Men's and women's name days are September 12 according to the church calendar! Who is celebrating Angel Day today? Complete list of female and male names and their meanings in the Orthodox calendar 2021!
On the twelfth of September, the name day of men with the following names is celebrated: Alexander, Athanasius, Arseny, Anikiy, Gregory, Gabriel, Denis, Daniel, Ephraim, Eustathius, Eulaly, Ioannikiy, Ignatius, Ivan, Cornelius, Leonid, Makar, Nicodemus, Pavel, Spyridon, Septiminus , Sarmat, Savva, Fantin, Fortunian, Filik, Ferapont, Fedor, Christopher, Januarius (Ianuarius), Jacob.
The birthday girls are: Victoria, Vriena.
Name day on September 12: for men, women, boys and girls according to the Orthodox calendar
November 8, 2021 at 05:53 pm
Men's name day on September 12 according to the church calendar
- Alexander - from the ancient Greek name Alexandros: alex - “to protect” and andros - “man”, “person”.
- Alexei - from the ancient Greek name Alexios - "protector".
- Athanasius - from the ancient Greek name Athanasios, which comes from the word athanatos - “immortal”.
- Gabriel - from the Hebrew name Gabriel - "a mighty man of God, a warrior of God."
- Gregory - from the ancient Greek grigoreo - “to stay awake”, “to be vigilant”, “not sleeping”.
- Daniel - from the Hebrew name Daniel - "God is my judge."
- Denis - from the ancient Greek name Dionysios - "belonging to the god Dionysus."
- Ivan - from the Hebrew name Yochanan - “Yahweh is merciful” from the Hebrew John - “merciful of God.”
- Ignatus - from the Roman family name Egnatius, derived from the Latin ignis - "fire".
- Leonidas - from the ancient Greek name Leonidas - “like a lion”, “descendant of a lion”, “son of a lion”.
- Makar - from the ancient Greek makarios - “blessed”, “blessed”, “happy”.
- Paul - from the Roman family name Paulus - “modest”, small”, “insignificant”, “junior”.
- Peter - from the ancient Greek name Petros - “stone”, “solid”, “reliable”.
- Stepan - from the ancient Greek name Stefanos - “wreath, crown”, “crown”.
- Fedor is a modern form of the Greek name Theodoros (Theodoros, Theodoros) - “given by God,” “God’s gift.”
Women's name day on September 12 according to the church calendar
- Elizabeth - from the Hebrew name Elisheba - “my God is an oath,” “honoring God.”
- Praskovya - from the ancient Greek name Paraskeva - “waiting”, “preparation”, “eve of the Saturday holiday (Friday)”.
Dream on the night of September 12
Feast of Saints Alexander, John the Faster and Paul the New, Patriarchs of Constantinople
St. Alexander began his service as a priest, and soon became a patriarch. During his service, he had to resolve many disputes with pagan philosophers, as well as with Arians, without having the appropriate education. So, in a dispute with one of the wise philosophers, Alexander made him mute, commanding him to remain silent on behalf of God, but not for long, because the sage made it clear with gestures that he was ready to serve the Lord and admit all his sins, and the Lord forgave him and again gave him the opportunity to speak . The philosopher was baptized and dedicated his life to serving the Lord.
There is another case where a heretic was punished. He tried to gain the trust of the Orthodox by deception, but Alexander understood everything immediately, but remained silent. The heretic was accepted, and during his arrival at the church, he suddenly felt something was wrong in his body. It turns out that all the organs were diseased and as a result they came out, and the heretic died. Thus, thanks to Alexander, faith in God strengthened, and more and more people expressed a desire to join the Orthodox, and what was done became a lifelong lesson for liars and unscrupulous people.
John received his title of Faster from the patriarch after he learned that John was poor, but diligently did his work and observed abstinence. He became famous for helping the poor, and even as a patriarch, he himself did not possess the corresponding benefits. This is evidenced by the fact that at his death they found only old outerwear, a shirt and a wooden bed.
