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Baptismal names
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<div>A '''baptismal name''' is a name given to a newly-baptised Orthodox Christian. For the majority of Orthodox history, Orthodox Christians have been given the names of Orthodox saints (e.g. Mary, John, Demetrios, Olga) or names that reference Biblical events (e.g. Evangelos, which is a reference to the Annunciation).<br />
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This article is a list of names that have:<br />
* Orthodox saints, perhaps unexpectedly, attached to either the original name (e.g. Theophany for Tiffany) or to a diminutive (e.g. Gerald for Jerry), or<br />
* Orthodox saints whose names mean the same thing (e.g. St. Alban for Bianca, since they both mean "white"; or St. Maurice for Blake, since they both mean "black"), or<br />
* If these are not available, a phonetic "closest match" may be given, where the name sounds similar to a saint's name (e.g. St. Rumon for Raymond).<br />
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However, this is not designed to be a list for existing matchups which have no relation (e.g. Panayiotis for Peter).<br />
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==A==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Aaliyah (f) - ''see Alia'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Aaron (m) - St Aaron the Priest ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Abigail, Abby (f) - Venerable Virgin-martyr Æbbe the Younger of Coldingham, Abbess of Coldingham Priory ([[April 2]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Adalyn, Adaline (f) - ''see Adele'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Adam (m) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Addison (f) - ''see Madison'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Adrian (m) - Saint [[Adrian]]<br />
*Adelaide (f) - St Adelaide of Rome; St Adelaide of Burgundy ([[December 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Adele, Adela (f) - St Adela, Abbess of Pfalzel ([[December 24]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Adrian (m) - St Adrian ([[August 26]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aidan, Aiden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Aimee (f) - ''see Amy'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alan, Allan, Allen (m) - St Alan of Lavaur ([[November 25]] - '''Saint'''); St Elian of Cornwall ([[January 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Alana, Alaina (f) - ''see Alan'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Albert (m) - St [[Albert]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alex (m/f) - ''see Alexis, Alexandra or Alexander'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alexa (f) - ''see Alexis or Alexandra'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alexander (m) - St [[Alexander]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alexandra (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]] - '''Saint'''); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Alexis (m/f) - St [[Alexios the Man of God|Alexis the Man of God]] ([[March 17]] - '''Saint'''); Tsarevich Alexei ('''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Alexis (disambiguation)]]'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alia (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, St [[Alexandra]] ('''Diminiutive''', from Russian).<br />
*Alice, Alicia, Alisha (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alison, Allison (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alvin (m) - ''see Elvin'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alyssa, Alissa (f) - ''see Alice'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Amanda (f) - St Amandus of Elnon ([[February 6]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Amber (f) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine'); St Ambelus in Sicily ([[November 20]] - '''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine'); St Ambelius of Milan ([[July 7]] - '''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine')<br />
*Amelia (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great. ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Amy (f) - St Agapi (daughter of Sophia) ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Anastasia, Anastacia (f) - St [[Anastasia the Roman]] ([[October 29]] - '''Saint'''), St [[Anastasia the Deliverer from Potions]] ([[December 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Andrew (m) - [[Apostle Andrew|St Andrew the First-called Apostle]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Anekah (f) - St Anacharius of Auxerre ([[September 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Angela (f) - Synaxis of Bodiless Powers ([[November 8]] - '''Meaning'''); [[Annunciation]] (or ''' ''Evangelismos'' ''') to the Theotokos ([[March 25]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Angus (m) - St [[Angus of Keld]] (''Óengus the Culdee, Óengus of Tallaght'') ([[March 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Anna (f) - St [[Anna]], mother of the Theotokos ('''Saint''')<br />
*Annabelle (f) - St Amabilis of Riome ('''Sound-alike'''); St Amabilis of Rouen ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Anthony (m) - St [[Anthony]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*April (f) - St Aprus of Toul ([[September 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Archibald, Archie (m) - Saint Erconwald, Bishop of London ([[April 30]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aria (f) - St Aria of Rome ([[August 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Arianna, Ariana (f) - St [[w:Ariadne of Phrygia|Ariadne of Phrygia]] ([[September 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ariel (f) - Martyr Arius ([[June 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') or Martyr Arrian ([[December 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm] <!-- Ariel is used as a form of Jerusalem --><br />
*Arnold (m) - St Arnold ([[July 8]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Arthur (m) - St Artemius ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Arya (m/f) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]] ([[March 7]] - '''Meaning''': noble)<br />
*Ash (m/f) - ''closest is: see Asher or Ashley'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Asher (m) - Asher, son of [[Jacob]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ashley (m/f) - St Leah ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Ava (f) - St Ava of Dinant, Abbess in Belgium ([[April 29]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Avery (f) - St [[Alfred the Great]] ([[October 26]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Aubrey, Aubree (f) - St Alberic of Stavelot-Malmédy ([[October 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Alberic of Utrecht ([[November 14]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Audrey (f) - St Audrey (''or Etheldred'') of Ely ([[June 23]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aurora (f) - St Aurora, martyr ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Austin, Austen (m) - St [[Augustine of Canterbury]] ([[May 26]] - '''Saint'''); St [[Augustine of Hippo]] ([[August 28]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Autumn (f) - St Autonomos ([[September 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://home.iprimus.com.au/xenos/autonomos.html]<br />
*Ava (f) - ''see Eve'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Avril (f) - ''see April'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ayden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ([[August 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Azalea, Azelie (f) - St Adelaide ([[December 16]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm], or, St Azarius, of the Three Holy Children ([[December 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm]<br />
<br />
==B==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Bailey (m) - St Balin ([[September 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Barry (m) - Prophet Baruch ([[September 28]] - '''Saint'''); Saint Finbarr of Cork (''Barrocus, Barry''), ([[September 25]] - '''Saint'''); Saint Barrog (''Barruc''), ([[September 27]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Beau (m) - St Kallistos of Constantinople (one on [[June 20]], the other on [[November 22]] - '''Meaning''': Beautiful)<br />
*Belinda (f) - St Berlinda, anchoress at Meerbeke ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Bella (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Benjamin, Ben (m) - Righteous Benjamin, son of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Bentley (m) - St [[Panteleimon]] ([[July 27]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Bert (m) - ''see Albert''<br />
*Bertrand (m) - St Bertrand ([[June 30]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Bess, Beth, Betty (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Bianca (f) - St [[Alban]], Protomartyr of Britain ([[June 22]] - '''Meaning''': white)<br />
*Blake (m) - St Maurice ([[December 27]] - '''Meaning''': black)<br />
*Bradley (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Braedon, Braydon (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Brandy (f) - St [[Brendan the Navigator]] ([[May 16]]) - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brendan, Brendon (m) - St [[Brendan the Navigator]] ([[May 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Brett (m) - St Brito (''or Britonius'') of Trier ([[May 5]] - '''Meaning''': a Briton) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Brian, Bryan (m) - St [[Eugene]] ('''Meaning''': noble); St Birinus of Dorchester ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brianna (f) - St Birinus of Dorchester ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brittany, Brittney, Britney (f) - St Brito (''or Britonius'') of Trier ([[May 5]] - '''Meaning''': a Briton) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Brody, Brodie (m) - St [[Ambrose of Milan]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brooke (f) - Prophet [[Baruch]] ([[September 28]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brooklyn (f) - St Raphael of Brooklyn ([[February 27]] - '''Saint''' based on name of place)<br />
*Bryce, Bryson (m) - St Brice of Tours ([[November 13]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
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==C==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Caden, Cayden (m) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cadence (f) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Caleb (m) - St Elesbaan, King of Ethiopia ([[October 24]]) ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Callie (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive of Derivative''')<br />
*Callum (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Caitlyn, Caitlin (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ([[November 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Cameron (m) - St Camerinus, martyr under Diocletian ([[August 21]]) ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Camden (m) - St Kanten of Lianganten ([[November 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Camilla, Camila (f) - St Camilla, anchoress in France ([[March 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Candace, Candice, Candy (f) - St [[Candida]] ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
*Carl (m) - ''see Charles'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Carla (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Caroline (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Carson (m) - St Caron ([[March 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Carter (m) - ''see Arthur'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Casey (m) - St Vigilius of Trent ([[June 26]] - '''Meaning''': vigilant) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Cassandra (f) - St [[Kassiani the Hymnographer]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cecilia (f) - St Cecilia of Rome ([[November 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Chad (m) - St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Chantal, Chantel - [[Apostle Peter]] ([[June 29]] - '''Meaning''': stony)<br />
*Charity (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Charles, Charlie (m) - St [[Haralampus_of_Magnesia|Charalambos of Magnesia]] ('''Saint'''); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Charlotte, Charlie, Charley (f) - St [[Haralampus_of_Magnesia|Charalambos of Magnesia]] ('''Saint'''); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Chase (m) - St [[John Cassian]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Chaz''.<br />
*Chavez (m) - St [[Savas]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Chaz (m) - ''see Charles''<br />
*Chelsea (f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Cheryl (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''': love)<br />
*Chiarina (f) - ''see Claire''<br />
*Chloe (f) - St Chloe, commemorated in ancient Corinth together with holy apostles Titus, Crispus and Justus (the Sunday between [[February 13]] and [[February 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Christian (m) - St Christian of Auxerre ([[November 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Christine, Christina (f) - St [[Christina of Tyre]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Christopher, Chris (m) - St [[Christopher of Lycia]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Chryssa (f) - St [[Chrysanthus]] ([[March 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ciaran (m) - ''see Kieran'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Claire, Clara, Clare (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria|Photini the Samaritan Woman]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Cody (m) - St Boethius ([[December 7]] - '''Meaning''': helpful) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stddec.htm]<br />
*Cole (m) - ''see Maurice ('''Meaning''': dark) or Colin ('''Sound-alike''')''<br />
*Colin, Collin (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra|Nicholas]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Colton (m) - St [[Colman of Lindisfarne]] ([[February 18]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Connor (m) - St Conran ([[February 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Conogan ([[October 16]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cooper (m) - ''closest is St [[Cyprian of Carthage|Cyprian]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cora (f) - St Coralia the Virginmartyr ([[September 1]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Corey (m) - St Corentinus of Quimper ([[December 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Courtney (f) - ''see Curtis'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Crystal, Chrystal (f) - Celebrated on [[December 25]] (from 'Chrystalla')<br />
*Cruz (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]] ('''Meaning''': Cross)<br />
*Curtis (m) - Apostle [[Quartus]] ([[November 10]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Curnutus of Iconium ([[September 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
*Cynthia (f) - St Cyntianus of Seleucia ([[15 November]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Cyntianus (or Cyntion), Hieromartyr & Bishop of Chalcedon ([[29 April]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
<br />
==D==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Daenerys (f) - St Nirras, Martyr ([[January 20]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_n.htm] or St [[Daniel]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dane (m) - St Ansgar, Enlightener of Denmark ([[February 3]] - '''Meaning''': Dane, Danish people); St Deiniol of Wales ([[September 11]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Daniel (m) - St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Danielle (f) - St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Daphne (f) - Greek for laurel; [[Palm Sunday]], in remembrance of palms and laurels laid down for Jesus' entry into Jerusalem [http://www.greek-names.info/dafni-or-daphne/]<br />
*Daria (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Darlene (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Darren (m) - Prophet Aaron ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Darrell (m) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*David (m) - St [[David (disambiguation)|David]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Dawn (f) - ''see Aurora'' ('''Meaning''': dawn)<br />
*Deborah, Debra, Debbie (f) - St Deborah the Judge ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Declan (m) - St Declan of Ardmore ([[w:Declán of Ardmore|Wikipedia]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Dennis, Denis (m) - St [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] ([[October 3]] - '''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Dionysius (disambiguation)]]''.<br />
*Derek, Derrick (m) - St Theodoric of Mont d'Or ([[July 1]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Devin (m) - St [[Cosmas and Damian|Damian]] ('''Saint, Sound-alike''')<br />
*Diana (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dirk, Dietrich (m) - ''see Derek'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Dolly (f) - ''see Dorothy'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Dominic (m) - Hieromartyr Cyriacus (''Kyriakos''), Bishop of Jerusalem ([[October 18]] - '''Meaning''': Lord); St Kyriakos (''Cyriacus the Anchorite'') ([[September 29]] - '''Meaning''': Lord).<br />
*Donald (m) - St [[Donald of Ogilvy]] ([[July 15]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Donna (f) - [[Mary]] the Mother of God ('''Meaning''': 'Madonna', meaning 'My Lady'); ''sometimes: see Donald'' ('''Diminutive''').<br />
*Dorothy, Dora, Doreen, Doris (f) - St Dorothea of Caesarea ([[February 6]] - '''Saint'''); <br />
*Douglas, Doug (m) - St Daganus ([[August 18]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Drogo (m) - St Drogo, ascetic ([[April 2]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_d.htm]<br />
*Dustin (m) - St [[Dunstan of Canterbury]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dylan, Dillon (m/f) - St Dillon of Llandaff ([[February 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
