Ep. 52 St Basil the Great

Saint Stories for Kids

Shining Light Dolls

Kids & Family

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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St Basil needed help...and who better to ask than God! He had cooked up some great ideas before but this one takes the cake! Listen now! St Basil, Pray for Us! www.shininglightdolls.com www.instagram.com/shininglightdolls www.facebook.com/shininglightdollsllc

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Saint Stories for Kids, a weekly podcast full of fun stories and
0:05.1	facts about the holy men and women that have come before us. I'm your host
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0:28.0	Today we'll be telling the story of St Basil the Great whose feast is celebrated on January 2nd.
0:34.0	Basil was born in what his modern day Kayseri Turkey around the year 330.
0:39.0	His family was full of saints.
0:42.0	His maternal grandfather was a Christian
0:43.7	Christian martyr, his maternal grandmother was St. Macrina the
0:46.6	elder and he had four siblings all of which are venerated as saints.
0:51.0	St. Macrina the younger, St. no crashes, St. Peter of
0:55.0	Sabast, and St. Gregory of Nissa. Even though he came from a very pious
0:59.6	family, Basil wasn't always interested in a religious life.
1:03.0	In fact, he had a great career as a lawyer and teacher.
1:06.0	But when he met Eustaceus of Sebastian, a bishop and ascetic,
1:10.0	he devoted his life to God.
1:12.0	Basel tried to live the life of a hermit,
1:15.0	but realized he preferred living in a community.
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