Name day- a day of remembrance, whose was given to a person at. Every day is dedicated to the memory of a saint (most often more than one). The list of days of remembrance of saints is in.
Most often, the day of memory of a saint is the day of his earthly death, i.e. the transition to eternity, meeting with God, to commune with Whom the ascetic aspired.

How to determine the name day

In the church calendar, there are several days of commemoration of the same saint, and many saints also bear the same name. Therefore, it is necessary to find in the church calendar the day of memory of the saint named with you, the closest after the day of your birth. These will be your name days, and the saint whose memory is remembered on this day will be your heavenly patron. If he has other days of memory, then for you these dates will become “small name days”.

If we want to name the child strictly according to church tradition, then this will be the name of a saint whose memory is celebrated on the 8th day after the birth of the child. Cm.

When determining the name day, the date of the canonization of the saint does not matter, because it only fixes a fait accompli. In addition, as a rule, it takes place dozens of years after the transition of the saint to heavenly abodes.

The name received by a person at baptism not only remains unchanged throughout his life (the only exception is the case of becoming a monk), but is also preserved after death, passes with him into eternity. In prayers for the dead, he also remembers their names given in baptism.

Name day and Angel Day

Sometimes name days are called Angel Day. This name name recalls that in the old days, heavenly patrons were sometimes called the Angels of their earthly namesakes; it is incorrect, however, to confuse saints with angels. Name day is the day of remembrance of the saint whose name the person is named, and Angel Day is the day of baptism, when a person is assigned by God. Each baptized has his own Guardian Angel, but we do not know his name.

Honoring and emulating one's patron saint

About the prayerful help of the saints, the monk wrote: “Saints, in the Holy Spirit they see our life and our deeds. They know our sorrows and hear our ardent prayers... The Saints do not forget us and pray for us... They also see the suffering of people on earth. The Lord gave them such great grace that they embrace the whole world with love. They see and know how we are exhausted from sorrows, how our souls have dried up, how despondency has bound them, and, without ceasing, they intercede for us before God.

The veneration of the saint consists not only in praying to him, but also in imitation of his feat, his faith. “Let your life be by your name,” said the monk. After all, the saint whose name a person bears is not just his patron and prayer book, he is also a role model.

But how can we imitate our saint, how can we at least follow his example in some way? For this you need:

• First, to know about his life and exploits. Without this, we cannot sincerely love our saint.
• Secondly, you need to turn to them with prayer more often, know the troparion to him and always remember that we have a protector and helper in heaven.
• Thirdly, of course, we should always think about how we could follow the example of our saint in this or that case.

By the nature of Christian exploits, saints are traditionally divided into faces (ranks): prophets, apostles, saints, martyrs, confessors, reverend, righteous, holy fools, faithful, etc. (see).
The person who bears the name confessor or martyr, it is quite possible to fearlessly confess their faith, to act like a Christian always and in everything, without looking back at dangers or inconveniences, in everything to please, first of all, God, and not people, regardless of ridicule, threats and even oppression.
Those who are named after saints may try to imitate them, denouncing errors and vices, spreading the light of Orthodoxy, helping their neighbors find the way to salvation both by word and by their own example.
Reverend(i.e. monks) can be imitated in detachment, independence from worldly pleasures, keeping the purity of thoughts, feelings and actions.
Imitate holy fool- means, first of all, to humble yourself, to cultivate selflessness in yourself, not to be carried away by the acquisition of earthly riches. The continuation should be the education of will and patience, the ability to endure the difficulties of life, the struggle with pride and vanity. You also need the habit of meekly enduring all insults, but at the same time not being shy about exposing obvious vices, telling the truth to everyone who needs admonition.

Names after angels

Also, a person can be named after (Michael, Gabriel, etc.). Christians named after the archangels celebrate their name day (November 8, according to the old style), on the day of the Celebration of the Cathedral of the Archangel Michael of God and other incorporeal Heavenly Forces.

If the name is not in the calendar

If the name that you were called is not in the calendar, then at baptism the name that is closest in sound is chosen. For example, Dina - Evdokia, Lilia - Leah, Angelica - Angelina, Jeanne - John, Milan - Militsa. According to tradition, Alice receives the name Alexandra in baptism, in honor of St. Passion-bearer Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova, before the adoption of Orthodoxy, bore the name Alice. Some names in the church tradition have a different sound, for example, Svetlana is Photinia (from the Greek photos - light), and Victoria is Nika, both names in Latin and Greek mean "victory".
Only the names given in baptism are written in.

How to celebrate name day

Orthodox Christians visit the temple on their name days and, having prepared in advance, the Holy Mysteries of Christ.
The days of "small name days" are not so solemn for the birthday man, but it is advisable to visit the temple on this day.
After communion, you need to keep yourself from all fuss, so as not to lose the festive joy. In the evening, you can invite loved ones to a meal. It should be remembered that if the name day falls on a fast day, then the festive treat should be fast. AT great post name days that occur on a weekday are transferred to the next Saturday or Sunday.
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What to give for a birthday

In celebration of the memory of the patron saint, the best gift for a birthday person will be something that can contribute to his spiritual growth: an icon; vessel for , container for and ; beads; high-quality wax candles or a lamp for home prayer; books, audio and video recordings of spiritual content; a scarf and a scarf (this is the headdress of married women); pilgrimage ticket.

Prayer to your saint

About the saint, in whose honor we receive a name, we must remember not only on the name day. In the daily morning and evening there is a prayer to the saint, we can also turn to him at any time and in any need. The simplest prayer to the saint:
Pray to God for me, holy servant of God (name), as I diligently resort to you, a quick helper and prayer book for my soul.
You also need to know your saint.

In addition to the icons of the Savior - the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Virgin, it is desirable to have your own saint. It may happen that you bear some rare name, and the icon of your heavenly patron will be difficult to find. In this case, you can buy an icon of All Saints, which symbolically depicts all the saints glorified by the Orthodox Church.

