Vassa of Nizhny Novgorod

Holy Vassa of Nizhny Novgorod, born Anastasia, was a princess and then a nun, and passed away in 1378. She is honoured as a local saint in Nizhny Novgorod and also appears in the Synaxis of the Saints of Vladimir.

She was born in 1331 and was the wife of Prince Andrey Konstantinovich of Nizhny Novgorod and Suzdal. As a nun she received the name Theodora; some lists give her as "Vassa (in monasticism Theodora)", others as "Theodora (in monasticism Vassa)". Her name was entered in the list of all the saints who shone forth in the Russian land in the Service Menaion, which is taken as a recognition of her veneration.

She is commemorated on 28 March and on 16 April (the source does not say in which style these days are given) and in the Synaxis of the Saints of Vladimir.