Savva: Name Day
Orthros keeps the name day for Savva on December 3 on the New Calendar and December 16 on the Old Calendar: the feast of St Savva of Zvenigorod.
The saint
St Savva of ZvenigorodSavva left the world while still young and received monastic tonsure directly from Sergius of Radonezh, becoming one of that elder's earliest and closest disciples, formed in his community in the same discipline of obedience, humility, and quiet self-restraint that marked Sergius's own life.Read the life ›Questions
- When is the name day for Savva?
- Orthros keeps the name day for Savva on December 3 on the New Calendar and December 16 on the Old Calendar.
- Which saint's feast is the name day for Savva?
- It is the feast of St Savva of Zvenigorod.