Note: this homily was already read during Cheesefare week. It is read again here because of its connection to St. Basil’s homily On the Martyr Julitta, which was delivered by St. Basil on the day after delivering this homily On Giving Thanks and concludes arguments he began here. The homily On the Martyr Julitta will be read tomorrow in celebration of the feast of the holy martyr Julitta.

St. Basil the Great. On Giving Thanks, in On Fasting and Feasts: Saint Basil the Great (SVS Press), trans. Susan R. Holman & Mark Delcogliano