Saint Basil the Great (also called Basil of Caesarea) lived from 330 to 379 AD. He was born into a wealthy family and with four siblings, all of whom were later declared saints in the Orthodox Church. He, his brother, Gregory of Nyssa, and his lifelong friend Gregory of Nazianzus, were declared 3 of the 4 “Doctors of the Church” by the Eastern Orthodox Church. Basil was influential in the development of the doctrine of the…