In this book, the author provides a comprehensive and scientific account of all aspects of the life of Saint Basil of Caesarea, from his birth, education, monastic and ecclesiastical activities as the Metropolitan of Caesarea in Cappadocia, and his social work, to his rich literary work and teaching, as he made significant contributions to the formation of the trinitarian doctrine of our Church. The last part of the work refers to the churches dedicated to Saint Basil, in Greece and abroad, the troparia dedicated to him, and his iconography.

Contents

PREFACE 9
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 10
INTRODUCTION 11
TABLE OF CONTENTS 13

I. BIOGRAPHY 15
1. Family 15
2. Early Years and Education 16
3. Monasticism 20
4. Presbyter and Bishop of Caesarea 24
5. Arianism and Saint Basil 29
6. Meeting with Valens and his struggle for the unity
of the Church 35
7. His social work - Basiliada 40
8. His death 42

II. CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SAINT 44

III. SAINT BASIL, LETTERS, AND EDUCATION 48

IV. WRITINGS 52
1. Apologetic Works 52
2. Exegetical Works 54
3. Dogmatic Works 54
4. Sermons 55
5. Liturgical Works 56
6. Ascetic Works 57
7. Letters 58
8. Canons 59

V. TEACHING 62
1. Theology 62
2. Trinitarian Theology 63
3. Anthropology 65
4. Ecclesiology-Monasticism 66

VI. CHURCHES-ICONOGRAPHY-HYMNODY 68
1. Churches 68
2. The Metropolitan Church of Tripoli 70
3. Iconography 74
4. Hymnography 76

CONCLUSION 81
BIBLIOGRAPHY 83