Patristic sayings about birthdays

“We began to choose names not according to God. By God, this is how it should be. Choose a name according to the holy calendar: either on what day the child will be born, or on which it is baptized, or in the interval and three days after baptism. Here the matter will be without any human considerations, but as God wills, for birthdays are in the hands of God.
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The history and symbolism of the celebration of name days

Like many other religious traditions, the celebration of name days in Soviet times was forgotten, moreover, in the 20-30s of the twentieth century it was subjected to official persecution. True, it turned out to be difficult to eradicate age-old folk habits: they still congratulate the birthday man on his birthday, and if the hero of the occasion is very young, they sing a song: “as on ... name day we baked a loaf”. Meanwhile, name day is a special holiday that could be called a day of spiritual birth, since it is associated primarily with the sacrament of Baptism and with the names that our heavenly patrons of the same name bear.

The tradition of celebrating name days has been known in Russia since the 17th century. Usually, on the eve of the holiday, the family of the birthday boy brewed beer, baked birthday cakes, pies and loaves. On the day of the holiday itself, the birthday man with his family went to church for mass, ordered a prayer service for health, put candles and kissed the icon with the face of his heavenly patron. In the afternoon, birthday cakes were distributed to friends and relatives, and often the filling and size of the cake had a special meaning, determined by the nature of the relationship between the birthday man and his relatives. In the evening there was a festive dinner.

The tsar's name-days (Tezoname Day), which were considered a public holiday, were celebrated especially splendidly. On this day, the boyars and courtiers came to the royal court in order to bring gifts and take part in a festive feast, at which they sang for many years. Sometimes the king personally handed out pies. Huge birthday cakes were distributed to the people. Later, other traditions appeared: military parades, fireworks, illuminations, shields with imperial monograms.

After the revolution, a serious and systematic ideological struggle began with name days: the rite of baptism was recognized as counter-revolutionary, and they tried to replace it with “Oktyabrins” and “Stars”. A ritual was developed in detail, in which the newborn was congratulated in strict sequence by the Octobrist, the pioneer, the Komsomol member, the communist, “honorary parents”, sometimes the baby was symbolically enrolled in the trade union, and so on. The fight against "survivals" reached ridiculous extremes: for example, in the 1920s, censorship banned K. Chukovsky's "Fly-Tsokotukha" for "propaganda of name days."

Traditionally, name days are attributed to that day of memory of the named (named) saint, which follows immediately after the birthday, although there is also a tradition of celebrating name days on the day of memory of the most famous saint of the same name, for example, St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, the Apostle Peter, St. Alexander Nevsky, etc. e. In the past, name days were considered a more important holiday than the day of “corporal” birth, in addition, in many cases these holidays practically coincided, because traditionally the child was baptized on the eighth day after birth: the eighth day is a symbol Heavenly Kingdom, to which the baptized person joins, while the number seven is an ancient symbolic number denoting the created earthly world. Baptismal names were chosen according to the church calendar (saints). According to the old custom, the choice of name was limited to the names of saints whose memory was celebrated on the day of baptism. Later (especially in urban society) they abandoned this strict custom and began to choose names, guided by personal taste and other considerations - in honor of relatives, for example.
Name days turn us to one of our incarnations - to a personal name.

Perhaps to the ancient motto "Know thyself" one should add: "Know thy name." Of course, the name primarily serves to distinguish people. In the past, a name could be a social sign, indicating a place in society - now, perhaps, only monastic (monastic) names stand out sharply from the Russian nomenclature. But there is also a mystical meaning of the name, almost forgotten now.
In ancient times, people attached much more importance to the name than now. The name was considered a significant part of a person. The content of the name correlated with the inner meaning of the person, it was, as it were, put inside him. The name controlled fate (" good name — good sign"). A well-chosen name became a source of strength and prosperity. Naming was considered a high act of creation, guessing the human essence, invoking grace.
In primitive society, the name was treated as a part of the body, like eyes, teeth, etc. The unity of the soul and the name seemed undoubted, moreover, it was sometimes believed that as many names as there are so many souls, therefore, in some tribes, before to kill the enemy, it was supposed to find out his name in order to use it in his native tribe. Often the names were hidden in order not to give weapons to the enemy. Harm and trouble were expected from bad treatment with a name. In some tribes it was strictly forbidden to pronounce (taboos) the name of the leader. In others, it was customary to assign new names to the elders, giving them new strength. It was believed that the sick child was given strength by the name of the father, who was shouted into the ear or even called him by the name of the father (mother), believing that part of the vital energy of the parents would help overcome the disease. If the child cried especially much, then the name was chosen incorrectly. Different nationalities have long preserved the tradition of naming “deceptive”, false names: the true name was not pronounced in the hope that death and evil spirits might not find the baby. There was another version of protective names - unattractive, ugly, frightening names (for example, Nekras, Nelyuba and even Dead), which averted adversity and misfortune.

AT Ancient Egypt personal name was carefully guarded. The Egyptians had a "small" name, known to all, and a "big" one, which was considered true: it was kept secret and was pronounced only during important ceremonies. The names of the pharaohs enjoyed special reverence - in the texts they were distinguished by a special cartouche. With great respect, the Egyptians treated the names of the dead - improper handling of them caused irreparable harm to otherworldly existence. The name and its bearer were one whole: the Egyptian myth is characteristic, according to which the god Ra hid his name, but the goddess Isis managed to find out by opening his chest - the name literally turned out to be inside the body!

From time immemorial, the change of the name corresponded to the change of the human essence. New names were given to teenagers at initiation, i.e., upon joining adult members of the community. In China, there are still children's "milk" names, which are abandoned with maturity. In ancient Greece, newly minted priests, renouncing old names, carved them on metal plates and drowned them in the sea. Echoes of these ideas can be seen in the Christian tradition of naming monastic names, when a person who has taken tonsure leaves the world and his worldly name.

