page_title: Basil Fool for Christ
hierarchical_section_title: Basil Fool for Christ
context_page_description: Basil the Blessed is a Russian Orthodox saint of the type known as yurodivy or "holy fool for Christ".
context_section_description: Basil the Blessed (known also as Basil, fool for Christ; Basil, Wonderworker of Moscow; or Blessed Basil of Moscow, fool for Christ Russian: Василий Блаженный, Vasily Blazhenny) is a Russian Orthodox saint of the type known as yurodivy or "holy fool for Christ".
caption: Icon of St. Basil the Blessed
  (Bas relief, St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow)
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