St. Vassa Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Srpski pravoslavni kalendar. 1972. N.P. Ivkov. 23.
  2. Book: صابر، انور. العذراء مريم في لبنان: District of Al Batroun, Ijdabra-Hilta. 2001. منشورات جامعة سّيدة اللويزة،. It must be noted here that the Maronite Synxarion dedicated August 21 to the Holy Martyr Vassa of Edessa and her three children. Vassa was martyred towards the end of the 4th century in Macedonia. Both she and her children were tortured ....