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Saint
Jacob the New of Tuman
New Calendar August 21 Old Calendar September 3
Why they are a saint
New Venerable Confessor; tortured by the Communists for distributing 8,000 copies of the Lord's Prayer at a train station in Požarevac ; birth name Radoje Arsović. The Orthodox Church commemorates Jacob the New of Tuman Ј on August 21.
Patronage / why chosen as patron
Orthodox Christians usually take Jacob the New of Tuman as a patron when they bear the name Jacob at baptism, or were born or baptized near the feast on August 21. Serbian Orthodox faithful also honor his as one of their own.
Prayer
O holy Jacob the New of Tuman, pray to God for us.
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