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Our venerable and God-bearing father among the [[saint]]s '''Sava the New''' (also spelled ''Savvas'' or ''Savas'') is the [[patron saint]] of the Greek Island of Kalymnos (Calymna), where he lived during the last twenty years of his life as the [[priest]] and spiritual father of the [[nun]]s of the Convent of All Saints. He was a great [[ascetic]], [[confessor]], [[iconographer]], and [[wonder-worker|miracle-worker]]. He is one of the recently recognized saints in the Greek Orthodox Church.
The feast of St. Sava the New of Kalymnos is celebrated on various dates in different traditions, including [[February 7]] ([[March 25]] in the [[Old Calendar]]), [[April 7]], [[December 5]] with St. Sava the Sanctified, and the fifth Sunday of [[Great Lent]] with St. [[Mary of Egypt]].
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