Not to be confused with Basil the Confessor, companion of the Venerable Procopius at Decapolis, Commemorated on [[February 28]], St '''Basil the Confessor''', [[Bishop]] of Parium, fought valiantly against the [[Iconoclast]] [[heresy]] during the eight eighth century. Due  When the Iconoclast heresy broke out, Saint Basil resolutely came out on the side of icon veneration and refused to his stance against sign the orders for their abolition (the “Iniquitous Scroll”) of the heretics, Council of 754 which was convened under the emperor Constantine V Copronymos (741-775). The saint avoided any contact with the heretics and did not permit them into his diocese. For his zeal he suffered a lot of much persecution , hunger and deprivation.  St Basil is commemorated on [[April 12]].