Many nations tabooed the names of pagan gods and spirits. It was especially dangerous to call evil spirits (“cursing”): in this way it was possible to call out “evil force”. The ancient Jews did not dare to call the Name of God: Yahweh (in the Old Testament it is the “ineffable Name”, the sacred tetragram, which can be translated as “I am who I am.” According to the Bible, the act of naming often becomes God’s work: the Lord gave names to Abraham, Sarah , Isaac, Ishmael, Solomon, renamed Jacob to Israel.The special religious gift of the Jewish people manifested itself in a variety of names that are called theophoric - they contain God's "indescribable Name": this is how a person contacted God through his personal name.

Christianity, as the highest religious experience of mankind, takes personal names with all seriousness. The name of a person reflects the sacrament of a unique, precious personality, it implies personal communication with God. At the sacrament of Baptism Christian church, accepting a new soul into its bosom, connects it through a personal name with the name of God. As he wrote about Sergei Bulgakov, “human naming and name-incarnation exists in the image and likeness of the divine incarnation and naming… every person is an incarnate word, a realized name, for the Lord himself is the incarnate Name and Word.”

The purpose of Christians is holiness. Naming the baby with the name of a canonized saint, the Church tries to direct him on the true path: after all, this name has already “realized” in life as a saint. The bearer of the holy name always keeps in himself the exalting image of his heavenly patron, "helper", "prayer book". On the other hand, the community of names unites Christians into one body of the Church, into one "chosen people."

Reverence for the names of the Savior and the Mother of God has long been expressed in the fact that in the Orthodox tradition it is not customary to give names in memory of the Mother of God and Christ. Previously, the name of the Mother of God was distinguished even by a different accent - Mary, while other holy women had the name Maria (Marya). The rare monastic (schema) name Jesus was assigned in memory not of Jesus Christ, but of the righteous Joshua.

The Russian Christian name book has evolved over the centuries. The first extensive layer of Russian names arose in the pre-Christian era. The reasons for the emergence of a particular name could be very different: in addition to religious motives, the circumstances of birth, appearance, character, etc. played a role. Later, after the Baptism of Russia, these names, sometimes difficult to distinguish from nicknames, coexisted with Christian calendar names ( up to the 17th century). Even priests sometimes had nicknames. It happened that one person could have as many as three personal names: a “nickname” name and two baptismal names (one is explicit, the other is hidden, known only to the confessor). When the Christian name book completely supplanted the pre-Christian "nickname" names, they did not leave us for good, moving into another class of names - in surnames (for example, Nekrasov, Zhdanov, Naydenov). Some pre-Christian names of canonized Russian saints subsequently became calendar ones (eg Yaroslav, Vyacheslav, Vladimir).
With the adoption of Christianity, Russia was enriched with the names of all human civilization: with the Byzantine calendar, Greek, Jewish, Roman and other names came to us. Sometimes under the Christian name, images of more ancient religions and cultures were hidden. Over time, these names became Russified, so much so that the Hebrew names themselves became Russian - Ivan and Marya. At the same time, one should keep in mind the lofty thought of Fr. Pavel Florensky: "There are no Jewish, Greek, Latin, or Russian names - there are only universal names, the common property of mankind."

The post-revolutionary history of Russian names evolved dramatically: a mass campaign of "de-Christianization" of the name-word was carried out. The revolutionary obscurantism of some sections of society, combined with a tough public policy, was aimed at reorganizing, and therefore at renaming the world. Along with the renaming of the country, its cities and streets, people were renamed. “Red calendars” were compiled, new, “revolutionary” names were invented, many of which now sound just like curiosities (for example, Malentro, i.e. Marx, Lenin, Trotsky; Dazdraperma, i.e. Long live May Day, etc. .). The process of revolutionary name-creation, characteristic of ideological revolutions in general (it was known in France at the end of the 18th century, and in republican Spain, and in the countries of the former "socialist camp"), continued in Soviet Russia not for long, about a decade (20-30s). Soon these names became the property of history - here it is appropriate to recall another thought about. Pavel Florensky: “you can’t think of names”, in the sense that they are “the most stable fact of culture and the most important of its foundations”.

The change in the Russian personal name also followed the line of borrowing from other cultures - Western European (for example, Albert, Victoria, Zhanna) and common Slavic Christian names (for example, Stanislav, Bronislava), names from Greek and Roman mythology and history (for example, Aurelius, Aphrodite , Venus), etc. With time Russian society again returned to calendar names, but "de-Christianization" and a break in tradition led to an extraordinary impoverishment of the modern name-book, which now consists of only a few dozen names (played its role and common property"mass culture" - the desire for averaging, standardization).

