What is "sabbas"

Sabbas is a Greek masculine given name, derived from the Hebrew and Aramaic Sava, meaning grandfather, revered elder, or old man.

Variant forms or transliterations include Saba, Sava, Savva, Savo and Sawa.

Bishop Sabbas (or Savva; born Sergey Aleksandrovich Volkov on September 27, 1958) is a bishop of the Moldovan Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate. He serves as diocesan bishop of Tiraspol and Dubăsari.