Vasily Blessed

The life of St. Basil Blessed abounded with exciting plots and bright details. He predicted the Novgorod fire and the raid of the Crimean khan, exposed speeches to the ordinary Muscovites and the formidable Moscow sovereigns, and shocked others with his appearance and behavior. His canonization in the rank of holy fool occurred in a record short time.
Why exactly on Russian soil the strange and original phenomenon flourished - foolishness? What is this a mental deviation or a special kind of religious asceticism? Why was his “golden age” of the 16th century? Why was the Russian holy fools, unlike their foreign "colleagues, the pathos of denunciation was aimed not at the crowd, but at power? These questions are answered by a book dedicated to the brightest representative of the host of Russian saints, who chose a rare, difficult and dangerous spiritual service to the world, whose name is the most recognizable Russian Orthodox temple, which became the "hallmark of Moscow and Russia