Hieromonk Macarius (Markish):
From ancient times it has been customary to give a newly received member of the Church the name of a saint. This creates a special new connection between earth and Heaven, between a person living in this world and one of those who worthily passed his life path whose holiness the Church has witnessed and glorified with her conciliar mind. Therefore, every Orthodox must keep in mind the saint after whom he is named, know the basic facts of his life, and, if possible, remember at least some elements of the service in his honor.
But the same name, especially from the common ones (Peter, Nikolai, Maria, Elena), was worn by many saints of different times and peoples; therefore, we have to find out in honor of which saint, who bore this name, the baby will be named. This can be done using the detailed church calendar, which contains an alphabetical list of saints revered by our Church with the dates of the celebration of their memory. The choice is made taking into account the date of birth or baptism of the child, the circumstances of the feat of life of the saints, family traditions, and your personal sympathies.
In addition, many well-known saints have several days of remembrance during the year: it can be the day of death, the day of finding or transferring relics, the day of glorification - canonization. You have to choose which of these days will become a holiday (name day, name day) of your child. It is often referred to as Angel Day. Indeed, we ask the Lord to give the newly baptized his Guardian Angel; but this Angel must by no means be confused with the saint after whom the child is named.
Sometimes when giving a name there are some difficulties. There are many Orthodox saints known in history, but not included in our calendars. Among them are the saints of Western Europe, who lived and were glorified even before the fall of Rome from Orthodoxy (until 1054 the Church of Rome was not separated from Orthodoxy, and we also recognize the saints venerated in it by that time as saints), whose names we acquired from us popularity in recent decades (Victoria, Edward, etc.), but are sometimes listed as "non-Orthodox". There are also reverse situations when the usual Slavic name does not belong to any of the Orthodox saints (for example, Stanislav). Finally, there are often formal misunderstandings associated with the spelling of the name (Elena - Alena, Xenia - Oksana, John - Ivan) or its sound in different languages ​​​​(in Slavonic - Svetlana and Zlata, in Greek - Photinia and Chris).
In the Russian Church, unlike some other Orthodox Churches, the beloved name Maria is never given in honor of Holy Mother of God, but only in honor of other saints who bore this name. You should also know that since 2000, our Church has been counting as saints many of our countrymen and fellow citizens - the new martyrs and confessors of the 20th century - and calls on believers to name their children in their honor and memory.

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A complete list of female names is given at this link. Separate chapters of the "Women's Names" section are devoted to the choice of a godname and the popularity ratings of the names of newborn girls in Russia and a number of countries (Belarus, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, England, USA) in 2010-2015.

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What is a godname and how is it chosen?

Passport, "calendar", godparents, church female names

Not all the names given in this book have a correspondence in the Orthodox calendar, for example, Albina, Vlad, Vladislav, Yesenia, Carolina, Lada, Maya, Eleanor, Yaroslav, etc. For atheistic families, of course, this does not matter at all. But for Orthodox believers, as well as for parents living in line with the Russian cultural and historical tradition, when choosing such names for your child, you will definitely have to solve one more problem - to choose a godname.

The name that is written in Birth certificate, is called a passport

(since when a child reaches the age of 14, it is transferred to the Passport

citizen of the Russian Federation). The name that is given at baptism is called the godfather, it is indicated in Baptism certificate, which should be issued in the temple. "Calendar" refers to the names of Christian saints contained in Orthodox church calendars ("saints" or "months"), and used in the baptism of children (and adults).

Many passport names uniquely correspond to calendar names: Agnia,

Alexandra, Alla, Anna, Veronica, Galina, Evdokia, Zinaida, Zoya, Lydia, Lyubov, Nina, Serafima, Tamara, Faina, ... (passport and godfather names are the same).

Sometimes passport and church forms have slight differences: Anfisa - Anfusa, Arina - Irina, Elizabeth - Elizabeth, Christina - Christina, Natalia - Natalia, Pelageya - Pelagia, Praskovya - Paraskeva, Stepanida - Stephanida, Tatyana - Tatiana, Emilia - Emilia, Julia - Julia. And sometimes very significant: Avdotya - Evdokia, Agrafena - Agrippina, Aksinya and Oksana - Xenia, Alena - Elena, Victoria - Nika, Violetta - Iya, Irma - Ermionia, Lukerya - Glykeria, Olesya - Alexandra, Jeanne and Yana - John, Polina - Pavel or Apollinaria, Svetlana - Fotina or Fotinia, Snezhana - Khionia.

In all the cases considered, the passport forms of names come from the corresponding church forms. So, for example, the name Lukerya has a direct connection with the church name Glikeria, since it is its Russian transformation, and the names Oksana and Aksinya are recognized folk and literary variants of the church name Xenia.

However, it should be said that there are no strict rules. And the presence of a connection between the passport and god names is not at all necessary. It is quite possible that the Christian name Anna or, say, Tamara will be chosen as the passport name, and another Christian name will become the godfather, for example, Agrippina, Angelina, Evdokia or Agafia (in honor of her famous grandmother or great-grandmother).

Let's go ahead and ask a question. Can the Orthodox bear such "non-Orthodox" names as Aurora, Azalea, Vladislava, Yesenia, Zarina, Inga, Camilla, Carolina, Louise, Miroslava, Teresa, Yaroslava? - Yes, of course, but for the rite of naming (naming), which is performed in the process of baptism, you will need to choose another name - a church one. In principle, it can be anything, but usually it is chosen so that it is either consonant, or close in meaning to the passport name.

Here is one possible example. They became quite popular in Russian families

European names Elvira (of Spanish origin, from albar - "white") and Eleonora (from Occitan allia Aenor - "another Aenor"). But these are “non-calendar names”: there are no saints of the same name in the Orthodox calendar, so it will not work to baptize a child in a church with these names. As a cross name for each of them, one can offer, for example, such a consonant church name as Elena (“sunshine”, “sunny”, Greek) or the name Leoni lla (“lion”, “lioness”, Greek).

Other examples. The names of Bogda na, God na and Yes na are absent in Orthodox calendars, but close in meaning are such names as Theodora (“God's gift”), Dorothe I (“God's gift”) and Theodosiya (“God gave”) - any of them can be taken as a godfather. AT last years an increasing number of such names as Vitalina and Vitalyia are being registered. It is obvious that these are analogous male name Vitaly, which comes from the Latin word vitalis, therefore, the translation options for the name into Russian can be “full of life”, “living”, “giving life”. Obviously, Valentina can become a good godname for Vitalina and Vitalia - both in general meaning and in sound (Valentina is “strong, strong in health”, from the Latin valens, meaning “strong, strong, healthy”).

We emphasize once again: 1) it is absolutely not necessary that the passport name coincides with the godfather name, 2) it is absolutely not necessary that the passport name be of Orthodox origin (the name can be anything, as long as parents like it). Even in hoary antiquity they did just that - each member of the princely family had two names: both a worldly name and a Christian.