<br />
==E==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Easton (m) - St Eosterwine of Wearmouth ([[March 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Edward (m) - St [[Edward the Martyr|Edward the Passion-Bearer of England]] ([[March 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Edwin (m) - St Edwen, Patron saint of Llanedwen in Anglesey in Wales ([[November 6]] - '''Saint'''); St Edwin, King of Northumbria in England ([[October 12]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eileen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Elaine, Eleanor, Elena (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Electra (f) - ''see Amber'' ('''Meaning''': direct translation)<br />
*Eliana (f) - [[Prophet Elijah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Elijah, Eli (m) - [[Prophet Elijah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Elizabeth (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ella, Ellie (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive'')<br />
*Elliot, Elliott (m) - ''see Elijah'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Elsa, Elsie (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Elvin (m) - St Elwin of Cornwall ([[February 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Elvis (m) - St [[Ailbe of Emly]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Emily (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Emma (f) - St Imma of Karlburg ([[November 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eric, Erik (m) - St [[Erc of Slane]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Erica, Erika (f) - ''see Eric'' ('''Saint''', feminine form)<br />
*Ericson (m) - ''see Eric'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Erin (f) - St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland ('''Meaning'''); or, St [[Irene of Thessaloniki]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Estelle (f) - ''see Stella'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Ethan (m) - Ethan, great-grandson of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eugene (m) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]]<br />
*Eva (f) - Eve the First-Formed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Evan (m) - St [[John]] ('''Derivative of Saint'''); St Evan of Ayrshire ([[August 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Evelyn (f) - St Abel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
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==F==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Faith (f) - St [[Faith]], daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint'''); St. Faith (''Foi, Foy''), a holy virgin-martyr burnt to death in France ([[October 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Finn (m) - ''see Alban'' ('''Meaning''': fair, white)<br />
*Flynn (m) - St Flannan of Killaloe ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Frances (f) - ''see Frank''<br />
*Francis (m) - ''see Frank''<br />
*Frank (m) - St Francoveus (Franchy), an ascetic ([[May 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_f.htm]<br />
*Frederick, Fred (m) - St Frederick of Utrecht ([[July 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
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==G==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Gabriel (m) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gabrielle, Gabriella (f) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gail (f) - ''see Abigail'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gavin (m) - St Gavinus, Protomartyr of Sardinia ([[May 30]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Garrett (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gemma (f) - St Gemma in Gurk, Austria ([[June 29]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Genesis (f) - ''closest is the [[Nativity|Nativity of Christ]] or the [[Nativity of the Theotokos]]'' ('''Meaning''')<br />
*Genevieve (f) - St Geneviève of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Geoffrey, Geoff (m) - St Geoffrey, Abbot of Wearmouth ('''Saint''')<br />
*Geordie (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*George (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gerald, Gerry (m) - St Gerald, Bishop of Mayo ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gertrude (f) - St Gertrude of Nivelles ([[March 17]] - '''Saint'''); St Gertrude of Remiremont ([[November 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Gertrude the Elder ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]<br />
*Gianna (f) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gilbert (m) - St Agilbert of Jouarre ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Gilles (m) - St Aegidius of Nîmes ([[September 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Gillian (f) - ''see Jillian''<br />
*Giselle (f) - St Gezelin (or Ghislain, Gisle or Joscelin), an Ascetic ([[August 6]] - '''Sound-alike'''); the Righteous Jesse ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Gina (f) - ''see Regina'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Giovanna (f) - ''see Gianna'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gloria (f) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Grace (f) - St Grace of Cornwall ([[July 5]] - '''Saint''') [https://celticsaints.org/2010/0705d.html]; St Engratia of Saragossa ([[March 13]] - '''Meaning''') [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engratia]; St Charis ([[January 28]] - '''Meaning''') [https://easternchristiansupply.biz/index.php/ecs/catalog/product/view/id/2618/s/the-great-synaxaristes-of-the-orthodox-churchxf-january/category/152]<br />
*Grayson (m) - St Villicus of Metz ([[April 17]] - '''Meaning''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Gwen, Gwendoline (f) - St Gwen Teirborn of Britain ('''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==H==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Hadrian (m) - St [[Adrian]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Hailey, Hailee (f) - ''see Hayley'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Hanalei (m/f) - ''see Henry'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hank (m) - St [[John]] ('''Derivative''', from 'Hankin'); or, ''see Henry'' ('''Diminutive''').<br />
*Hannah (f) - St Anna, mother of the Theotokos; St Hannah, mother of the Prophet Samuel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Harlow (f) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Harper (f) - ''closest is St David the Prophet & King'' ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Meaning''': Harp-player)<br />
*Harrison (m) - ''see Harry'' ('''Derivative'''). Or, St [[Hariton]] ([[September 28]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Harry (m) - ''see Henry'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Harold'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Haydon (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hayley, Haylee (f) - ''see Leah'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Heather (f) - St Ethelburgh ([[September 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Helen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Henry (m) - St Henry of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre ([[June 24]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]<br />
*Heidi (f) - ''see Adelaide'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Hilda (f) - St [[Hilda of Whitby]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Holly (f) - [[Holy Cross]] ([[September 14]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, St Hellius the Martyr ([[July 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_h.htm]; or, St Olive the Virgin-Martyr ([[June 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hope (f) - St Hope, daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Hudson (m) - ''see Hugh or Richard'' ('''Diminutive''', via 'Hudde')<br />
*Hugh (m) - St Hugh of Rouen ([[April 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]<br />
*Hunter (m) - St Gunthiern in Brittany ([[July 3]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]<br />
<br />
==I==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Ian (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ida (f) - St Ita ([[January 15]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Indigo (f) - St [[Porphyrios (disambiguation)|Prophyrios]] ('''Meaning''': colour (indigo is similar to purple))<br />
*Isa (f) - ''see Isabel'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Isaac (m) - St [[Isaac]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Isabel, Isabella, Isabelle (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Isaiah (m) - Prophet [[Isaiah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==J==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Jace, Jase (m) - ''see Jason'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jack (m) - St [[John]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, ''see Jacob'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jackson, Jaxon, Jaxson (m) - ''see Jack'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jacob, Jake (m) - St Jacob (Son of Isaac - [[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''), St [[Jacob Netsvetov]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jacqueline (f) - St [[Jacob (disambiguation)|Jacob]] or St [[Apostle James the Just|James]] ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jade (f) - St Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jaira (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ('''Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)<br />
*Jairos, Jairus (m) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ('''Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)<br />
*James (m) - St [[James]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jamie (m/f) - ''see James'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jan, Jane (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Janet (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Janice (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jared (m) - ([[Sunday of the Fathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Jason (m) - St [[Jason]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jasmine (f) - St Jasimus, Ascetic & Wonderworker ([[February 4]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Javana (f) - ''see Giovanna'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jay, Jayce (m) - ''see James or Jason'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jayden, Jaydon (m) - St. Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jeff, Jeffrey (m) - ''see Geoffrey'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jenna (f) - ''see Jenny'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jennifer (f) - St Genevieve of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jenny (f) - ''see Jane'' ('''Diminutive'''); or, ''see Jennifer'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jeoire (m) - St [[George]] ([[April 23]] - '''Derivative''' from French)<br />
*Jeremiah, Jeremy (m) - Prophet [[Jeremiah]] ([[May 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Jerica (f) - St [[Gertrude of Nivelles]] ([[March 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Jerome (m) - St [[Jerome]] of Stridon<br />
*Jerry (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jesse (m) - St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Jessie (f) - St [[Joanna]] ('''Saint'''); St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Jessica (f) - ''closest: see Jessie'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jillian (f) - St [[w:Julian of Antioch|Julian]]<br />
*Jo, Joan, Joanna, Joanne (f) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]] ('''Derivative''', feminine form)<br />
*Jocelyn, Joselyn (f) - St Judocus (Josse) of Brittany ([[December 13]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]<br />
*Jodie (f) - ''see Judith'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Joe (m) - ''see Joseph'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Joel (m) - [[Prophet Joel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*John (m) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jonathan, Jonty (m) - Jonathan, son of Saul [[Sunday of the Forefathers]] ('''Saint'''), or St [[Theodore]] ('''Meaning''': God has given)<br />
*Jordan, Jordana (m/f) - The [[Theophany of Christ]] ('''Derivative''', name of river)<br />
*Joseph (m) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Josephine (f) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Joost (m) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Joshua, Josh (m) - St Joshua the son of Nun ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Josiah (m) - [[Prophet Josiah]] ([[October 17]] - '''Saint'''); St Josiah of Cordoba ([[August 27]] - '''Saint'''); King Josiah ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Joyce (m/f) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Juno (f) - St Junia, Apostle of the 70 ([[May 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Judith, Judy (f) - St Judith, slayer of Holofernes ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]; St [[Apostle Jude|Jude the Apostle]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Julia, Julie (f) - St Julia of Corsica ([[July 16]] - '''Saint'''), St Julia of Troyes ([[July 21]] - '''Saint'''), or St Julia of Mérida ([[December 10]] - '''Saint'''). [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]<br />
*Julian (m) - St Julian of Homs ([[February 6]] - '''Saint'''); St Julian of Antioch ([[June 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==K==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Kaelyn (f) - ''see Kay'' ('''diminutive''')<br />
*Kai (m) - ''see Kay'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kaiden (m) - ''see Kayden'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Kaitlyn (f) - ''see Caitlyn'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kallum (m) - ''see Callum'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Karen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kateri (f) - ''see Katherine''<br />
*Katherine, Kathryn (f) - ''see Catherine'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kathleen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kay, Kayla, Kaylee, Kaylyn, Kaylynn (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive'''); St Kay in England ([[November 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Kayden (m) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kayse (f) - ''see Casey'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Keira (f) - St Kiara ([[January 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_k.htm]<br />
*Keith (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]] ('''Meaning''': Wood); or, St [[Nikifor]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Kelly (f) - St Ceallach of Killala ([[May 1]] - '''Diminutive'''); St Caellainn in Ireland ([[February 3]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Kelsey (m/f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Ken, Kenneth (m) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]] - '''Saint'''); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Kennedy (f) - ''see Kenneth'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Kerrian (m/f) - St. [[w:Saint Piran|Piran of Cornwall]] ([[March 5]] - '''Diminutive'''), who in turn has been identified as the Irish saint [[w:Ciarán of Saigir|Ciarán of Saigir]] (also [[March 5]])<br />
*Kevin (m) - St [[Kevin of Glendalough]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Khaleesi (f) - St Kali the Ascetic ([[May 22]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Khloe (f) - ''see Chloe'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kieran, Kyran, Kiaran (m) - St. [[w:Ciarán of Saigir|Ciarán of Saigir]] (''Ciarán the Elder'', [[March 5]] - '''Saint'''); St [[Kieran of Clonmacnoise]] ([[September 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Kimberley, Kimberly, Kim (f) - St Cyneburgh, abbess in Northamptonshire ([[March 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Kittie (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kristen (f) - ''see Christina'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kruze (m) - ''see Cruz'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Krystal (f) - Celebrated on [[December 25]] ('''Sound-alike''': 'Chrystalla')<br />
*Kyle (m) - St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Kylie (f) - St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Kyra (f) - St Kyra, an ascetic ([[February 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Kyra Obolenskaya ([[December 4]] - '''Saint'''), new-martyr; St Kyra, a virgin ([[June 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Kyrion (m) - Martyr Kyrion (''Cyrion, Quirio'') of the Holy 40 Martyrs of Sebaste ([[March 9]])<br />
<br />
==L==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Lance (m) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Landon (m) - St Landericus of Soignies ([[April 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Larry (m) - ''see Laurence'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Laura (f) - St Laura of Cordoba, martyred in Spain by the Moors ([[October 19]] - '''Saint'''); or, St [[Laurus]] ([[August 18]]).<br />
*Lauren (f) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Laurence (m) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Layla (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Leah, Lia (f) - St Leah, the wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''); St Lea, ascetic in Rome ([[March 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Lee (m) - ''see Leah'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Levi (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Leo (m) - St [[Leo the Great]] ([[February 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Leon (m) - ''see Leo''<br />
*Leonard (m) - St [[Leonid of Optina]]; St Leonard of Avranches ([[March 4]] - '''Saint'''), of Vandoeuvre ([[October 15]] - '''Saint''') or of Noblac ([[November 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; <br />
