of the Russian Orthodox Church in the second half of the 16th century. Basil Fool for Christ and John the Hairy are 16th-century Christian saints, 16th-century Eastern Orthodox Christians, 16th-century Russian people and Yurodivy.

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List of metropolitans and patriarchs of Moscow

This article lists the metropolitans and patriarchs of Moscow, spiritual heads of the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow

Macarius (Makary; 1482 – 12 January 1563) was the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' from 1542 until 1563. Basil Fool for Christ and Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow are 16th-century Christian saints and Russian saints.

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Miser

A miser is a person who is reluctant to spend money, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts and some necessities, in order to hoard money or other possessions.

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Moscow

Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia.

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Patriarch Job of Moscow

Job (Иов, Iov), also known as Job of Moscow (d. 19 June 1607), was the first Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.

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Relief

Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material.

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Russian Orthodoxy

Russian Orthodoxy (Русское православие) is the theology, religious traditions, and practices related to the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Saint

In Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God.

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Saint Basil's Cathedral

The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed (Sobor Vasiliya Blazhennogo), known in English as Saint Basil's Cathedral, is an Orthodox church in Red Square of Moscow, and is one of the most popular cultural symbols of Russia.

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Serfdom

Serfdom was the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism, and similar systems.

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Shoemaking

Shoemaking is the process of making footwear.

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Shoplifting

Shoplifting, shop theft, retail theft, or retail fraud is the theft of goods from a retail establishment during business hours, typically by concealing a store item on one's person, in pockets, under clothes or in a bag, and leaving the store without paying.

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Sign of contradiction

A sign of contradiction, in Catholic theology, is someone who, upon manifesting holiness, is subject to extreme opposition.

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Thaumaturgy

Thaumaturgy is the purported capability of a magician to work magic or other paranormal events or a saint to perform miracles.

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Xenia of Saint Petersburg

Xenia of St. Basil Fool for Christ and Xenia of Saint Petersburg are Yurodivy.

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Yelokhovo Cathedral

The Epiphany Cathedral at Yelokhovo (Богоявленский собор в Елохове), Moscow, is the vicarial church of the Moscow Patriarchs.

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See also

15th-century Eastern Orthodox Christians

15th-century Russian people

16th-century Eastern Orthodox Christians

16th-century Russian people

Yurodivy

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Fool_for_Christ

Also known as Basil the Blessed, Saint Basil the Blessed, Vasily Blazhenny.