When is the feast day of St Savvas the New of Kalymnos?

The Orthodox Church commemorates St Savvas the New of Kalymnos on April 7 on the New Calendar and April 20 on the Old Calendar.

Who else is commemorated on that day?

The Church also remembers Calliopius, with his mother Theoclea; St George the Confessor of Mitylene; St Nilus of Sora; and St Tikhon of Moscow.

When is the feast of St Savvas the New of Kalymnos in 2027?

In 2027, on the New Calendar, it falls on Wednesday, April 7.

St Savvas the New of Kalymnos

Born Basil in 1862 to poor, devout parents in Herakleitsa, on the Thracian coast, the boy who would become Savvas was the couple's only child. In 1887 he traveled to the Holy Land and entered the monastery of Saint George Hozeva, where he withdrew for years into the rugged cliffs above the monastery, reaching his cells by rope ladder and giving his days to prayer and to painting icons.

Feast day

7AprilNew Calendar

20AprilOld Calendar

Coming feasts: Wednesday, April 7, 2027

The life of St Savvas the New of Kalymnos

Accounts differ on how long this desert period lasted, and the exact span is not settled.

Ordained a priest in 1903, he later spent twelve years in stricter solitude at the Skete of Saint Anne on Mount Athos before a benefactor drew him, in 1925, to the island of Kalymnos. There he passed his last two decades as priest and spiritual father to the nuns of the Convent of All Saints, remembered as a confessor of unusual discernment, firm above all toward blasphemy, and gifted as an iconographer and wonderworker.

He reposed in the 1940s; his relics were uncovered in 1957, and the Church numbered him among the saints in 1992. He remains patron of Kalymnos.

Also commemorated on April 7

Questions

When is the feast day of St Savvas the New of Kalymnos?: The Orthodox Church commemorates St Savvas the New of Kalymnos on April 7 on the New Calendar and April 20 on the Old Calendar.
Who else is commemorated on that day?: The Church also remembers Calliopius, with his mother Theoclea; St George the Confessor of Mitylene; St Nilus of Sora; and St Tikhon of Moscow.
When is the feast of St Savvas the New of Kalymnos in 2027?: In 2027, on the New Calendar, it falls on Wednesday, April 7.

In Orthros

On the feast day Orthros sets the life of St Savvas the New of Kalymnos before you, beside the day's fast and readings, free to read.

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