Foolishness for Christ
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Foolishness for Christ refers to behavior such as giving up all one's worldly possessions upon joining an ascetic order or religious life, or deliberately flouting society's conventions to serve a rel
Basil Fool for Christ praying. He did not wear clothing either in summer or winter. Fools for Christ often challenge accepted norms to serve a religious purpose. Painting by Sergei Kirillov, 1994.
A God's Fool Sitting on the Snow, by Vasily Surikov, 1885
Benedict Joseph Labre
Basil Fool for Christ (1468–1552), a holy fool to whom Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow is dedicated
Xenia of Saint Petersburg
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Xenia of St. Petersburg is a patron saint of St. Petersburg, who according to tradition, gave all her possessions to the poor after her husband died.
Foolishness for Christ
…Basil Fool for Christ, who gives his name to Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow. One of the best-known modern examples in the Russian Church is perhaps St Xenia of Saint Petersburg. "Crazy for God" is an expression sometimes used in the United States and other English-speaking countries to convey a similar idea to "Foolishness for…
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Sarcophagus of Blessed Xenia in a chapel in the Smolensky Cemetery in St. Petersburg