Order of Saint Basil the Great

Order of Saint Basil the Great

Latin: Ordo Sancti Basilii Magni
Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych
Abbreviation	OSBM
Formation	20 August 1631 (392 years ago) (1631-08-20)
Founder	Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych
Type	Monastic order of pontifical right (for men)
Membership (2018)	518 (357 priests)
Superior General	Genesio Viomar, OSBM
Parent organization	Greek Catholic Church

The Order of Saint Basil the Great (Ukrainian: Чин Святого Василія Великого, romanized: Chyn Sviatoho Vasyliia Velykoho; Latin: Ordo Sancti Basilii Magni, abbreviated OSBM),^[1] also known as the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat, is a Greek Catholic monastic order of pontifical right that works actively among Ukrainian Catholics and other Greek-Catholic churches in central and Eastern Europe. The order received approbation on August 20, 1631, and is based at the Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Vilnius.