*Leslie (m/f) - St Lelia in Limerick ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lia (f) - ''see Leah'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Liam (m) - ''see William'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lila (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Liliana (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lillian (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lily (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lincoln (m) - All Saints of Lincolnshire ('''Meaning''': named for location) [http://www.allsaintslincs.org.uk/event-reader/events/patronal-festival-liturgy.html]<br />
*Linda (f) - St [[Linus]] of Rome ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Lindsey (f) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Linda'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Link (m) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lisa (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Logan (m) - St [[Longin the Centurion]] ([[October 16]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*London (f) - St Mellitus of London; St Sebbe, founder of Westminster; St Erconwald of London; St Ethelburgh, abbess of Barking; Sts Beocca & Hethor, martyrs of Chertsey; St Wulsin, renewer of St Peter's Monastery; St Dunstan of London; or St Alphege of Canterbury ('''Meaning''': named for location)<br />
*Lorna (f) - St Loarn, disciple of St Patrick ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lorraine (f) - ''see Laura'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Louis, Luis (m) - St Ludwin of Trier ([[September 29]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; or St Lewina of Seaford ([[July 24]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Louise, Lou (f) - St Ludwin of Trier ([[September 29]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; or St Lewina of Seaford ([[July 24]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lucas (m) - [[Apostle Luke]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Lucy (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ([[December 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Luke (m) - [[Apostle Luke]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Lydia (f) - St [[Lydia of Thyatira|Lydia of Phillipi]] ([[May 20]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Lynn (f) - [[Theophany]] ('''Meaning''': lake); or, ''see Linda'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
<br />
==M==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Mabel (f) - St Amabilis of Riome ([[November 1]] - '''Derivative'''), St Amabilis of Rouen ([[July 11]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Mackenzie (f) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]] - '''Derivative''': son of Kenneth); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]] - '''Derivative''': son of Kenneth)<br />
*Madelyn, Madeleine, Madeline (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ([[July 22]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Madison (f) - St Maud ([[March 14]] - '''Derivative''': son of Maud) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Maggie (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Makayla (f) - ''see Michaela'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Malcolm (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ([[June 9]])<br />
*Marcia (f) - St Marcia, martyred under Diocletian ([[July 2]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Margaret (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Marlow (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ('''Sound-alike of Derivative''')<br />
*Maria, Mariah (f) - [[Mary]] ('''Saint'''); St Mariah the sister of Moses ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]; St [[Maria (Skobtsova) | Maria of Paris]] ([[July 20]])<br />
*Marisa, Marissa (f) - ''see [[Theotokos|Mary]]; or, see Louis''<br />
*Marshall (m) - St Martial, bishop of Lomoges ([[June 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.htm?year=2017&today=9&month=10&trp=0] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Martial]; St Servatus of Tongres ([[May 13]] - '''Meaning''': servant) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Martin (m) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Martina, Martine (f) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Mary (f) - [[Mary]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Mason (m) - St Maysimus the Ascetic and Syrian ([[January 23]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Matthew (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Max (m) - St [[Maximos the Confessor]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Maximilian (m) - St Maximilian, one of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus ([[October 22]] - '''Saint''') [https://oca.org/saints/lives/2017/10/22/103024-st-maximilian-one-of-the-seven-sleepers-of-ephesus]<br />
*Maxwell (m) - St Magnus the founder of the Füssen monastery ([[September 6]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Maya (f) - St Magos (2nd century) ([[May 31]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Megan (f) - St [[Marina of Antioch|Margaret]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Mehmet (m) - St [[Demetrios the Neomartyr]] ([[April 14]] - '''see Life''')<br />
*Melanie (f) - St Melania the Ascetic & Elder ([[June 8]] - '''Saint'''); St Melania (Melanie) of Rome, Ascetic ([[December 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Melina (f) - ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative'''), or, ''see Milena'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Melinda (f) - St Ermelindis, hermitess ([[October 29]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Melissa or Melania'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Melissa, Milena (f) - St Melissinus the Martyr ([[March 6]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Merissa (f) - ''see Marissa''<br />
*Mhairi, Mhaire (f) - ''see Mary'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Mia (f) - ''see Maria'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Micah (m) - Prophet [[Micah]] ('''Saint'''); or, St [[Micah of Radonezh]] ([[May 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Michael (m) - ''[[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Michaela, Mikayla (f) - [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Michelle (f) - [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Mila (f) - St Milica of Serbia ('''Derivative of Saint''' - ''pronounced Mίlitsa'')<br />
*Milena (f) - ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Miles (m) - St Milo, hermit at Fontenelle ([[August 18]] - ''Saint'') or St Miles (''or Milos''), Bishop and Hieromartyr ([[10 November]] - ''Saint'') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_m.htm]<br />
*Milly (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]] - '''Diminutive'''); St Mildred of Minster-in-Thanet ([[July 13]] - '''Diminutive''')<br />
*Mitchell (m) - ''see Michael'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Molly (f) - ''see Mary'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Monica, Monique (f) - St [[Monica of Hippo]], mother of St Augustine ('''Saint''')<br />
*Monroe (f) - St Mun, Bishop & Ascetic on island in Lough Ree, Ireland ([[February 6]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Morgan (f) - St Maughold ([[December 28]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Modan ([[February 4]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Morwenna ([[July 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Mohammed, Muhammed, Muhammad (m) - St [[Demetrios the Neomartyr]] ([[April 14]] - '''see Life''')<br />
<br />
==N==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Nadine, Nadia, Nadya (f) - St Hope, daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''': Nadezhda)<br />
*Naomi (f) - [[Prophet Naum]] ([[December 1]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Natalie (f) - St [[Adrian and Natalia|Natalia]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Nathan (m) - Prophet Nathan ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Nathaniel (m) - [[Apostle Bartholomew]] (aka Nathaniel) ('''Saint''')<br />
*Nevaeh (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]] - '''Meaning''': 'heaven' in reverse)<br />
*Neil, Nigel (m) - St [[Nilus of Sora|Nil]] ([[May 7]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ngaire (f) - St Nereus ([[May 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsn.htm]<br />
*Nicholas (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Nicole (f) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Noah (m) - Righteous [[Noah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Noel (m/f) - The [[Nativity]] of Christ ('''Meaning''': Christmas)<br />
*Nolan (m) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]] ([[March 7]] - '''Meaning''': noble); St Paulinus of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Felix of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Maximus of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Arnold ('''Sound-alike'''), Maginold ('''Sound-alike'''), Reinold ('''Sound-alike''').<br />
*Nora (f) - St [[Helen]] ('''Diminutive''': Elanora)<br />
<br />
==O==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Oliver (m) - St Oliver of Ancona ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Olivia (f) - St [[Olivia of Palermo]] ([[June 10]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Onyx (f) - St Maurice ([[December 27]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Oren (m) - St Orentius of Loret ([[May 1]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Orentius of Auch ([[May 1]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintso.htm]<br />
*Oscar (m) - St Ansgar ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Owen (m) - St Eugene of Trebizond ([[January 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==P==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Paige (f) - St Pega of England ([[January 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm]<br />
*Paisley (f) - St [[Basil the Great]] ('''Meaning''': Paisley -> Basilica)<br />
*Parker (m) - St Phylax ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
*Patricia (f) - St [[Patrick of Ireland]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Penelope (f) - St Penelope the Virgin Martyr ([[September 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Peyton, Payton (f) - St Pega, anchoress in England ([[January 8]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm]<br />
*Phoenix (m/f) - St [[Felix of Byzantium|Felix]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Piper (f) - St Piperion ([[March 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
*Poppy (f) - St Poppo, Abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy in Belgium ([[January 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
<br />
==Q==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Quentin (m) - St Quentin of France ([[October 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Quinn - St Quintus, Quintius or Quintilla ([http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsq.htm Various namesdays] - '''Sound-alike''') <br />
<br />
==R==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Rachel (f) - St Rachel, wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Raine, Rain (f) - ''see Regina ('''Meaning''': queen)<br />
*Ralph (m) - St Ralph of Bourges ([[June 21]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Raymond (m) - St Rumon ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]; St Ebremund, Founder & Abbot of Fontenay-Louvet near Séez ([[June 10]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]; St [[Ammon]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St Amon of Toul ([[October 23]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]<br />
*Reagan, Regan (f) - St Reginus, Bishop of Skopel (February 25 - '''Sound-alike'''); St Reginus, Martyr of Cyprus (August 20 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_r.htm]<br />
*Rebecca (f) - St Rebecca, wife of Isaac ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Regina (f) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Meaning''': Queen); or, St Regina of Autun ([[September 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Reginald (m) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Meaning''': Queen).<br />
*Richard (m) - St Richard ([[February 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Rider (m) - ''see Ryder'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Rihanna (f) - St Basil the Great ('''Meaning''': basil), or St [[Anna]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Riley, Ryley (m/f) - St Reineldis ([[July 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*River (m) - [[Theophany]] ('''Meaning''': link between River and the River Jordan)<br />
*Robert (m) - ''see Rupert'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Robin (f) - St [[Photini]] ('''Meaning''': bright, shining)<br />
*Roderick, Rod (m) - St Rodericus, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[March 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Roger (m) - St Roger, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[September 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ronald (m) - St Reinold, martyr at Pantaleon Monastery in Germany ([[January 7]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Rosa, Rose, Rosy, Rosita (f) - St Triantafyllos ([[August 8]] - '''Meaning''') [http://www.greek-names.info/triantafyllos/]; St. Rose of Sardinia ('''Saint''') [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rublevpupil/494434905/]<br />
*Rosemary (f) - ''see Mary, or, see Rose'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Rowan (m) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Rowena (f) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Roxana, Roxanne, Roxy (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria]], or, ''see Aurora'' ('''Meaning''': Bright or Dawn)<br />
*Ruby (f) - St Maelrubius ([[April 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Rupert (m) - St [[w:Rupert of Salzburg|Rupert of Salzburg]] ([[March 27]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ruth (f) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ryan (m) - St Rhian, abbot ([[March 8]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, Emmanuel (being a translation referring to the infant Christ - '''Meaning''').<br />
*Ryder (m) - [[Synaxis of the Bodiless Powers]] ([[November 8]] - '''Meaning''': messenger); or, St Ruadan of Lothra ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm], St Ida of Nivelles ([[May 8]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Idea of Herzfeld ([[September 4]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Idus of Alt-Fadha in Leinster ([[July 14]] - '''Sound-alike''').<br />
<br />
==S==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Sadie (f) - ''see Sarah'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Sage (m) - Martyr Saïs ([[January 5]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Samantha, Sam (f) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Samuel, Sam (m) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Sarah, Sara (f) - [[Sarah]], wife of Abraham ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''); St [[w:Sarah of the Desert|Sarah of the Desert]] ([[July 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Savannah (f) - St Savina of Milan ([[January 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Scarlett, Scarlet (f) - St Scarthin ([[January 6]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Scott (m) - [[Apostle Andrew]], patron of Scotland ('''Meaning''': Scottish person); or St [[Columba]], enlightener of Scotland ('''Meaning''': Scottish person).<br />
*Scout (f) - St Escoos, a martyr ([[March 26]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]<br />
*Sean, Shaun (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Sebastian (m) - St Sebastian the Martyr ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Serenity (f) - St Galina of Corinth, martyr ([[April 16]] - '''Meaning''': Galina means serenity); Sts. Serenicus and Serenus, monastic brothers ([[May 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Serenus of Marseilles ([[August 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Serena (f) - Sts. Serenicus and Serenus, monastic brothers ([[May 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Serenus of Marseilles ([[August 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Shane (m) - St John ('''Saint''')<br />
*Shannon (m/f) - St Senan, founder of monasteries and churches ([[March 8]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Shantelle (f) - ''see Chantal'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Shardae, Sharday (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Sharon, Shari, Sharrie, Sharree (f) (''from Hebrew: Šārôn - 'plain; 1 Chronicles 5:16'; 1 Chronicles 27:29; Acts 9:35'') – ''variant of Sarah, Sarai ('''Saint''')''; St Charalambos of Magnesia ([[February 10]] - '''Sound-alike'''). <br />
*Shelby (f) - [[Apostle Silvan]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Sheldon (m) - St Elwin in Cornwall ([[February 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Sherry, Sheree, Sherri, Sherrie, Cherie (f) - ''see Cheryl''; ''also variant of Sharon'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Shiloh (f) - St Galina, martyr at Corinth (one on [[April 16]], another on [[March 10]] - '''Meaning''': tranquil)<br />
*Simone (f) - [[Apostle Simon]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Simpson (m) - St Acoustios ([[April 21]] - '''Meaning''': listening); or, St [[Sampson]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Siobhan (f) - ''see Jeanne'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Skye (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]] - '''Meaning''': Sky and Heavens)<br />
*Skylar, Skyler (f) - St Scholastica, sister of St Benedict ('''Meaning''': Skylar derived from Schuyler, meaning 'scholar')<br />
*Sloane (m) - St [[Silouan the Athonite]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Sophia, Sophie (f) - St Sophia (mother of Sts Faith, Hope & Love) ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Stella (f) - St [[Stylianos of Paphlagonia]] ([[November 26]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Stephanie (f) - St [[Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr|Stephen]] the Protomartyr ('''Saint''')<br />
