Here Basil wrote about monastic communal life. His writings became pivotal in developing monastic traditions of the Eastern Church.Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. . In 358, Basil invited his friend Gregory of Nazianzus to join him in Annesi.Rousseau (1994), p. 66. When Gregory eventually arrived, they collaborated on Origen's Philocalia, a collection of Origen's works.Merredith (1995), pp. 21–22. Gregory decided to return to his family in Nazianzus.
Here Basil wrote about monastic communal life. His writings became pivotal in developing, monastic traditions of the Eastern Church.Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. . In 358 Basil invited his friend Gregory of Nazianzus to join him in Annesi.Rousseau (1994), p. 66. When Gregory eventually arrived, they collaborated on Origen's Philocalia, a collection of Origen's works.Merredith (1995), pp. 21–22. Gregory decided to return to his family in Nazianzus.