So, when choosing a “non-Orthodox” name, the procedure should be as follows - in the registry office, the name chosen by the parents for the girl is recorded in the Birth Certificate - for example, Miroslava, Ruslana, Zemfira, Inga or Yesenia, after which she is baptized in the church by any other church she likes name - Barbara, Ilaria, Maria, Olga, Rufina, Seraphim, Sofia or Faina. Neither the registry office nor the church has the right to influence the choice of parents. To advise and recommend is yes, but to hinder is not!

Martyrs, saints, saints...

As already mentioned, baptism in the Russian Orthodox Church occurs simultaneously with the naming. And the naming is necessarily made in honor of a particular saint, who immediately becomes the “holy patroness of heaven” (not to be confused with the guardian angel!). Parents have the right to ask the priest to baptize with that name and in honor of the saint whom they themselves consider most desirable and preferable for their child, for example, in honor of the holy martyr Agnia of Rome or the holy great martyr Catherine of Alexandria, or the holy reverend Euphrosyne of Polotsk. As you can see, each saint of God wears a certain “rank”: a martyr, a great martyr,

reverend... What is it, how should it be understood?

• Martyrs are Christian saints who accepted a violent death for their faith.
• The Great Martyrs are martyrs for the faith who endured especially severe torments.
• The monks are nuns revered as saints for their selfless, ascetic life, entirely dedicated to God (celibacy, asceticism, fasting, prayer and physical labor in monasteries and deserts); nun (in a different way and nokinya), igu menya (abbot of the monastery)

• Martyrs - holy martyrs from among the nuns (nuns who accepted death for their faith)

• Virgin martyrs - unmarried, chaste girls (not nuns) who suffered during the persecution of Christians; sometimes lads are written in the saints and ca(i.e. teenage girl)

• Righteous (righteous women) - these include such holy women who during their lifetime were family people, led a worldly (that is, not a monastic) life, and were not subjected to torment or persecution for their faith. As saints, they are revered for their righteous, that is, virtuous, correct life, especially pleasing to God (the word righteous, directly related to the words true, right, fair)

• Myrrh-bearing women - women who became the first witnesses of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead; myrrh-bearers in ancient times were women who carry vessels with m and ro m (myrrh is a fragrant, fragrant oil used for chrismation and other church rites); several myrrh-bearing women became the first witnesses of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, these include Salome, John, Susanna, Mary Magdalene - they are all considered holy righteous (righteous women)

• Equal-to-the-Apostles - “equal to the apostles”, like the apostles, they enlightened different peoples, converted them to Christianity (i.e. they were missionaries, spreaders of Christianity), among the Equal-to-the-Apostles were not only men, but also several women

• The faithful - queens and princesses who became saints for their pious life and deeds to strengthen the faith and the church

• Blessed and holy fools. Blessed, that is, "happy" (in Latin- beata): several well-known saints of the 4th-9th centuries wear such an epithet (St. Mary of Khidan, the Holy Muse of Rome, the Holy Empress Theophania), as well as the Holy Matrona of Moscow (XX century). The epithet "blessed" when applied to other Russian saints has a different meaning: holy fool (for example, holy blessed Xenia of Petersburg, for Christ's sake holy fool), from Old Russian ugly; holy fools prophesied, denounced bad morals, regardless of faces, showed great wisdom in seeming madness

• New martyrs - as a rule, they are understood as those who suffered for the Christian faith during the years of Soviet power

In church calendars, calendars, calendars, these “ranks” (categories, ranks, in other words “faces of holiness”) are written in abbreviated form:

mts. - martyr; vmts. - great martyr; Rev. - reverend; prmts. - venerable martyr; rights. - righteous (righteous); equal to ap. - equal to the apostles; blgv. - faithful; blissful - blessed

Other frequent abbreviations in church calendars are:

sv. - saint, saint; book. - prince, princess; led . - great, great

English equivalents (used in foreign Orthodox churches):

holy = saint; martyr = Martyr; great martyr = Great-martyr; reverend = Venerable ; venerable martyr = Venerable-martyr; virgin martyr = Virgin-martyr; righteous = Righteous; myrrhbearers = Myrrhbearers; Equal-to-the-Apostles = Equal-to-the-Apostles ; enlightener = Enlightene r; missus = Right-believing (princess = princess; queen = queen); holy fool = Foolfor-Christ; new martyr = New-martyr

Name day (name day, name day, name day holiday)

The well-known concept of "name day" means Day of Remembrance "his" saint

patron (that is, the saint whose name a person received at baptism). In many countries, name days are more important personal celebrations than birthdays. Yes, and in Russia in the old days, as a rule, they celebrated name days, and the birthday remained in the shadows.

The days of remembrance of the saints in this book are indicated according to the old and new styles. It looks like this: July 6/19; December 2/15; November 19 / December 2. The fact is that the Russian Orthodox Church still lives according to the Julian calendar, all dates in which differ from the modern civil calendar by 13 days. That is why the holiday of the Great October Revolution (which took place on October 25, 1917) in the USSR was annually celebrated on November 7. That is why the old New Year”And is still celebrated on the night of January 13-14 (in the church calendar this is the night from December 31 to January 1!).

The dates of the Julian, that is, the church calendar are considered "old style". And the dates

Gregorian, that is, the modern civil calendar" - "new style".

Some saints have several memorable days. For example, the holy martyr

Alexandra of Ankirska, Holy Blessed Princess Anna of Kashinskaya, Holy Martyr

Galina of Corinth and a number of others - two memorable dates each, and the holy martyr Iraida (Raisa) of Alexandria and the holy righteous Anna (mother of the Most Holy Theotokos) - three each.