*Summer (f) - St Sunaman, an ascetic and martyr ([[February 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_s.htm]; St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] - '''Meaning''': Summer) [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm]<br />
*Susanna (f) - St Susanna, martyred in Salerno ([[January 18]] - '''Saint'''); St Susanna the Just ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Sydney (f) - St [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] ([[October 3]] - '''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Dionysius (disambiguation)]]''; St Sidonius of Clermont ([[August 21]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Sidonius of Rouens ([[November 14]] - '''Sound-alike'''), or St Sedna of Ossory ([[March 10]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
<br />
==T==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Tabitha (f) - St. Tabitha ([[October 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Tania, Tanya (f) - ''see Tatiana'' ('''Diminutive'''); ''see Anthony'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tara (f) - St Tarsila, aunt of St Gregory the Great ([[December 24]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tatiana (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Taylor (f) - St Talarican in Scotland ([[October 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Teresa, Theresa, Therese (f) - St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] or [[August 5]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Tess (f) - ''see Teresa'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Theon (m) - St Theion, martyr ([[February 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Thierry (m) - ''see Derek'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Thomas (m) - [[Apostle Thomas]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Thor (m) - St Thorgyth the Ascetic ([[January 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm]<br />
*Tia (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, saints ending in '-tia' ('''Sound-alike'''); or, St Thais ([[May 10]] - '''Sound-alike''').<br />
*Tiana (f) - ''see Tatiana or Christiana'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tiffany (f) - The [[Theophany]] of our Lord ([[January 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Travis (m) - St Triverius of Dombes ([[January 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trevor (m) - St Triverius, hermit in Dombes ([[January 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trinity (f) - [[Pentecost]] ('''Feast Day''')<br />
*Tristan (m) - St Drostan (''or Drustan''), abbot in Aberdeenshire ([[July 11]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Troy (m) - St Troyen of Saintes ([[November 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trudy (f) - ''see Gertrude'' ('''Saint'''); or, St Tudy of Wales ([[January 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Ty (m) - ''see Tyler, Tyson or Tyrone'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tyler (m) - St Tillo of Belgium ([[January 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tyrone (m) - ''see Owen'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Tyrion (m) - St [[Tikhon]], St Tiridates of Armenia ([[November 29]]), St Taurion ([[November 7]]), Turiav ([[July 13]]) ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm] [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tyson (m) - St Dyfan of Britain ([[May 26]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
<br />
==U==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Ulla (f) - St Ulric of Einsiedeln, son of St Gerold ([[May 29]] - '''Derivative'''); St Ulric (or Uldaricus, Udalric), Bishop of Augsburg ([[July 4]] - '''Derivative'''); St Ulric the Ascetic & Martyr ([[April 9]] - '''Derivative''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_u.htm]<br />
*Unity (f) - St Uni of Bremen-Hamburg ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''': One) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsu.htm]<br />
*Uriel (m) - Archangel Uriel ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ursula (f) - St Ursula, Virgin-Martyr in Cologne ([[October 21]] - '''Saint''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_u.htm]<br />
*Usher (m) - ''see Asher'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
<br />
==V==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Valentina (f) - St [[Valentine]] [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Valerie (f) - St Valery of Leuconay ([[April 1]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]; St Valeria of Milan ([[April 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Valeria martyred in France ([[December 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Vanessa (f) - Esther (of the [[Book of Esther]] - '''Saint''': name invented, based on 'Esther')<br />
*Veronica (f) - St [[Veronica]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Victor (m) - St [[Victor]] ('''Saint''').<br />
*Victoria (f) - Virgin-Martyr Victoria ([[December 23]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Vincent (m) - St [[Vincent of Lerins]] ([[May 24]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Violet (f) - St Lydia, seller of purple ([[May 7]] - '''Meaning''': Violet & Purple)<br />
*Vivian (f) - St Vivian, martyred in Rome ([[December 2]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==W==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Walter (m) - St [[Vladimir]] ('''Meaning''')<br />
*Warren (m) - St Warren of France ([[August 25]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Wendall (m) - St Wendolinus ([[October 21]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Whitney (f) - St Wite in Dorset ([[June 1]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*William (m) - St [[William of Gellone]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Willow (f) - St Willa, an ascetic ([[October 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_w.htm]<br />
*Winnie (f) - St Winifred of Wales ([[November 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Winston (m) - St Wistan ([[June 1]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Wyatt (m/f) - ''see William''<br />
<br />
==X==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Xavier (m) - St Ava, Abbess of Denain ([[April 29]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Avy of Micy ([[June 17]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St [[Avitus]] ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm]<br />
*Xander (m) - ''see Alexander'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
<br />
==Y==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Yvette (f) - St Ywi, ascetic of Lindisfarne ([[October 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_y.htm]; or, ''see Eve or Janette'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
<br />
==Z==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Zachary, Zach (m) - St [[Zachariah]], father of St John the Baptist ('''Saint''')<br />
*Zeke (m) - Prophet [[Ezekiel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Zelda (f) - ''see Hilda'' ('''Diminutive, from Griselda''') [https://www.behindthename.com/name/griselda]<br />
*Zelie (f) - ''see Azalea'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Zhadee (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Zoe, Zoey (f) - [[Life-Giving Spring]] (Bright Friday); Exuperius and Zoe ([[May 2]]); Zoe of Rome ([[December 18]]) ('''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==A List of Old Testament Saints==<br />
''This list of saints from the Old Testament, commemorated on the second Sunday before Nativity, has yet to be incorporated into the main body of this article.''<br />
<br />
* Adam and Eve, the first-formed. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Abel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Seth. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Enosh. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Canaan. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Mahalaleln. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Jared. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Enoch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Methuselah. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Lamech. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Noah. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Shem. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Japhet. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Arphaxad. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Cainan. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Shelah. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Eber, after whom the Jews are named Hebrews. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Peleg. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Reu. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Serug. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Nahor. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Terah. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Abraham the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Isaac the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Jacob the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Reuben the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Symeon the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Levi the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Judah the Patriarch, of whose tribe came the Christ. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Zebulun the Patriarch, whose tribe lives by the seashore. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Issachar the Patriarch, whose tribe tills the soil. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Dan the Patriarch, whose tribe is judge. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Gad the Patriarch, whose tribe is robbed. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Asher the Patriarch, whose tribe is rich in wheat-bearing lands. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Naphtali the Patriarch, whose tribe is very numerous. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Joseph the Patriarch, whose tribe is very glorious and very famous. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Benjamin the Patriarch, whose tribe is gentle and not savage. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Perez and Zerach, the twin sons of Judah the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Hezron. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Ram. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Jesse. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* David the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Solomon the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Rehoboam the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Abijah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Asa the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Jehoshaphat the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Joram the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Ahaziah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Jotham the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Ahaz the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Hezekiah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Manasseh the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Amon the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Josiah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Jeconiah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Shealtiel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Zerubbabel, who rebuilt the Temple in Jerusalem which had been burned down. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Abiud. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Eliakim. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Azor. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Zadok. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Achim. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Eliud. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Eleazar. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Matthan. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Jacob. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Joseph, the Betrothed. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Melchizedek. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Job. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Prophet Moses. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Hur, the priest. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Aaron, the priest. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Joshua, son of Nun. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Prophet Samuel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Prophet Nathan. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Prophet Daniel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* The Three Holy Youths. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Sarah, Abraham's wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Rebecca, Isaac's wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Leah, Jacob's first wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Rachel, Jacob's second wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Asenath, the most upright Joseph's wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Mariah, Moses' sister. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Deborah, who judged Israel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Ruth. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* The woman of Sarepta, to whom Elijah was sent. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* The Shunamitess, who gave lodging to Elisha. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Judith, who slew Holofernes. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Esther, who saved Israel from death. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Hannah, mother of the prophet Samuel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Susanna. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Western Saints before the AD 1054 Schism]]<br />
*[[Patron saint]]<br />
*[[Name day]]<br />
<br />
==Bibliography==<br />
* [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsint.htm The Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome]<br />
* [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/oespain.htm The Saints of Spain]<br />
* [http://suburbanbanshee.wordpress.com/category/saint-names/ Aliens in This World] Category: Saint Names<br />
* [http://www.oodegr.co/english/istorika/britain/British_saints.htm The Orthodox Saints of the Ancient Church in the British Isles and Ireland]<br />
* [http://www.namedays.gr/index_uk.php GREEK NAME DAYS for the year 2015 (source ©: www.namedays.gr)]<br />
* [http://www.roman-catholic-saints.com/catholic-saint-names.html Roman Catholic Saints]<br />
* [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_preface.htm When is my nameday?], compiled by Fr Christopher Klitou<br />
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Baptismal names
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<div>A '''baptismal name''' is a name given to a newly-baptised Orthodox Christian. For the majority of Orthodox history, Orthodox Christians have been given the names of Orthodox saints (e.g. Mary, John, Demetrios, Olga) or names that reference Biblical events (e.g. Evangelos, which is a reference to the Annunciation).<br />
<br />
This article is a list of names that have:<br />
* Orthodox saints, perhaps unexpectedly, attached to either the original name (e.g. Theophany for Tiffany) or to a diminutive (e.g. Gerald for Jerry), or<br />
* Orthodox saints whose names mean the same thing (e.g. St. Alban for Bianca, since they both mean "white"; or St. Maurice for Blake, since they both mean "black"), or<br />
* If these are not available, a phonetic "closest match" may be given, where the name sounds similar to a saint's name (e.g. St. Rumon for Raymond).<br />
<br />
However, this is not designed to be a list for existing matchups which have no relation (e.g. Panayiotis for Peter).<br />
<br />
==A==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Aaliyah (f) - ''see Alia'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Aaron (m) - St Aaron the Priest ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Abigail, Abby (f) - Venerable Virgin-martyr Æbbe the Younger of Coldingham, Abbess of Coldingham Priory ([[April 2]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Adalyn, Adaline (f) - ''see Adele'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Adam (m) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Addison (f) - ''see Madison'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Adrian (m) - Saint [[Adrian]]<br />
*Adelaide (f) - St Adelaide of Rome; St Adelaide of Burgundy ([[December 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Adele, Adela (f) - St Adela, Abbess of Pfalzel ([[December 24]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Adrian (m) - St Adrian ([[August 26]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aidan, Aiden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Aimee (f) - ''see Amy'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alan, Allan, Allen (m) - St Alan of Lavaur ([[November 25]] - '''Saint'''); St Elian of Cornwall ([[January 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Alana, Alaina (f) - ''see Alan'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Albert (m) - St [[Albert]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alex (m/f) - ''see Alexis, Alexandra or Alexander'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alexa (f) - ''see Alexis or Alexandra'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alexander (m) - St [[Alexander]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alexandra (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]] - '''Saint'''); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Alexis (m/f) - St [[Alexios the Man of God|Alexis the Man of God]] ([[March 17]] - '''Saint'''); Tsarevich Alexei ('''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Alexis (disambiguation)]]'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alia (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, St [[Alexandra]] ('''Diminiutive''', from Russian).<br />
