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Basilian monks

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Basilian monks , monks primarily of the Eastern Church. They follow the Rule of St. Basil the Great , which has been universal among them since the 7th cent. They have no centralized government; the rule treats proper monastic living, not organization. Their monasteries are collections of small cells, the whole group being called a laura. The chief monastery is the Great Laura of Mt. Athos; another famous Orthodox monastery is St. Catherine on Mt. Sinai. There are Basilians in communion with the pope. The chief figure of Basilian history is the reformer St. Theodore of Studium . See als... Read more

Saint Basil the Great
...to a retreat in Pontus. There he wrote much of the Longer Rule and of the Shorter Rule ; on these the life of the Basilian monks is based. Through his rules Basil was a spiritual ancestor of St. Benedict. As counselor (365) and successor (370... Read more

Saint Theodore of Studium
...quarrels with Nicephorus I, and by Leo V when he opposed him (814). His influence was critical in the history of the Basilian monks . His writings deal with the monastic life and with iconoclasm. St. Theodore wrote many hymns, and his letters are... Read more

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	A Life Pleasing to God: The Spirituality of the Rules of St Basil ; ...that "there is no popular interest in `Basilian Spirituality"' "This is both strange...an extended commentary on selected Basilian texts," one "that takes account of modern developments in Basilian studies" (p. xviii). Part one, "The... Read more
	Song manuscript in the Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences* ; ...19-233, namely, that it was originally compiled by monks in the Basilian Monastery in Suprasl' and was brought to Vilnius sometime...however, permit Stern to localize its compilation in the Basilian Suprasl' Monastery, which by 1750 had some 300 inhabitants... Read more
	Anniversary ; ...in Ukraine) sixty-three Byzantine-rite priests of the Eparchy of Mukacheve (or Mukachevo; in Hungarian, Munkacs), led by the Basilian monk Parthenius Petrovyc and in the presence of the Bishop of Eger, George Jakusics, were received into full communion with... Read more
	The Eucharistic miracle.(Opinion & Editorial) ; ...cobble-stoned road. * * * The miraculous event dates back to the 8th century A.D. in the little church of St. Legontian. A Basilian monk doubted about the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. During the Mass, after the two-fold Consecration, the host... Read more
	2002: THE YEAR IN REVIEW; July; a month marked by disasters ; ...Another tragedy, one that had occurred years earlier only to be discovered now, came to light when monks renovating the 400-year-old Basilian Monastery in Zhovka, Lviv Oblast, unearthed scores of human bones buried in the monastery's basement... Read more
	LITHUANIA; Charming Baltic country brimming with churches, beaches, culture and dancing.(TRAVEL) ; ...and adding to the diversity is the nearby Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, now belonging to the Uniate Basilian monks. The most famous is the Cathedral of Vilnius. The church in its current, restored form dates from the late 18th century... Read more

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