Bassa the Martyr

Holy Martyr Bassa.

St. Bassa was a Christian woman who confessed Christ in the time of the persecutions and was put to death for the faith.

She is commemorated on September 21.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Bassa the Martyr is commemorated on September 21. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on October 4 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on September 21

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  Quadratos the Apostle

  Apostle, Κοδράτος

  Holy Apostle Quadratus.

  Name days: Kodrados

• Jonah the Prophet

  Prophet, Ιωνάς

  Holy Prophet Jonah, who preached repentance to Nineveh.

  Name days: Jonah, Jonas, Ionas

• Jonah the Sabbaite

  Venerable, Ιωνάς ο Σαβαΐτης

  Venerable Jonah the Presbyter of the Lavra of St. Sabbas, father of Sts. Theophanes and Theodore Graptoi.

• Eusebios, Nestabos, Zeno and those with them

  Martyr, Ευσέβιος, Νέσταβος και Ζήνων

  Holy Martyrs Eusebios, Nestabos and Zeno, brothers of Gaza, with Nestor and Bousiris.

• Isaakios of Cyprus

  Hierarch, Ισαάκιος Κύπρου

  St. Isaakios, bishop in Cyprus.

• Platon Aivazidis

  Hierarch, Πλάτων Αϊβαζίδης

  Hieromartyr Platon Aivazidis, archimandrite of Amisos, martyred in 1921.