*Alice, Alicia, Alisha (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alison, Allison (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alvin (m) - ''see Elvin'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alyssa, Alissa (f) - ''see Alice'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Amanda (f) - St Amandus of Elnon ([[February 6]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Amber (f) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine'); St Ambelus in Sicily ([[November 20]] - '''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine'); St Ambelius of Milan ([[July 7]] - '''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine')<br />
*Amelia (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great. ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Amy (f) - St Agapi (daughter of Sophia) ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Anastasia, Anastacia (f) - St [[Anastasia the Roman]] ([[October 29]] - '''Saint'''), St [[Anastasia the Deliverer from Potions]] ([[December 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Andrew (m) - [[Apostle Andrew|St Andrew the First-called Apostle]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Anekah (f) - St Anacharius of Auxerre ([[September 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Angela (f) - Synaxis of Bodiless Powers ([[November 8]] - '''Meaning'''); [[Annunciation]] (or ''' ''Evangelismos'' ''') to the Theotokos ([[March 25]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Angus (m) - St [[Angus of Keld]] (''Óengus the Culdee, Óengus of Tallaght'') ([[March 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Anna (f) - St [[Anna]], mother of the Theotokos ('''Saint''')<br />
*Annabelle (f) - St Amabilis of Riome ('''Sound-alike'''); St Amabilis of Rouen ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Anthony (m) - St [[Anthony]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*April (f) - St Aprus of Toul ([[September 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Archibald, Archie (m) - Saint Erconwald, Bishop of London ([[April 30]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aria (f) - St Aria of Rome ([[August 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Arianna, Ariana (f) - St [[w:Ariadne of Phrygia|Ariadne of Phrygia]] ([[September 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ariel (f) - Martyr Arius ([[June 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') or Martyr Arrian ([[December 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm] <!-- Ariel is used as a form of Jerusalem --><br />
*Arnold (m) - St Arnold ([[July 8]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Arthur (m) - St Artemius ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Arya (m/f) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]] ([[March 7]] - '''Meaning''': noble)<br />
*Ash (m/f) - ''closest is: see Asher or Ashley'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Asher (m) - Asher, son of [[Jacob]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ashley (m/f) - St Leah ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Ava (f) - St Ava of Dinant, Abbess in Belgium ([[April 29]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Avery (f) - St [[Alfred the Great]] ([[October 26]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Aubrey, Aubree (f) - St Alberic of Stavelot-Malmédy ([[October 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Alberic of Utrecht ([[November 14]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Audrey (f) - St Audrey (''or Etheldred'') of Ely ([[June 23]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aurora (f) - St Aurora, martyr ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Austin, Austen (m) - St [[Augustine of Canterbury]] ([[May 26]] - '''Saint'''); St [[Augustine of Hippo]] ([[August 28]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Autumn (f) - St Autonomos ([[September 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://home.iprimus.com.au/xenos/autonomos.html]<br />
*Ava (f) - ''see Eve'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Avril (f) - ''see April'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ayden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ([[August 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Azalea, Azelie (f) - St Adelaide ([[December 16]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm], or, St Azarius, of the Three Holy Children ([[December 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm]<br />
<br />
==B==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Bailey (m) - St Balin ([[September 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Barry (m) - Prophet Baruch ([[September 28]] - '''Saint'''); Saint Finbarr of Cork (''Barrocus, Barry''), ([[September 25]] - '''Saint'''); Saint Barrog (''Barruc''), ([[September 27]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Beau (m) - St Kallistos of Constantinople (one on [[June 20]], the other on [[November 22]] - '''Meaning''': Beautiful)<br />
*Belinda (f) - St Berlinda, anchoress at Meerbeke ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Bella (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Benjamin, Ben (m) - Righteous Benjamin, son of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Bentley (m) - St [[Panteleimon]] ([[July 27]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Bert (m) - ''see Albert''<br />
*Bertrand (m) - St Bertrand ([[June 30]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Bess, Beth, Betty (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Bianca (f) - St [[Alban]], Protomartyr of Britain ([[June 22]] - '''Meaning''': white)<br />
*Blake (m) - St Maurice ([[December 27]] - '''Meaning''': black)<br />
*Bradley (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Braedon, Braydon (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Brandy (f) - St [[Brendan the Navigator]] ([[May 16]]) - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brendan, Brendon (m) - St [[Brendan the Navigator]] ([[May 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Brett (m) - St Brito (''or Britonius'') of Trier ([[May 5]] - '''Meaning''': a Briton) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Brian, Bryan (m) - St [[Eugene]] ('''Meaning''': noble); St Birinus of Dorchester ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brianna (f) - St Birinus of Dorchester ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brittany, Brittney, Britney (f) - St Brito (''or Britonius'') of Trier ([[May 5]] - '''Meaning''': a Briton) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Brody, Brodie (m) - St [[Ambrose of Milan]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brooke (f) - Prophet [[Baruch]] ([[September 28]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brooklyn (f) - St Raphael of Brooklyn ([[February 27]] - '''Saint''' based on name of place)<br />
*Bryce, Bryson (m) - St Brice of Tours ([[November 13]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
<br />
==C==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Caden, Cayden (m) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cadence (f) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Caleb (m) - St Elesbaan, King of Ethiopia ([[October 24]]) ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Callie (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive of Derivative''')<br />
*Callum (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Caitlyn, Caitlin (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ([[November 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Cameron (m) - St Camerinus, martyr under Diocletian ([[August 21]]) ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Camden (m) - St Kanten of Lianganten ([[November 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Camilla, Camila (f) - St Camilla, anchoress in France ([[March 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Candace, Candice, Candy (f) - St [[Candida]] ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
*Carl (m) - ''see Charles'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Carla (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Caroline (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Carson (m) - St Caron ([[March 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Carter (m) - ''see Arthur'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Casey (m) - St Vigilius of Trent ([[June 26]] - '''Meaning''': vigilant) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Cassandra (f) - St [[Kassiani the Hymnographer]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cecilia (f) - St Cecilia of Rome ([[November 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Chad (m) - St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Chantal, Chantel - [[Apostle Peter]] ([[June 29]] - '''Meaning''': stony)<br />
*Charity (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Charles, Charlie (m) - St [[Haralampus_of_Magnesia|Charalambos of Magnesia]] ('''Saint'''); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Charlotte, Charlie, Charley (f) - St [[Haralampus_of_Magnesia|Charalambos of Magnesia]] ('''Saint'''); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Chase (m) - St [[John Cassian]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Chaz''.<br />
*Chavez (m) - St [[Savas]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Chaz (m) - ''see Charles''<br />
*Chelsea (f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Cheryl (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''': love)<br />
*Chiarina (f) - ''see Claire''<br />
*Chloe (f) - St Chloe, commemorated in ancient Corinth together with holy apostles Titus, Crispus and Justus (the Sunday between [[February 13]] and [[February 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Christian (m) - St Christian of Auxerre ([[November 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Christine, Christina (f) - St [[Christina of Tyre]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Christopher, Chris (m) - St [[Christopher of Lycia]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Chryssa (f) - St [[Chrysanthus]] ([[March 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ciaran (m) - ''see Kieran'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Claire, Clara, Clare (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria|Photini the Samaritan Woman]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Cody (m) - St Boethius ([[December 7]] - '''Meaning''': helpful) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stddec.htm]<br />
*Cole (m) - ''see Maurice ('''Meaning''': dark) or Colin ('''Sound-alike''')''<br />
*Colin, Collin (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra|Nicholas]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Colton (m) - St [[Colman of Lindisfarne]] ([[February 18]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Connor (m) - St Conran ([[February 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Conogan ([[October 16]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cooper (m) - ''closest is St [[Cyprian of Carthage|Cyprian]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cora (f) - St Coralia the Virginmartyr ([[September 1]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Corey (m) - St Corentinus of Quimper ([[December 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Courtney (f) - ''see Curtis'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Crystal, Chrystal (f) - Celebrated on [[December 25]] (from 'Chrystalla')<br />
*Cruz (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]] ('''Meaning''': Cross)<br />
*Curtis (m) - Apostle [[Quartus]] ([[November 10]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Curnutus of Iconium ([[September 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
*Cynthia (f) - St Cyntianus of Seleucia ([[15 November]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Cyntianus (or Cyntion), Hieromartyr & Bishop of Chalcedon ([[29 April]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
<br />
==D==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Daenerys (f) - St Nirras, Martyr ([[January 20]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_n.htm] or St [[Daniel]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dane (m) - St Ansgar, Enlightener of Denmark ([[February 3]] - '''Meaning''': Dane, Danish people); St Deiniol of Wales ([[September 11]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Daniel (m) - St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Danielle (f) - St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Daphne (f) - Greek for laurel; [[Palm Sunday]], in remembrance of palms and laurels laid down for Jesus' entry into Jerusalem [http://www.greek-names.info/dafni-or-daphne/]<br />
*Daria (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Darlene (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Darren (m) - Prophet Aaron ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Darrell (m) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*David (m) - St [[David (disambiguation)|David]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Dawn (f) - ''see Aurora'' ('''Meaning''': dawn)<br />
*Deborah, Debra, Debbie (f) - St Deborah the Judge ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Declan (m) - St Declan of Ardmore ([[w:Declán of Ardmore|Wikipedia]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Dennis, Denis (m) - St [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] ([[October 3]] - '''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Dionysius (disambiguation)]]''.<br />
*Derek, Derrick (m) - St Theodoric of Mont d'Or ([[July 1]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Devin (m) - St [[Cosmas and Damian|Damian]] ('''Saint, Sound-alike''')<br />
*Diana (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dirk, Dietrich (m) - ''see Derek'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Dolly (f) - ''see Dorothy'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Dominic (m) - Hieromartyr Cyriacus (''Kyriakos''), Bishop of Jerusalem ([[October 18]] - '''Meaning''': Lord); St Kyriakos (''Cyriacus the Anchorite'') ([[September 29]] - '''Meaning''': Lord).<br />
*Donald (m) - St [[Donald of Ogilvy]] ([[July 15]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Donna (f) - [[Mary]] the Mother of God ('''Meaning''': 'Madonna', meaning 'My Lady'); ''sometimes: see Donald'' ('''Diminutive''').<br />
*Dorothy, Dora, Doreen, Doris (f) - St Dorothea of Caesarea ([[February 6]] - '''Saint'''); <br />
*Douglas, Doug (m) - St Daganus ([[August 18]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Drogo (m) - St Drogo, ascetic ([[April 2]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_d.htm]<br />
*Dustin (m) - St [[Dunstan of Canterbury]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dylan, Dillon (m/f) - St Dillon of Llandaff ([[February 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
<br />
==E==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Easton (m) - St Eosterwine of Wearmouth ([[March 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Edward (m) - St [[Edward the Martyr|Edward the Passion-Bearer of England]] ([[March 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Edwin (m) - St Edwen, Patron saint of Llanedwen in Anglesey in Wales ([[November 6]] - '''Saint'''); St Edwin, King of Northumbria in England ([[October 12]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eileen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Elaine, Eleanor, Elena (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Electra (f) - ''see Amber'' ('''Meaning''': direct translation)<br />
*Eliana (f) - [[Prophet Elijah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Elijah, Eli (m) - [[Prophet Elijah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Elizabeth (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ella, Ellie (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive'')<br />
*Elliot, Elliott (m) - ''see Elijah'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Elsa, Elsie (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Elvin (m) - St Elwin of Cornwall ([[February 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Elvis (m) - St [[Ailbe of Emly]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Emily (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Emma (f) - St Imma of Karlburg ([[November 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eric, Erik (m) - St [[Erc of Slane]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Erica, Erika (f) - ''see Eric'' ('''Saint''', feminine form)<br />
*Ericson (m) - ''see Eric'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Erin (f) - St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland ('''Meaning'''); or, St [[Irene of Thessaloniki]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Estelle (f) - ''see Stella'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Ethan (m) - Ethan, great-grandson of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eugene (m) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]]<br />
*Eva (f) - Eve the First-Formed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Evan (m) - St [[John]] ('''Derivative of Saint'''); St Evan of Ayrshire ([[August 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Evelyn (f) - St Abel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
<br />
==F==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Faith (f) - St [[Faith]], daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint'''); St. Faith (''Foi, Foy''), a holy virgin-martyr burnt to death in France ([[October 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Finn (m) - ''see Alban'' ('''Meaning''': fair, white)<br />
*Flynn (m) - St Flannan of Killaloe ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Frances (f) - ''see Frank''<br />
*Francis (m) - ''see Frank''<br />
*Frank (m) - St Francoveus (Franchy), an ascetic ([[May 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_f.htm]<br />