For several saints, memorial days do not have fixed, but movable dates (so

called rolling celebrations). For example, the memory of St. Mary of Egypt is celebrated on the fifth Sunday of Lent, and the memory of the righteous Salome, Joanna, Mary Magdalene is celebrated on the week of the holy myrrh-bearing women(that is, annually on the third Sunday after Orthodox Easter). The celebration of the memory of Eve (the foremother of all people), the holy righteous Susanna of Babylon, Ruth, Esther, Leah and Miriam takes place Sunday of the Holy Forefathers and on the week of the holy fathers(that is, on the penultimate and last Sunday before Christmas); word a week in church calendars it means Sunday (from not to do, that is, to rest); forefathers are the first righteous people in human history, they are mentioned in the Old Testament: Adam, Eve, Abel, Noah, Abraham, etc., fathers (Godfathers) are the closest relatives of Jesus Christ: King David, righteous Joachim and Anna (parentsVirgin Mary), righteous Joseph.

Upon receipt of the Baptismal Certificate, care must be taken that it contains

contributed full name saint, in whose honor the name was named, and the date of her memory.

An interesting exception to the rule are the names Inna and Rimma. In Russia they

are considered feminine, but it should be borne in mind that in the Orthodox calendar they are contained in the section "Male Names". So the heavenly patrons and intercessors of all women bearing the names of Inna and Rimma are men - the holy martyrs of the 2nd century Inna Novodunsky and Rimma Novodunsky, disciples of St. Andrew the First-Called.

If the task is to choose a godfather for a girl (that is, to choose a name

corresponding saint) based on her birthday (or the day of baptism), you need to refer to the Monthly Book. The Monthly Book is a book in which the days of remembrance of the saints are arranged according to the days of the year (by months), its other names are church calendar and Saints. Several convenient and high-quality church calendars and calendars are presented on the Internet, including English language. You will find links to them in the book "A Thousand Names" in the Literature section.

If you are abroad on a long business trip or permanent

residence - in Australia, Western Europe, the Middle East, Canada, China, USA

or Japan, then find the nearest Orthodox church of the Russian Orthodox Church

Moscow Patriarchate or other Orthodox churches (Antioch, Bulgarian,

Greek, North American) you will be helped by the Internet links indicated in the section

Literature (see subsection "Orthodox Church Abroad").

When communicating with a priest, the information line may be useful

“God name in foreign Orthodox churches”, cited in this book for many

female names, and a certificate on the correspondence of the "ranks" of saints in Russian and

English (see a little higher - Martyrs, righteous women, reverends ...)

lives of the saints).

The entire book is only available in print.

august– With sacred, majestic (lat.)

Avdotya- see Evdokia

Agapia, Agapeia- love

Agafia (Agatha, Agafya) good, good (Greek)

Agathoclia- good (Greek)

Agathonica, Agathonicia

Aglaida, Aglaya- beautiful, bright (Greek)

Agnia (Agna, Agneya)- fiery, immaculate (lat.)

Agrippina, Agrafena- sad (lat.)

Aza strong, strong (Hebrew)

Akilina, Akulina- eagle (lat.)

Aksinya- see Xenia

Alevtina, Aleftina healthy (Greek)

Alexandra protector of people (Greek)

Alyona- see Elena

Alla- second, another, next (Greek)

Amenonia the best (Greek)

Amma

Anania- marked by the grace of God (heb.)

Anastasia, Nastasia resurrected, resurrected (Greek)

Anatolia- Eastern (Greek)

Angelina- messenger (Greek)

andropelagia

Animaisa (Animaida)- inspired (lat.)

Anisiya, Anisya, Anisa, Onisya- success, accomplishment (Greek)

Anna- the grace of God (Heb.)

Anthony

Antonina, Antonida- acquisition in return, entering into battle (Greek)

Anfisa (Anfusa, Anfiza) blooming (Greek)

Anfia flower (Greek)

Apollinaria, Polina, Pollinaria destroying by war (Greek)

Apraxia- see Eupraxia.

Apphia- kindling (Greek)

Argyra- silver (Greek)

Ariadne- worthy of respect, faithful wife (Greek)

Arina- see Irina

Artemia healthy (Greek)

Archelaus leader of people (Greek)

Ascitreya- ascetic (Greek)

Askliad- Dedicated to Asclepius, the Greek deity of healing (Greek)

Asclepiodotus (Asklipiad)- Dedicated to Asclepius (Greek)

Asphea magical (Greek)

Afanasia, Afanasia- immortal (Greek)

afra- African (lat.)

Bible (Vivliya)- Biblical (Greek)

Blandina, Blanda- affectionate (lat.)

Valentine healthy, strong (lat.)

Valeria- healthy, hardy (lat.)

barbarian- savage (Greek)

Varsima

Vasilissa, Vasilisa, Vasilina- queen, royal, regal (Greek)

Vassa desert (Greek)

wowfa faithful (arab.)

Vevey (Vivey, Thebes)- faithful, firm (Greek)

Faith- faith (Russian)

Veronica- bringing victory (Greek)

Vivlia– see Bible

Quiz- winner (lat.)

Victoria victory (lat.)

21 - martyr Victoria of Culuz.

Virineya- greening, blooming, young, fresh (lat.)

Vriena- see Virineya.

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When choosing a name for a newborn, it is important to find out is it in the holy calendar, what names can be used for baptism. It is also very useful to figure out what the name you have chosen means (translated into Russian), look at full list diminutive (short) forms of the name, find out its place in p name popularity rating. That's what this guide was created for."A Thousand Names" (flip through an introductory copy). If you find this book useful, in 2-3 days you will be able to hold it in your hands! (more information).

Birthday calendar. Women's names.Male names

January February March/April - June /July - September /October - December

On this page you can choose a name for baptism (baptismal or baptismal name).

Here are the most famous and "popular" saints.

Some saints have several days of memory (2-3) per year, which means there are several name days!

