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Testamentary letter of Saint Basil of Ostrog warns against taking monastery property
What the video says
The hymn addresses Saint Basil as the pride of monks and teacher of desert-dwellers. His image appears like a morning star to the faithful. In a cold cave amid gray rocks, his relics radiate the Spirit.
Key moments
- Saint Basil is called the pride of monks and good teacher of holy desert-dwellers.
- His likeness appears to the faithful like a morning star, as a wise faster of holy Orthodoxy.
- His relics radiate the Spirit from a cold cave amid gray rocks.
The Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral published a testamentary letter attributed to Saint Basil of Ostrog, kept in the monastery treasury. The letter pronounces a curse on anyone who attempts to take anything from the monastery: their house, livestock, children, and all possessions would be struck and scattered by God, their trace and hearth perishing forever.
The Metropolitanate provided a contemporary Serbian translation alongside the original text. This publication accompanied a 2019 petition against the removal of holy sites. A hymn to Saint Basil describes him as the pride of monks and teacher of desert-dwellers, his image appearing like a morning star to the faithful, with his relics radiating the Spirit from a cold cave amid gray rocks.
Main points
- Testamentary letter of Saint Basil of Ostrog preserved in Ostrog Monastery treasury
- Letter curses anyone who takes monastery property with loss of home, livestock, children, and possessions
- Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral published the letter in 2019 with modern Serbian translation
- Publication accompanied petition against removal of holy sites
- Hymn honors Saint Basil as pride of monks, teacher of desert-dwellers, morning star to faithful, relics radiating Spirit from cold cave