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.He was born to serfs in December of 1468 or 1469 in Yelokhovo near Moscow (now in Moscow). His father was named Jacob and his mother Anna. According to tradition he was born on the portico of the local church.
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