January. Names in alphabetical order:

Amelia, Amalia (see Emilia)

Anisya, Anisiya, godname: Anisiya

Apollinaria, godname: Apollinaria

Saint Apollinaria of Egypt, January 5/18

Notes: 1) St. Apollinaria had the gift of healing and miracles; she carried monastic service in a male image under the name Dorotheus, only after her death it turned out that she was a woman; 2) the name Apollinaria is sometimes chosen as a godfather for the name Polina

Apraxia (see Eupraxia)

Bogdana, Bozena (see Fedor)

Vasilisa, Vasilina, godname: Vasilisa

Holy Martyr Basilissa of Egypt, January 8/21

Dana (see Fedo ra)

D o mnika, Domnika, Dominika, godname: Domnika

Holy Venerable Domnica of Constantinople, January 8/21

Eugenia, godname: Evgenia

Eupraxia, Apraksia, godname: Eupraxia

Saint Venerable Eupraxia (Euphrasia) of Constantinople, Tavenskaya, Elder, January 12/25

Claudia, godname: Claudia

Leonia, Leonida, Leontina, godname: Leonilla

Holy Martyr Leonilla (Neonilla) of Langonia, January 16/29

Note: the name Leonilla can also be advised as a godfather for the "non-calendar" name Eleanor (according to "consonance")

Maria, godname: Maria

Holy Reverend Mary of Radonezh (mother of St. Sergius of Radonezh), this saint has two memorial days a year: January 18/31, and September 28/October 11 (respectively, two birthday days)

Melania, Melania, godname: Melania

Notes: 1) the Russian folk forms of the name, now out of use, were Malania and Malanya, 2) the names Melania and Melania should not be confused with the names Milena and Milan, which have a different origin.

Nastasya (see Anastasia)

Nina, godname: Nina

Saint Equal-to-the-Apostles Nina, Enlightener of Georgia, January 14/27

Ruslana, godmother orthodox name: missing

Note: There is no name Ruslan in the Orthodox calendar, the name Leonilla may well be a suitable name for baptism, since its meaning is “lion”, “lioness” (Greek)

Holy Martyr Leonilla (Neonilla) of Langonia, January 16/29 (optional)

Tatyana, godfather Orthodox name: Tatiana

Holy Martyr Tatiana of Rome, January 12/25

Ulyana (see Juliana)

Fedora, Theodora (as well as Bogdana, Dana, Bozena, Dora), godname: Theodora

Saint Theodora of Caesarea, December 30 / January 12
- Saint Theodora of Tsaregradskaya (Constantinople), December 30 / January 12
Note: Theodora's name is not popular, but it may well serve as a godfather for such passport names as Bogdana, Dana, Bozena (according to the general meaning of the name). The name Dora can also be considered as a passport (as a truncation of the name Theodore)

Emilia, Emma (and also Amelia, Amalia), godname: Emilia

Saint Emilia of Caesarea (mother of Basil the Great), January 1/14

Note: The names Amalia and Amelia have a different origin, from the ancient Germanic amal, amala - “hardworking”, “diligent”, “tireless”, but due to the similarity of sound, it is good for them to use the godname Emilia

Holy Righteous Juliana of Lazarevskaya, Muromskaya, January 2/15
- Holy Martyr Juliana of Nicomedia, December 21 / January 3

Holy Blessed Princess Juliana Vyazemskaya, martyr; this saint has two memorial days a year: December 21 / January 3, and June 2 / 15 (respectively, two birthday days)

January. Names by calendar days:

(dates according to the new style)

3. Yuliana + Yulianna + Ulyana

4. Anastasia + Nastasya

6. Evgenia; Claudia

10. Agafia + Agafia + Agatha

12. Anisya + Anisya; Fedora + Theodora (as well as Bogdan, Dana, Bozena, Dora)

13. Melania + Melania

14. Emilia + Emma (and also Amelia, Amalia)

15. Yuliana + Yulianna + Ulyana

18. Apollinaria + Polina

21. Vasilisa + Vasilina; Do minka + Domini ka + Domini ka

25. Eupraxia + Apraxia; Tatiana

27. Nina

29. Leonia + Leonida + Leontina + Leonilla (as well as Eleonora, Ruslana)

31. Maria + Marya (and also Marietta, Marietta)

February. Names in alphabetical order:

(the first date is according to the church calendar, the second is according to the new style)

Agafia, Agafya, Agatha, godname: Agafia

Holy Martyr Agathia of Sicily, Palermo, February 5/18

Agnia, Agnes, Inessa, godname: Agnia

Aksinya (see Xenia)

Anna, godname: Anna

Holy Blessed Princess Anna of Novgorod (otherwise - Reverend Anna of Novgorod), February 10/23
- holy righteous Anna the Prophetess (daughter of Phanuilov), February 3 / 16, and also August 28 / September 10

Afanasia, godname: Afanasia

Bogdana, Bozena (see Fedor)

Valentina, godname: Valentina

Holy Martyr Valentina of Caesarea (otherwise - Valentina of Palestine), February 10/23

Note: In recent years, the names of Vitalin and Vitaly are increasingly registered. Obviously, these are analogues of the male name Vitaly, which comes from the Latin vitalis (that is, “full of life”, “living”, “giving life”). A good godname for Vitalina and Vitalia can be Valentina - both in general meaning and in sound

Galina, godname: Galina

Holy Righteous Galina, February 10/23

Dana (see Fedo ra)

Dorothea, Dora, godname: Dorothea

Holy Martyr Dorothea of ​​Caesarea (from Cappadocia), February 6/19

Evdoksia, godname: Evdoksia

Eusevia, godname: Eusevia

Saint Eusebius of Milas (after baptism she received the name Xenia), January 24 / February 6

Zoya, godname: Zoya

Saint Rev. Zoya of Bethlehem, February 13/26

Inessa (see Agnia)

Inna, godname: Inna

Holy Martyr Inna Novodunsky, Slav, January 20 / February 2, and June 20 / July 3

Note: the patron saint is the martyr Inna; in Russia, the names Inna, Rimma and Pinna are considered female, but in the calendar they are contained in the section "Male Names"

