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Saint Sabbas
Popular devotion December 5Abbot

Saint Sabbas

One of the great desert monks, whose monastery near Jerusalem has been home to monks for 1,500 years.

Icon of Saint Sabbas the Sanctified (public domain)

Who was Saint Sabbas?

Sabbas (439–532) was born in Cappadocia and became a monk as a boy. He went to the Judean desert and in 483 founded the Great Lavra in the Kidron Valley, near Bethlehem, leading thousands of monks and defending the faith of the Council of Chalcedon. He died at about 93.

Feast day and traditions

The monastery of Mar Saba is still inhabited by monks today, making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited monasteries in the world.

Prayer

St. Sabbas, teach me to find God in silence and prayer. Amen.

Novena

To pray a novena that ends on the eve of the feast, begin on November 26 and finish on December 4.

Mass readings

Read the Mass readings for December 5 from the US bishops (USCCB).

Open readings →

Celebrate as a family

Turn off screens for an hour of family quiet time.

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