*Frederick, Fred (m) - St Frederick of Utrecht ([[July 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==G==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Gabriel (m) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gabrielle, Gabriella (f) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gail (f) - ''see Abigail'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gavin (m) - St Gavinus, Protomartyr of Sardinia ([[May 30]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Garrett (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gemma (f) - St Gemma in Gurk, Austria ([[June 29]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Genesis (f) - ''closest is the [[Nativity|Nativity of Christ]] or the [[Nativity of the Theotokos]]'' ('''Meaning''')<br />
*Genevieve (f) - St Geneviève of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Geoffrey, Geoff (m) - St Geoffrey, Abbot of Wearmouth ('''Saint''')<br />
*Geordie (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*George (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gerald, Gerry (m) - St Gerald, Bishop of Mayo ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gertrude (f) - St Gertrude of Nivelles ([[March 17]] - '''Saint'''); St Gertrude of Remiremont ([[November 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Gertrude the Elder ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]<br />
*Gianna (f) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gilbert (m) - St Agilbert of Jouarre ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Gilles (m) - St Aegidius of Nîmes ([[September 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Gillian (f) - ''see Jillian''<br />
*Giselle (f) - St Gezelin (or Ghislain, Gisle or Joscelin), an Ascetic ([[August 6]] - '''Sound-alike'''); the Righteous Jesse ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Gina (f) - ''see Regina'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Giovanna (f) - ''see Gianna'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gloria (f) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Grace (f) - St Charis ([[January 28]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Grayson (m) - St Villicus of Metz ([[April 17]] - '''Meaning''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Gwen, Gwendoline (f) - St Gwen Teirborn of Britain ('''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==H==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Hadrian (m) - St [[Adrian]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Hailey, Hailee (f) - ''see Hayley'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Hanalei (m/f) - ''see Henry'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hank (m) - St [[John]] ('''Derivative''', from 'Hankin'); or, ''see Henry'' ('''Diminutive''').<br />
*Hannah (f) - St Anna, mother of the Theotokos; St Hannah, mother of the Prophet Samuel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Harlow (f) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Harper (f) - ''closest is St David the Prophet & King'' ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Meaning''': Harp-player)<br />
*Harrison (m) - ''see Harry'' ('''Derivative'''). Or, St [[Hariton]] ([[September 28]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Harry (m) - ''see Henry'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Harold'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Haydon (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hayley, Haylee (f) - ''see Leah'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Heather (f) - St Ethelburgh ([[September 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Helen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Henry (m) - St Henry of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre ([[June 24]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]<br />
*Heidi (f) - ''see Adelaide'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Hilda (f) - St [[Hilda of Whitby]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Holly (f) - [[Holy Cross]] ([[September 14]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, St Hellius the Martyr ([[July 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_h.htm]; or, St Olive the Virgin-Martyr ([[June 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hope (f) - St Hope, daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Hudson (m) - ''see Hugh or Richard'' ('''Diminutive''', via 'Hudde')<br />
*Hugh (m) - St Hugh of Rouen ([[April 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]<br />
*Hunter (m) - St Gunthiern in Brittany ([[July 3]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]<br />
<br />
==I==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Ian (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ida (f) - St Ita ([[January 15]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Indigo (f) - St [[Porphyrios (disambiguation)|Prophyrios]] ('''Meaning''': colour (indigo is similar to purple))<br />
*Isa (f) - ''see Isabel'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Isaac (m) - St [[Isaac]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Isabel, Isabella, Isabelle (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Isaiah (m) - Prophet [[Isaiah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==J==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Jace, Jase (m) - ''see Jason'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jack (m) - St [[John]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, ''see Jacob'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jackson, Jaxon, Jaxson (m) - ''see Jack'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jacob, Jake (m) - St Jacob (Son of Isaac - [[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''), St [[Jacob Netsvetov]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jacqueline (f) - St [[Jacob (disambiguation)|Jacob]] or St [[Apostle James the Just|James]] ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jade (f) - St Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jaira (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ('''Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)<br />
*Jairos, Jairus (m) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ('''Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)<br />
*James (m) - St [[James]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jamie (m/f) - ''see James'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jan, Jane (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Janet (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Janice (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jared (m) - ([[Sunday of the Fathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Jason (m) - St [[Jason]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jasmine (f) - St Jasimus, Ascetic & Wonderworker ([[February 4]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Javana (f) - ''see Giovanna'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jay, Jayce (m) - ''see James or Jason'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jayden, Jaydon (m) - St. Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jeff, Jeffrey (m) - ''see Geoffrey'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jenna (f) - ''see Jenny'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jennifer (f) - St Genevieve of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jenny (f) - ''see Jane'' ('''Diminutive'''); or, ''see Jennifer'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jeoire (m) - St [[George]] ([[April 23]] - '''Derivative''' from French)<br />
*Jeremiah, Jeremy (m) - Prophet [[Jeremiah]] ([[May 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Jerica (f) - St [[Gertrude of Nivelles]] ([[March 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Jerome (m) - St [[Jerome]] of Stridon<br />
*Jerry (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jesse (m) - St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Jessie (f) - St [[Joanna]] ('''Saint'''); St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Jessica (f) - ''closest: see Jessie'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jillian (f) - St [[w:Julian of Antioch|Julian]]<br />
*Jo, Joan, Joanna, Joanne (f) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]] ('''Derivative''', feminine form)<br />
*Jocelyn, Joselyn (f) - St Judocus (Josse) of Brittany ([[December 13]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]<br />
*Jodie (f) - ''see Judith'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Joe (m) - ''see Joseph'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Joel (m) - [[Prophet Joel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*John (m) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jonathan, Jonty (m) - Jonathan, son of Saul [[Sunday of the Forefathers]] ('''Saint'''), or St [[Theodore]] ('''Meaning''': God has given)<br />
*Jordan, Jordana (m/f) - The [[Theophany of Christ]] ('''Derivative''', name of river)<br />
*Joseph (m) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Josephine (f) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Joost (m) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Joshua, Josh (m) - St Joshua the son of Nun ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Josiah (m) - [[Prophet Josiah]] ([[October 17]] - '''Saint'''); St Josiah of Cordoba ([[August 27]] - '''Saint'''); King Josiah ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Joyce (m/f) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Juno (f) - St Junia, Apostle of the 70 ([[May 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Judith, Judy (f) - St Judith, slayer of Holofernes ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]; St [[Apostle Jude|Jude the Apostle]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Julia, Julie (f) - St Julia of Corsica ([[July 16]] - '''Saint'''), St Julia of Troyes ([[July 21]] - '''Saint'''), or St Julia of Mérida ([[December 10]] - '''Saint'''). [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]<br />
*Julian (m) - St Julian of Homs ([[February 6]] - '''Saint'''); St Julian of Antioch ([[June 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==K==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Kaelyn (f) - ''see Kay'' ('''diminutive''')<br />
*Kai (m) - ''see Kay'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kaiden (m) - ''see Kayden'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Kaitlyn (f) - ''see Caitlyn'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kallum (m) - ''see Callum'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Karen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kateri (f) - ''see Katherine''<br />
*Katherine, Kathryn (f) - ''see Catherine'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kathleen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kay, Kayla, Kaylee, Kaylyn, Kaylynn (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive'''); St Kay in England ([[November 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Kayden (m) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kayse (f) - ''see Casey'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Keira (f) - St Kiara ([[January 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_k.htm]<br />
*Keith (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]] ('''Meaning''': Wood); or, St [[Nikifor]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Kelly (f) - St Ceallach of Killala ([[May 1]] - '''Diminutive'''); St Caellainn in Ireland ([[February 3]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Kelsey (m/f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Ken, Kenneth (m) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]] - '''Saint'''); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Kennedy (f) - ''see Kenneth'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Kerrian (m/f) - St. [[w:Saint Piran|Piran of Cornwall]] ([[March 5]] - '''Diminutive'''), who in turn has been identified as the Irish saint [[w:Ciarán of Saigir|Ciarán of Saigir]] (also [[March 5]])<br />
*Kevin (m) - St [[Kevin of Glendalough]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Khaleesi (f) - St Kali the Ascetic ([[May 22]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Khloe (f) - ''see Chloe'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kieran, Kyran, Kiaran (m) - St. [[w:Ciarán of Saigir|Ciarán of Saigir]] (''Ciarán the Elder'', [[March 5]] - '''Saint'''); St [[Kieran of Clonmacnoise]] ([[September 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Kimberley, Kimberly, Kim (f) - St Cyneburgh, abbess in Northamptonshire ([[March 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Kittie (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kristen (f) - ''see Christina'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kruze (m) - ''see Cruz'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Krystal (f) - Celebrated on [[December 25]] ('''Sound-alike''': 'Chrystalla')<br />
*Kyle (m) - St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Kylie (f) - St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Kyra (f) - St Kyra, an ascetic ([[February 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Kyra Obolenskaya ([[December 4]] - '''Saint'''), new-martyr; St Kyra, a virgin ([[June 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Kyrion (m) - Martyr Kyrion (''Cyrion, Quirio'') of the Holy 40 Martyrs of Sebaste ([[March 9]])<br />
<br />
==L==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Lance (m) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Landon (m) - St Landericus of Soignies ([[April 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Larry (m) - ''see Laurence'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Laura (f) - St Laura of Cordoba, martyred in Spain by the Moors ([[October 19]] - '''Saint'''); or, St [[Laurus]] ([[August 18]]).<br />
*Lauren (f) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Laurence (m) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Layla (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Leah, Lia (f) - St Leah, the wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''); St Lea, ascetic in Rome ([[March 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Lee (m) - ''see Leah'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Levi (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Leo (m) - St [[Leo the Great]] ([[February 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Leon (m) - ''see Leo''<br />
*Leonard (m) - St [[Leonid of Optina]]; St Leonard of Avranches ([[March 4]] - '''Saint'''), of Vandoeuvre ([[October 15]] - '''Saint''') or of Noblac ([[November 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; <br />
*Leslie (m/f) - St Lelia in Limerick ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lia (f) - ''see Leah'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Liam (m) - ''see William'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lila (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Liliana (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lillian (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lily (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lincoln (m) - All Saints of Lincolnshire ('''Meaning''': named for location) [http://www.allsaintslincs.org.uk/event-reader/events/patronal-festival-liturgy.html]<br />
*Linda (f) - St [[Linus]] of Rome ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Lindsey (f) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Linda'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Link (m) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lisa (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Logan (m) - St [[Longin the Centurion]] ([[October 16]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*London (f) - St Mellitus of London; St Sebbe, founder of Westminster; St Erconwald of London; St Ethelburgh, abbess of Barking; Sts Beocca & Hethor, martyrs of Chertsey; St Wulsin, renewer of St Peter's Monastery; St Dunstan of London; or St Alphege of Canterbury ('''Meaning''': named for location)<br />
*Lorna (f) - St Loarn, disciple of St Patrick ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lorraine (f) - ''see Laura'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Louis, Luis (m) - St Ludwin of Trier ([[September 29]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; or St Lewina of Seaford ([[July 24]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Louise, Lou (f) - St Ludwin of Trier ([[September 29]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; or St Lewina of Seaford ([[July 24]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lucas (m) - [[Apostle Luke]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Lucy (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ([[December 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Luke (m) - [[Apostle Luke]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Lydia (f) - St [[Lydia of Thyatira|Lydia of Phillipi]] ([[May 20]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Lynn (f) - [[Theophany]] ('''Meaning''': lake); or, ''see Linda'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
<br />
==M==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Mabel (f) - St Amabilis of Riome ([[November 1]] - '''Derivative'''), St Amabilis of Rouen ([[July 11]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Mackenzie (f) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]] - '''Derivative''': son of Kenneth); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]] - '''Derivative''': son of Kenneth)<br />
*Madelyn, Madeleine, Madeline (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ([[July 22]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Madison (f) - St Maud ([[March 14]] - '''Derivative''': son of Maud) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Maggie (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Makayla (f) - ''see Michaela'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Malcolm (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ([[June 9]])<br />
*Marcia (f) - St Marcia, martyred under Diocletian ([[July 2]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Margaret (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Marlow (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ('''Sound-alike of Derivative''')<br />
*Maria, Mariah (f) - [[Mary]] ('''Saint'''); St Mariah the sister of Moses ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]; St [[Maria (Skobtsova) | Maria of Paris]] ([[July 20]])<br />
*Marisa, Marissa (f) - ''see [[Theotokos|Mary]]; or, see Louis''<br />
