Collection

The Hexæmeron.

Saint Basil the Great

9 reading units in this historical edition. Units are chapters, letters or homilies, not separate complete books.

1. Homily I: In the Beginning God made the Heaven and the Earth.
2. “The Earth was Invisible and Unfinished.”
3. On the Firmament.
4. Upon the gathering together of the waters.
5. The Germination of the Earth.
6. The creation of luminous bodies.
7. The creation of moving creatures.
8. The creation of fowl and water animals.
9. The creation of terrestrial animals.