Today we remember Basil the Great, c. 329–379, Bishop of Cesarea in modern day Turkey*.

                    Antiphon on Part One 

                              of Psalm 78

Our forefathers have told us of the power of the Lord, 

and the  

wonderful 

works he 

has done.

Along with Basil’s 

younger Gregory of Nyssa 

(c 332–395) Bishop of Nyssa,

and theire friend, Gregory 

of Nazianzus (c 329–389), 

who became Patriarch of 

Constantinople,  they  are 

known as The Cappadocian Fathers. Dudes largely have written history and that, along with the scourge of clericalism, has impoverished us, causing  only a portion of the story to be remembered.. And so, we also 

commemorate  in this au-gust group., Marcina the Younger (c.327-379)

celebrated in her own right, but also, and importantly, as the older sister of Basil and Gregory of Nyssa. (Each is celebrated  epreately in  the Episcopal Calendar but the Lutherans celerbate them tody as a group, surely in keeping with the Easter Churches.  Pray today for the Eastern Orthodox Church and for sisters!