*Marshall (m) - St Martial, bishop of Lomoges ([[June 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.htm?year=2017&today=9&month=10&trp=0] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Martial]; St Servatus of Tongres ([[May 13]] - '''Meaning''': servant) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Martin (m) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Martina, Martine (f) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Mary (f) - [[Mary]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Mason (m) - St Maysimus the Ascetic and Syrian ([[January 23]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Matthew (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Max (m) - St [[Maximos the Confessor]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Maximilian (m) - St Maximilian, one of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus ([[October 22]] - '''Saint''') [https://oca.org/saints/lives/2017/10/22/103024-st-maximilian-one-of-the-seven-sleepers-of-ephesus]<br />
*Maxwell (m) - St Magnus the founder of the Füssen monastery ([[September 6]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Maya (f) - St Magos (2nd century) ([[May 31]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Megan (f) - St [[Marina of Antioch|Margaret]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Mehmet (m) - St [[Demetrios the Neomartyr]] ([[April 14]] - '''see Life''')<br />
*Melanie (f) - St Melania the Ascetic & Elder ([[June 8]] - '''Saint'''); St Melania (Melanie) of Rome, Ascetic ([[December 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Melina (f) - ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative'''), or, ''see Milena'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Melinda (f) - St Ermelindis, hermitess ([[October 29]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Melissa or Melania'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Melissa, Milena (f) - St Melissinus the Martyr ([[March 6]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Merissa (f) - ''see Marissa''<br />
*Mhairi, Mhaire (f) - ''see Mary'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Mia (f) - ''see Maria'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Micah (m) - Prophet [[Micah]] ('''Saint'''); or, St [[Micah of Radonezh]] ([[May 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Michael (m) - ''[[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Michaela, Mikayla (f) - [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Michelle (f) - [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Mila (f) - St Milica of Serbia ('''Derivative of Saint''' - ''pronounced Mίlitsa'')<br />
*Milena (f) - ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Miles (m) - St Milo, hermit at Fontenelle ([[August 18]] - ''Saint'') or St Miles (''or Milos''), Bishop and Hieromartyr ([[10 November]] - ''Saint'') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_m.htm]<br />
*Milly (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]] - '''Diminutive'''); St Mildred of Minster-in-Thanet ([[July 13]] - '''Diminutive''')<br />
*Mitchell (m) - ''see Michael'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Molly (f) - ''see Mary'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Monica, Monique (f) - St [[Monica of Hippo]], mother of St Augustine ('''Saint''')<br />
*Monroe (f) - St Mun, Bishop & Ascetic on island in Lough Ree, Ireland ([[February 6]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Morgan (f) - St Maughold ([[December 28]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Modan ([[February 4]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Morwenna ([[July 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Mohammed, Muhammed, Muhammad (m) - St [[Demetrios the Neomartyr]] ([[April 14]] - '''see Life''')<br />
<br />
==N==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Nadine, Nadia, Nadya (f) - St Hope, daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''': Nadezhda)<br />
*Naomi (f) - [[Prophet Naum]] ([[December 1]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Natalie (f) - St [[Adrian and Natalia|Natalia]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Nathan (m) - Prophet Nathan ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Nathaniel (m) - [[Apostle Bartholomew]] (aka Nathaniel) ('''Saint''')<br />
*Nevaeh (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]] - '''Meaning''': 'heaven' in reverse)<br />
*Neil, Nigel (m) - St [[Nilus of Sora|Nil]] ([[May 7]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ngaire (f) - St Nereus ([[May 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsn.htm]<br />
*Nicholas (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Nicole (f) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Noah (m) - Righteous [[Noah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Noel (m/f) - The [[Nativity]] of Christ ('''Meaning''': Christmas)<br />
*Nolan (m) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]] ([[March 7]] - '''Meaning''': noble); St Paulinus of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Felix of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Maximus of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Arnold ('''Sound-alike'''), Maginold ('''Sound-alike'''), Reinold ('''Sound-alike''').<br />
*Nora (f) - St [[Helen]] ('''Diminutive''': Elanora)<br />
<br />
==O==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Oliver (m) - St Oliver of Ancona ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Olivia (f) - St [[Olivia of Palermo]] ([[June 10]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Onyx (f) - St Maurice ([[December 27]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Oren (m) - St Orentius of Loret ([[May 1]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Orentius of Auch ([[May 1]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintso.htm]<br />
*Oscar (m) - St Ansgar ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Owen (m) - St Eugene of Trebizond ([[January 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==P==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Paige (f) - St Pega of England ([[January 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm]<br />
*Paisley (f) - St [[Basil the Great]] ('''Meaning''': Paisley -> Basilica)<br />
*Parker (m) - St Phylax ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
*Patricia (f) - St [[Patrick of Ireland]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Penelope (f) - St Penelope the Virgin Martyr ([[September 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Peyton, Payton (f) - St Pega, anchoress in England ([[January 8]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm]<br />
*Phoenix (m/f) - St [[Felix of Byzantium|Felix]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Piper (f) - St Piperion ([[March 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
*Poppy (f) - St Poppo, Abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy in Belgium ([[January 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
<br />
==Q==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Quentin (m) - St Quentin of France ([[October 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Quinn - St Quintus, Quintius or Quintilla ([http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsq.htm Various namesdays] - '''Sound-alike''') <br />
<br />
==R==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Rachel (f) - St Rachel, wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Raine, Rain (f) - ''see Regina ('''Meaning''': queen)<br />
*Ralph (m) - St Ralph of Bourges ([[June 21]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Raymond (m) - St Rumon ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]; St Ebremund, Founder & Abbot of Fontenay-Louvet near Séez ([[June 10]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]; St [[Ammon]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St Amon of Toul ([[October 23]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]<br />
*Reagan, Regan (f) - St Reginus, Bishop of Skopel (February 25 - '''Sound-alike'''); St Reginus, Martyr of Cyprus (August 20 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_r.htm]<br />
*Rebecca (f) - St Rebecca, wife of Isaac ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Regina (f) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Meaning''': Queen); or, St Regina of Autun ([[September 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Reginald (m) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Meaning''': Queen).<br />
*Richard (m) - St Richard ([[February 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Rider (m) - ''see Ryder'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Rihanna (f) - St Basil the Great ('''Meaning''': basil), or St [[Anna]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Riley, Ryley (m/f) - St Reineldis ([[July 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*River (m) - [[Theophany]] ('''Meaning''': link between River and the River Jordan)<br />
*Robert (m) - ''see Rupert'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Robin (f) - St [[Photini]] ('''Meaning''': bright, shining)<br />
*Roderick, Rod (m) - St Rodericus, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[March 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Roger (m) - St Roger, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[September 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ronald (m) - St Reinold, martyr at Pantaleon Monastery in Germany ([[January 7]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Rosa, Rose, Rosy, Rosita (f) - St Triantafyllos ([[August 8]] - '''Meaning''') [http://www.greek-names.info/triantafyllos/]; St. Rose of Sardinia ('''Saint''') [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rublevpupil/494434905/]<br />
*Rosemary (f) - ''see Mary, or, see Rose'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Rowan (m) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Rowena (f) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Roxana, Roxanne, Roxy (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria]], or, ''see Aurora'' ('''Meaning''': Bright or Dawn)<br />
*Ruby (f) - St Maelrubius ([[April 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Rupert (m) - St [[w:Rupert of Salzburg|Rupert of Salzburg]] ([[March 27]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ruth (f) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ryan (m) - St Rhian, abbot ([[March 8]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, Emmanuel (being a translation referring to the infant Christ - '''Meaning''').<br />
*Ryder (m) - [[Synaxis of the Bodiless Powers]] ([[November 8]] - '''Meaning''': messenger); or, St Ruadan of Lothra ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm], St Ida of Nivelles ([[May 8]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Idea of Herzfeld ([[September 4]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Idus of Alt-Fadha in Leinster ([[July 14]] - '''Sound-alike''').<br />
<br />
==S==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Sadie (f) - ''see Sarah'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Sage (m) - Martyr Saïs ([[January 5]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Samantha, Sam (f) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Samuel, Sam (m) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Sarah, Sara (f) - [[Sarah]], wife of Abraham ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''); St [[w:Sarah of the Desert|Sarah of the Desert]] ([[July 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Savannah (f) - St Savina of Milan ([[January 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Scarlett, Scarlet (f) - St Scarthin ([[January 6]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Scott (m) - [[Apostle Andrew]], patron of Scotland ('''Meaning''': Scottish person); or St [[Columba]], enlightener of Scotland ('''Meaning''': Scottish person).<br />
*Scout (f) - St Escoos, a martyr ([[March 26]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]<br />
*Sean, Shaun (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Sebastian (m) - St Sebastian the Martyr ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Serenity (f) - St Galina of Corinth, martyr ([[April 16]] - '''Meaning''': Galina means serenity); Sts. Serenicus and Serenus, monastic brothers ([[May 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Serenus of Marseilles ([[August 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Serena (f) - Sts. Serenicus and Serenus, monastic brothers ([[May 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Serenus of Marseilles ([[August 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Shane (m) - St John ('''Saint''')<br />
*Shannon (m/f) - St Senan, founder of monasteries and churches ([[March 8]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Shantelle (f) - ''see Chantal'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Shardae, Sharday (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Sharon, Shari, Sharrie, Sharree (f) (''from Hebrew: Šārôn - 'plain; 1 Chronicles 5:16'; 1 Chronicles 27:29; Acts 9:35'') – ''variant of Sarah, Sarai ('''Saint''')''; St Charalambos of Magnesia ([[February 10]] - '''Sound-alike'''). <br />
*Shelby (f) - [[Apostle Silvan]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Sheldon (m) - St Elwin in Cornwall ([[February 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Sherry, Sheree, Sherri, Sherrie, Cherie (f) - ''see Cheryl''; ''also variant of Sharon'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Shiloh (f) - St Galina, martyr at Corinth (one on [[April 16]], another on [[March 10]] - '''Meaning''': tranquil)<br />
*Simone (f) - [[Apostle Simon]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Simpson (m) - St Acoustios ([[April 21]] - '''Meaning''': listening); or, St [[Sampson]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Siobhan (f) - ''see Jeanne'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Skye (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]] - '''Meaning''': Sky and Heavens)<br />
*Skylar, Skyler (f) - St Scholastica, sister of St Benedict ('''Meaning''': Skylar derived from Schuyler, meaning 'scholar')<br />
*Sloane (m) - St [[Silouan the Athonite]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Sophia, Sophie (f) - St Sophia (mother of Sts Faith, Hope & Love) ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Stella (f) - St [[Stylianos of Paphlagonia]] ([[November 26]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Stephanie (f) - St [[Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr|Stephen]] the Protomartyr ('''Saint''')<br />
*Summer (f) - St Sunaman, an ascetic and martyr ([[February 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_s.htm]; St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] - '''Meaning''': Summer) [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm]<br />
*Susanna (f) - St Susanna, martyred in Salerno ([[January 18]] - '''Saint'''); St Susanna the Just ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Sydney (f) - St [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] ([[October 3]] - '''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Dionysius (disambiguation)]]''; St Sidonius of Clermont ([[August 21]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Sidonius of Rouens ([[November 14]] - '''Sound-alike'''), or St Sedna of Ossory ([[March 10]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
<br />
==T==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Tabitha (f) - St. Tabitha ([[October 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Tania, Tanya (f) - ''see Tatiana'' ('''Diminutive'''); ''see Anthony'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tara (f) - St Tarsila, aunt of St Gregory the Great ([[December 24]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tatiana (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Taylor (f) - St Talarican in Scotland ([[October 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Teresa, Theresa, Therese (f) - St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] or [[August 5]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Tess (f) - ''see Teresa'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Theon (m) - St Theion, martyr ([[February 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Thierry (m) - ''see Derek'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Thomas (m) - [[Apostle Thomas]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Thor (m) - St Thorgyth the Ascetic ([[January 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm]<br />
*Tia (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, saints ending in '-tia' ('''Sound-alike'''); or, St Thais ([[May 10]] - '''Sound-alike''').<br />
*Tiana (f) - ''see Tatiana or Christiana'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tiffany (f) - The [[Theophany]] of our Lord ([[January 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Travis (m) - St Triverius of Dombes ([[January 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trevor (m) - St Triverius, hermit in Dombes ([[January 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trinity (f) - [[Pentecost]] ('''Feast Day''')<br />
*Tristan (m) - St Drostan (''or Drustan''), abbot in Aberdeenshire ([[July 11]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Troy (m) - St Troyen of Saintes ([[November 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trudy (f) - ''see Gertrude'' ('''Saint'''); or, St Tudy of Wales ([[January 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Ty (m) - ''see Tyler, Tyson or Tyrone'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tyler (m) - St Tillo of Belgium ([[January 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tyrone (m) - ''see Owen'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Tyrion (m) - St [[Tikhon]], St Tiridates of Armenia ([[November 29]]), St Taurion ([[November 7]]), Turiav ([[July 13]]) ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm] [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tyson (m) - St Dyfan of Britain ([[May 26]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
<br />
==U==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Ulla (f) - St Ulric of Einsiedeln, son of St Gerold ([[May 29]] - '''Derivative'''); St Ulric (or Uldaricus, Udalric), Bishop of Augsburg ([[July 4]] - '''Derivative'''); St Ulric the Ascetic & Martyr ([[April 9]] - '''Derivative''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_u.htm]<br />
