One of the Seventy. He received baptism from Saint John the Baptist, and then followed the Lord. After His ascension to heaven, the Lord sent Thaddeus to Edessa, according to the promise made to Prince Abgar when He sent him a napkin with His image not made by hands. When he kissed the napkin, Abgar was healed of leprosy, but not completely. Saint Thaddeus taught Abgar the faith and baptized him. While, during baptism, Abgar came out of the water, the remnants of the leprosy fell from him. Glorifying God, he summoned all the citizens of Edessa to hear the sermon about Christ from Saint Thaddeus. Hearing the apostle's sermon and seeing the miraculous healing of their prince, all the people of Edessa rejected idols, accepted the faith of Christ and were baptized. Saint Thaddeus reposed in Virith of Phoenicia.

The Holy Martyr Vasa and her children: Theogonia, Agapia and Pist. Venerable Avramius of Smolensk. Holy Forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Hieromartyr Raphael of Šišatov.