Description

Lithograph of Saint Basil the Great

A stunning lithograph of Saint Basil the Great, father and teacher of the Orthodox Church. Saint Basil was born in Neocaesarea of Pontus, or according to some, in Caesarea of Cappadocia, and his feast day is celebrated on January 1st.

He had eight siblings, three brothers, and five sisters. Of the four brothers, three became bishops (Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and Peter of Sebaste), and one became a monk (Naucratius). Of his five sisters, the eldest and also the eldest child in the family, Macrina, became a nun.

With this Christian upbringing, and equipped with the gifts of sharpness and memory, Saint Basil began an extraordinary upward spiritual journey, mastering almost all the sciences of his time. Most importantly, he attained the divine knowledge of the Gospel, which he immediately put into practice through his strict ascetic life.

Saint Basil the Great has a rich and significant literary work. Among his other works, he wrote a Divine Liturgy, which, after the adoption of the shorter version by Saint John Chrysostom, is celebrated 10 times a year.

Due to his fragile constitution and strict ascetic life, he left this fleeting and vain world at the age of fifty, leaving behind a vast spiritual legacy as a sacred inheritance to humanity.

Lithograph: Features

Using a lithographed copy of Byzantine art, the monk iconographer created this work following the traditional method of artificial aging, as taught to him at Mount Athos. The four corners of the image are adorned with a gold finish, placed between the carvings of the artificial aging.

The image is available upon request.

Origin: Mount Athos