Venerable Bassa, nun, of Pskov (1473)
Commemorated March 19
The Venerable Bassa of the Caves or Pskov, the wife of St. Jonah, the founder of the first caves, died as a nun about 1473 and was buried in the Pskov Monastery of the Caves.
Troparion
In thee, O mother, was manifestly preserved what is in the image of God; for, having taken up the cross, thou didst follow Christ, and by thine own example hast taught that the flesh is to be despised as transient, but that particular care should be bestowed on the soul, as a thing immortal; wherefore together with the angels rejoiceth also thine, O religious Bassa, spirit.
Kontakion
For the love of God thou didst, O religious one, detest the device for rest, having by fasting made thy spirit luminous, for thou didst inflict a severe defeat on the beasts; but through thine intercessions destroy the plots of the enemies.
Source: Crkveni Kalendar