Holy Martyr Christina of Caesarea, February 6/19

Ksenia, Aksinya, Oksana, godname: Ksenia

Saint Rev. Xenia of Milas, January 24 / February 6
- Saint Blessed Xenia of Petersburg, January 24 / February 6, and also May 24 / June 6

Maria, godname: Maria

Holy Reverend Mary of Constantinople, January 26 / February 8
- Holy Martyr Mary of Asia, February 6/19
Note: Possible passport forms of the name can also be Marya and Marietta (Marietta)

Martha, Marta, Martina, godname: Martha

Holy Martyr Martha of Asia, February 6/19

Oksana (see Xenia)

Pelagia, godname: Pelagia

Polina, godname: Pavla

Holy Martyr Paul of Caesarea, February 10/23

Note: sometimes the name Apollinaria is taken as a godname for Polina (see January)

Rimma, godname: Rimma

Holy Martyr Rimma Novodunsky, Slav, January 20 / February 2, also June 20 / July 3

Note: the patron saint is the martyr Rimma; in Russia, the names Inna, Rimma and Pinna are considered female, but in the calendar they are contained in the section "Male Names"

Svetlana, godname: Svetlana (Fotinia)

Holy Venerable Photinia (Svetlana) of Palestine (5th century), February 13/26

Holy Righteous Theodora, Queen of Greece (who restored the veneration of icons) (867 AD), February 11/24

Christina (see Christina)

Felicia, godname: Filizata

Feoktista, godname: Feoktista

February. Names by calendar days:

(dates according to the new style)

2. Inna; Rimma

3. Agnia + Agnes + Inessa

6. Eusebia; Ksenia + Aksinya + Oksana

7. Felicia

8. Maria + Marya (and also Marietta, Marietta)

12. Pelagia

13. Athanasius; Eudoxia; Feoktista

16. Anna

18. Agafia + Agafia + Agatha

19. Dorothea + Dora;Christina + Christina; Maria + Marya (as well as Marietta, Marietta); Martha + Martha + Martina

23. Anna; Valentina (as well as Vitalina, Vitaly); Galina; Pauline

24. Fedora + Theodora (and also Bogdan, Dana , Bozena , Dora)

26. Zoya; Svetlana

March. Names in alphabetical order:

(the first date is according to the church calendar, the second is according to the new style)

Avdotya (see Evdokia)

Alena (see Elena)

Anastasia, Nastasya, godname: Anastasia

Saint Anastasia Patrickia (Constantinople, Alexandria), March 10/23

Antonina, Antonia, Antonida, godname: Antonina

Holy Martyr Antonina of Nicaea, March 1/14 and June 13/26

Bogdana, Bozena (see Fedor)

Victoria (see Nika)

Galina, godname: Galina

Holy Martyr Galina of Corinth, March 10/23 and April 16/29

Dana (see Fedo ra)

Evdokia, Avdotya, godname: Evdokia

Holy Martyr Evdokia of Iliopol, March 1/14

Elena, Alena (as well as Elina, Nelly, Lina, Ilona), godname: Elena

Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Empress Helena of Constantinople, March 6/19, as well as May 21/June 3
Notes: 1) the godfather name Elena is also a good option (by consonance) for such passport names as Eleonora, Elvira, Ella, 2) sometimes the church Neonilla / Leonilla is used as a godfather for the name Nelly (see January, the name of Ruslan); Neonilla from Latin neon, Greek neos - "young, new").

Ilona (see Elena)

Iraida (see Raisa)

Kira, godname: Kira

Christina, Christina, godname: Christina

Holy Martyr Christina of Persia, March 13/26

Lina (see Elena)

Marianna, Maryana, godname: Mariamna

Nastasya (see Anastasia)

Nelly (see Elena)

Nika, Victoria, godname: Nika

Holy Martyr Nike of Corinth, March 10/23 and April 16/29

Note: in ancient Greece, Nike (Nike) is the goddess of victory, among the Romans she corresponded to Victoria (Victoria)

Raisa, Iraida, godname: Raisa, Iraida

The Holy Martyr Raisa of Alexandria, Antinopolis (the same saint is known as Iraida of Alexandria, Antinopolis), respectively, in her honor, the girl can be called Raisa or Iraida, this saint has three days of remembrance - March 5/18; September 5/18; September 23 / October 6

Ulyana (see Juliana)

Fedora, Theodora, godname: Theodora

Note: Theodora's name is not popular, but it may well serve as a godfather for such passport names as Bogdana, Dana, Bozena (according to the general meaning of the name). The name Dora can also be considered as a passport (as a truncation of the name Theodore)

Christina (see Christina)

Elina (see Elena)

Yuliana, Yulianna, Ulyana, godname: Juliana

Holy Martyr Juliana of Ptolemaida, March 4/17 and August 17/30

March. Names by calendar days:

(dates according to the new style)

2. Marianna + Mariana

13. Kira

14. Antonina + Antonia + Antonida; Evdokia + Avdotya

17. Yuliana + Yulianna + Ulyana

18. Raisa + Iraida

19. Elena + Alena (Elina, Nelli , Lina , Ilona , and also Eleanor , Elvira , Ella)

23. Anastasia + Nastasya; Galina; Nika + Victoria; Fyodor + Theodora (as well as Bogdan, Dana , Bozena Detailed information about each of the given names

you will find in the book of Evgeny Vasiliev "A Thousand Names"

The information in this birthday calendar is in this format:

all possible passport forms of the name (to be entered on the Birth Certificate) - the cross name (to be entered on the Baptism Certificate) - the full name of the saint - the day of the saint's memory (the first date is indicated according to the church calendar, and the second date is according to our modern calendar); the day of the memory of the saint - this is the day of the celebration of the name day; some saints have several days of memory (2-3) during the year, which means there are several name days!

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