St. Paul was distinguished by timidity and secretly had connections with the iconoclasts, being Orthodox. Even when on the patriarchal throne he had a choice in the struggle for icon veneration, he could not and left the service, dying while serving in the monastery.
Men's name day September 12
Patron Saint: Gabriel I of Serbia, martyr, patriarch
Name meaning: my power is God
Meaning of the name: Ephraim - from other Hebrew. prolific, old Efremiy.
Derivatives: Ephraim, Rema.
Name days: February 10, March 20, May 29, June 21.
Proverbs, sayings, folk signs. She has arrived.
Name meaning: Hebrew origin, means: heard by God in prayer.
Seeds grow up to be similar to their mothers in appearance and, inheriting their appearance, often inherit the basic features of the female.
Patron Saint: Alexander Svirsky, Rev.
Meaning of the name: Alexander is a man of action. Sober-minded, slightly ironic, easy to communicate with people, kind and warm-hearted. By temperament, most often - sanguine. An excellent athlete, most of all Alexander.
Patron Saint: Alexy (in the world Alexander) Nevsky, Grand Duke (Transfer of Relics)
Meaning of the name: 1. Personality of the male name Alexey. Those who hide.
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Patron Saint: Athanasius Ostrovsky, Rev.
Name meaning: Of ancient Greek origin, Athanasius means: immortal. This name is quite rare today.
Men with this name are non-conflict and kind, they can be compared with...
Patron saint: Gregory of Serbia, bishop
Name meaning: Kind, cunning, fastidious, family-oriented.
Winter Gregory - cool, sexy, physically strong. The rest are harmonious and flexible. In character, manners, habits - like a mother.
Discovery of the relics of the blessed Prince Daniil of Moscow
The Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow was born in Vladimir in 1261. He was the fourth son of Saint Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (August 30 and November 23) and righteous Vassa. When he was two years old, he lost his father. The time of his mother’s repose is not indicated in the chronicles; it is only known that she was buried in the church in honor of the Nativity of Christ in the Vladimir Dormition Monastery (Princess Monastery) and was considered righteous by the surrounding residents.
In 1272, the noble prince Daniel received the city of Moscow and the surrounding lands, which he inherited by division. The noble prince built a temple (and a monastery with it) on the banks of the Moscow River in honor of his namesake patron, the Venerable Daniel the Stylite (December 11). The Moscow principality was small and unenviable in those days. The matured noble prince Daniel strengthened and increased him, but not through untruth and violence, but through mercy and peace.
There was trouble in Rus'. Civil strife between appanage princes was constant. And often, thanks to the blessed Prince Daniel, his tireless desire for unity and peace on Russian soil, bloodshed was prevented. When in 1293 his brother, Grand Duke Andrei Alexandrovich, together with the Tatars called from the Horde led by Duden (“Dudenev’s Army”) devastated the Russian cities: Murom, Suzdal, Kolomna, Dmitrov, Mozhaisk, Tver, the noble prince decided to let them into Moscow to save the people from death. There was no strength to fight back. Together with his people, the prince experienced the hardships of ruin and robbery. Defending his rights, Saint Daniel was forced in 1295 to speak out against his brother near a place called Yuryevo Tolchische, but here, too, the desire for peace won in him, and bloodshed was avoided.
In 1300, when the Ryazan prince Konstantin Romanovich, calling on the Tatars for help, was making secret preparations for a surprise attack on the lands of the Moscow principality, the Monk Daniel went with an army to Ryazan, defeated the enemy, captured Constantine and exterminated many Tatars. This was the first victory over the Tatars, a quiet victory, but significant - like the first impulse towards freedom. Having defeated the Ryazan prince and scattered his Tatar allies, the noble prince Daniel did not take advantage of the victory to take away foreign lands or take rich booty, as was customary in those days, but showed an example of true non-covetousness, love and brotherly love. The holy prince never took up arms to seize foreign lands, he never took away property from other princes either by violence or deceit. For this, the Lord expanded the borders of his possessions.
