Honorific Prefix: | Saint |
Vassa | |
Birth Date: | 3rd century |
Birth Place: | Roman Empire |
Home Town: | Edessa |
Death Date: | Mid- to Late-4th century |
Death Place: | Macedonia, Roman Empire |
Feast Day: | 21 August |
Honored In: | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Saint Vassa (Αγία Βάσσα) was a 4th-century Christian martyr from Edessa in Greek Macedonia. She and her three children were tortured to death. She is venerated on August 21, by the Greek Orthodox Church and Serbian Orthodox Church.[1] A Maronite synaxarium was dedicated to her.[2]