Venerable Alexander of Iconium.
Saint Alexander was an ascetic who lived in Iconium in Asia Minor and reposed in peace.
Little more is preserved of his life.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Alexander of Iconium is commemorated on August 21. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on September 3 of the civil calendar.
Also commemorated on August 21
Bassa and her Children
Holy Woman, Βάσσα
Holy Martyr Bassa of Edessa and her sons Theognios, Agapios and Pistos.
Athanasios Patellarios
Hierarch, Αθανάσιος ο Πατελλάρος
Saint Athanasios Patellarios, Patriarch of Constantinople, wonderworker of Lubny.
Abramios of Smolensk
Venerable, Αβράμιος Σμολένσκης
Venerable Abramios, Archimandrite of Smolensk, wonderworker.
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