John Dimitrievich, prince of Pereyaslavl-Zalessky, nephew of Daniel, meek, pious and benefactor of the poor, respected and loved his uncle. In 1302, dying childless, he transferred his principality to Saint Daniel. The Pereyaslavl land, together with Dmitrov, was the first after Rostov both in the number of inhabitants and in the fortress of the main city. Pereyaslavl-Zalessky was well protected on all sides. The holy prince remained faithful to Moscow and did not move the capital of the principality to Pereyaslavl, which was stronger and more significant at that time. This annexation made the Moscow principality one of the most significant. Here was the beginning of the unification of the Russian land into a single powerful state.
How wonderfully over the centuries God’s Providence has clearly manifested itself about our Russian Land, about its destiny!
Remembering with gratitude the persistent Good Guide both in his personal life and in the life of the Russian state, the father of Saint Daniel, the holy noble prince Alexander Nevsky, expressed this in the words - “God is not in power, but in truth.”
In 1303, Saint Daniel became seriously ill. He accepted the great schema and ordered himself to be buried in the Danilov Monastery. Out of deep humility, he wanted to be buried not in the church, but in the general monastery cemetery. The noble prince died on March 4.
Less than 30 years had passed since the repose of the blessed Prince Daniil, when the Danilovsky monastery founded by him was transferred to the Kremlin in 1330, the church was turned into a parish, and the cemetery became secular. During the time of Grand Duke John III (1462-1505), the Monk Daniel reminded forgetful descendants of himself. An unknown person appeared to the young man from the Grand Duke’s entourage and said:
“Do not be afraid of me - I am a Christian and the lord of this place, my name is Daniel, Prince of Moscow, by the will of God I was placed here. Tell Grand Duke John from me: you console yourself, but you have forgotten me, but God has not forgotten me.”
From that time on, the Grand Duke established the singing of cathedral memorial services for his princely relatives. During the time of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, at the tomb of the Monk Daniel, the dying son of a Kolomna merchant was healed. The Tsar, struck by the miracle, restored the ancient Danilov Monastery and established that the Metropolitan and the Holy Cathedral should annually conduct a procession of the cross to the burial place of the blessed prince and serve a memorial service there.
In 1652, the blessed Prince Daniel was glorified by the discovery of the holy incorruptible relics, which on August 30 were transferred to the church in honor of the Holy Fathers of the Seven Ecumenical Councils.
The holy relics were placed in a shrine “for the glorification of the Holy Trinity and for the healing of the infirm.” Metropolitan Platon of Moscow (+ 1812) in the Life of the Holy Prince, which he compiled, writes:
“This original founder laid the foundation for the present greatness of Moscow, paving for this with quiet feet only a small path. For, like any building, constructed not with extreme haste, but only with great skill and diligence, it receives special hardness and remains indestructible for a long time; and just as a tree that has been growing for many centuries, having first begun with a small twig, gradually thickens, and its branches spread far around, so this city had to grow from small but solid beginnings, so that its first shine would not darken the eyes of those who envied it and so that at first not to be shaken and fall sooner than it has grown in height. This is how the founder prepared this great city, giving it, although small, but not interrupted by any breath of wind, and gave the great glory of its exaltation to his son, Grand Duke John Danilovich, nicknamed Kalita.
Feast of St. Alexander of Svirsky
The name Svirsky comes from the monastery that St. Alexander created near the Svir River. From his youth he accepted the life of a youth, observed strict fasting, and at the age of 19 he left for Valaam. He prayed day and night, and his parents, having learned about the fate of their son, repeated his path and also went to the monastery. Soon after the death of his parents, Alexander went alone into the forest near the lake, and for more than 5 years he lived and ate only what he found in the forest.
Alexander saw various sorrows and illnesses, but did not give up even after various animals tried to drive him out. Soon the monk was no longer alone; lovers of monastic feats began to flock to him, and later founded a monastery. Death came to him at the age of 80.
