About the Veneration of St. Bishop Basil in the Early Medieval Cherson

Abstract

Saint bishop Basil was the first of the seven bishops of Chersonesos. A number of monuments on the map of Chersonesos-Cherson are connected with the honour of his memory. The complex of the Western Basilica which was built around the site of the burial of the saint is the first of them. The second one could be the crypt “on the N.Tur land” reconstructed later into the memorial church as a remembrance of the “miracle of the resurrection of the boy” described in the Lives. The church known by sources as the Church of Saint Basil built on the site of the saint assassination could be another memorial of the saint