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Orthodox Saints for August 21
The day’s saints, briefly — the principal commemoration the Church keeps on this date.
Apostle Thaddeus · Martyr Bassa. One of the Seventy who carried Christ's blessing and a healing cloth to Edessa.
On both calendars
New Calendar & Old Calendar
New Calendar parishes commemorate this on August 21 (civil).
Old Calendar parishes keep the same commemoration 13 days later, on September 3 (civil).
Guidelines, not law — your priest’s word comes first. Commemorations vary slightly by jurisdiction and local calendar; fasting practice varies by jurisdiction, parish, and person. These pages show the common traditional guideline (the monastic standard most calendars print); where jurisdictions differ, that is a question for your priest, not for an app.
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