Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of August 21
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on August 21 — on the Old Calendar, civil September 3.
Commemorated on August 21
- Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy
- Martyr Bassa
When it falls
- New Calendar: August 21 every year
- Old Calendar: civil September 3
Commemorations follow the Menaion of the Orthodox Church. New Calendar parishes keep them on the date shown; Old Calendar parishes keep them 13 days later on the civil calendar. Local churches add their own saints — your parish calendar comes first.