*Unity (f) - St Uni of Bremen-Hamburg ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''': One) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsu.htm]<br />
*Uriel (m) - Archangel Uriel ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ursula (f) - St Ursula, Virgin-Martyr in Cologne ([[October 21]] - '''Saint''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_u.htm]<br />
*Usher (m) - ''see Asher'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
<br />
==V==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Valentina (f) - St [[Valentine]] [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Valerie (f) - St Valery of Leuconay ([[April 1]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]; St Valeria of Milan ([[April 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Valeria martyred in France ([[December 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Vanessa (f) - Esther (of the [[Book of Esther]] - '''Saint''': name invented, based on 'Esther')<br />
*Veronica (f) - St [[Veronica]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Victor (m) - St [[Victor]] ('''Saint''').<br />
*Victoria (f) - Virgin-Martyr Victoria ([[December 23]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Vincent (m) - St [[Vincent of Lerins]] ([[May 24]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Violet (f) - St Lydia, seller of purple ([[May 7]] - '''Meaning''': Violet & Purple)<br />
*Vivian (f) - St Vivian, martyred in Rome ([[December 2]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==W==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Walter (m) - St [[Vladimir]] ('''Meaning''')<br />
*Warren (m) - St Warren of France ([[August 25]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Wendall (m) - St Wendolinus ([[October 21]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Whitney (f) - St Wite in Dorset ([[June 1]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*William (m) - St [[William of Gellone]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Willow (f) - St Willa, an ascetic ([[October 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_w.htm]<br />
*Winnie (f) - St Winifred of Wales ([[November 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Winston (m) - St Wistan ([[June 1]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Wyatt (m/f) - ''see William''<br />
<br />
==X==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Xavier (m) - St Ava, Abbess of Denain ([[April 29]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Avy of Micy ([[June 17]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St [[Avitus]] ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm]<br />
*Xander (m) - ''see Alexander'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
<br />
==Y==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Yvette (f) - St Ywi, ascetic of Lindisfarne ([[October 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_y.htm]; or, ''see Eve or Janette'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
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==Z==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Zachary, Zach (m) - St [[Zachariah]], father of St John the Baptist ('''Saint''')<br />
*Zeke (m) - Prophet [[Ezekiel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Zelda (f) - ''see Hilda'' ('''Diminutive, from Griselda''') [https://www.behindthename.com/name/griselda]<br />
*Zelie (f) - ''see Azalea'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Zhadee (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Zoe, Zoey (f) - [[Life-Giving Spring]] (Bright Friday); Exuperius and Zoe ([[May 2]]); Zoe of Rome ([[December 18]]) ('''Saint''')<br />
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==A List of Old Testament Saints==<br />
''This list of saints from the Old Testament, commemorated on the second Sunday before Nativity, has yet to be incorporated into the main body of this article.''<br />
<br />
* Adam and Eve, the first-formed. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Abel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Seth. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Enosh. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Canaan. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Mahalaleln. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Jared. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Enoch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Methuselah. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Lamech. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Noah. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Shem. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Japhet. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Arphaxad. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Cainan. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Shelah. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Eber, after whom the Jews are named Hebrews. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Peleg. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Reu. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Serug. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Nahor. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Terah. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Abraham the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Isaac the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Jacob the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Reuben the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Symeon the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Levi the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Judah the Patriarch, of whose tribe came the Christ. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Zebulun the Patriarch, whose tribe lives by the seashore. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Issachar the Patriarch, whose tribe tills the soil. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Dan the Patriarch, whose tribe is judge. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Gad the Patriarch, whose tribe is robbed. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Asher the Patriarch, whose tribe is rich in wheat-bearing lands. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Naphtali the Patriarch, whose tribe is very numerous. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Joseph the Patriarch, whose tribe is very glorious and very famous. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Benjamin the Patriarch, whose tribe is gentle and not savage. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Perez and Zerach, the twin sons of Judah the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Hezron. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Ram. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Jesse. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* David the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Solomon the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Rehoboam the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Abijah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Asa the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Jehoshaphat the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Joram the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Ahaziah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Jotham the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Ahaz the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Hezekiah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Manasseh the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Amon the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Josiah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Jeconiah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Shealtiel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Zerubbabel, who rebuilt the Temple in Jerusalem which had been burned down. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Abiud. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Eliakim. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Azor. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Zadok. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Achim. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Eliud. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Eleazar. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Matthan. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Jacob. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Joseph, the Betrothed. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Melchizedek. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Job. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Prophet Moses. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Hur, the priest. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Aaron, the priest. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Joshua, son of Nun. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Prophet Samuel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Prophet Nathan. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Prophet Daniel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* The Three Holy Youths. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Sarah, Abraham's wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Rebecca, Isaac's wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Leah, Jacob's first wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Rachel, Jacob's second wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Asenath, the most upright Joseph's wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Mariah, Moses' sister. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Deborah, who judged Israel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Ruth. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* The woman of Sarepta, to whom Elijah was sent. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* The Shunamitess, who gave lodging to Elisha. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Judith, who slew Holofernes. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Esther, who saved Israel from death. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Hannah, mother of the prophet Samuel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
* Susanna. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Western Saints before the AD 1054 Schism]]<br />
*[[Patron saint]]<br />
*[[Name day]]<br />
<br />
==Bibliography==<br />
* [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsint.htm The Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome]<br />
* [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/oespain.htm The Saints of Spain]<br />
* [http://suburbanbanshee.wordpress.com/category/saint-names/ Aliens in This World] Category: Saint Names<br />
* [http://www.oodegr.co/english/istorika/britain/British_saints.htm The Orthodox Saints of the Ancient Church in the British Isles and Ireland]<br />
* [http://www.namedays.gr/index_uk.php GREEK NAME DAYS for the year 2015 (source ©: www.namedays.gr)]<br />
* [http://www.roman-catholic-saints.com/catholic-saint-names.html Roman Catholic Saints]<br />
* [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_preface.htm When is my nameday?], compiled by Fr Christopher Klitou<br />
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Pistevo
https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Baptismal_names&diff=130733
Baptismal names
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<p>Pistevo: adding the saints of the Sunday of the Forefathers as a separate section, for later merging into the article.</p>
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<div>A '''baptismal name''' is a name given to a newly-baptised Orthodox Christian. For the majority of Orthodox history, Orthodox Christians have been given the names of Orthodox saints (e.g. Mary, John, Demetrios, Olga) or names that reference Biblical events (e.g. Evangelos, which is a reference to the Annunciation).<br />
<br />
This article is a list of names that have:<br />
* Orthodox saints, perhaps unexpectedly, attached to either the original name (e.g. Theophany for Tiffany) or to a diminutive (e.g. Gerald for Jerry), or<br />
* Orthodox saints whose names mean the same thing (e.g. St. Alban for Bianca, since they both mean "white"; or St. Maurice for Blake, since they both mean "black"), or<br />
* If these are not available, a phonetic "closest match" may be given, where the name sounds similar to a saint's name (e.g. St. Rumon for Raymond).<br />
<br />
However, this is not designed to be a list for existing matchups which have no relation (e.g. Panayiotis for Peter).<br />
<br />
==A==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Aaliyah (f) - ''see Alia'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Aaron (m) - St Aaron the Priest ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Abigail, Abby (f) - Venerable Virgin-martyr Æbbe the Younger of Coldingham, Abbess of Coldingham Priory ([[April 2]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Adalyn, Adaline (f) - ''see Adele'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Adam (m) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Addison (f) - ''see Madison'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Adrian (m) - Saint [[Adrian]]<br />
*Adelaide (f) - St Adelaide of Rome; St Adelaide of Burgundy ([[December 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Adele, Adela (f) - St Adela, Abbess of Pfalzel ([[December 24]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Adrian (m) - St Adrian ([[August 26]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aidan, Aiden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Aimee (f) - ''see Amy'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alan, Allan, Allen (m) - St Alan of Lavaur ([[November 25]] - '''Saint'''); St Elian of Cornwall ([[January 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Alana, Alaina (f) - ''see Alan'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Albert (m) - St [[Albert]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alex (m/f) - ''see Alexis, Alexandra or Alexander'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alexa (f) - ''see Alexis or Alexandra'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alexander (m) - St [[Alexander]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alexandra (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]] - '''Saint'''); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Alexis (m/f) - St [[Alexios the Man of God|Alexis the Man of God]] ([[March 17]] - '''Saint'''); Tsarevich Alexei ('''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Alexis (disambiguation)]]'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alia (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, St [[Alexandra]] ('''Diminiutive''', from Russian).<br />
*Alice, Alicia, Alisha (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alison, Allison (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alvin (m) - ''see Elvin'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alyssa, Alissa (f) - ''see Alice'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Amanda (f) - St Amandus of Elnon ([[February 6]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Amber (f) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine'); St Ambelus in Sicily ([[November 20]] - '''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine'); St Ambelius of Milan ([[July 7]] - '''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine')<br />
*Amelia (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great. ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Amy (f) - St Agapi (daughter of Sophia) ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Anastasia, Anastacia (f) - St [[Anastasia the Roman]] ([[October 29]] - '''Saint'''), St [[Anastasia the Deliverer from Potions]] ([[December 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Andrew (m) - [[Apostle Andrew|St Andrew the First-called Apostle]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Anekah (f) - St Anacharius of Auxerre ([[September 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Angela (f) - Synaxis of Bodiless Powers ([[November 8]] - '''Meaning'''); [[Annunciation]] (or ''' ''Evangelismos'' ''') to the Theotokos ([[March 25]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Angus (m) - St [[Angus of Keld]] (''Óengus the Culdee, Óengus of Tallaght'') ([[March 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Anna (f) - St [[Anna]], mother of the Theotokos ('''Saint''')<br />
*Annabelle (f) - St Amabilis of Riome ('''Sound-alike'''); St Amabilis of Rouen ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Anthony (m) - St [[Anthony]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*April (f) - St Aprus of Toul ([[September 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Archibald, Archie (m) - Saint Erconwald, Bishop of London ([[April 30]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aria (f) - St Aria of Rome ([[August 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Arianna, Ariana (f) - St [[w:Ariadne of Phrygia|Ariadne of Phrygia]] ([[September 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ariel (f) - Martyr Arius ([[June 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') or Martyr Arrian ([[December 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm] <!-- Ariel is used as a form of Jerusalem --><br />
*Arnold (m) - St Arnold ([[July 8]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Arthur (m) - St Artemius ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Arya (m/f) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]] ([[March 7]] - '''Meaning''': noble)<br />
*Ash (m/f) - ''closest is: see Asher or Ashley'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Asher (m) - Asher, son of [[Jacob]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ashley (m/f) - St Leah ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Ava (f) - St Ava of Dinant, Abbess in Belgium ([[April 29]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Avery (f) - St [[Alfred the Great]] ([[October 26]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Aubrey, Aubree (f) - St Alberic of Stavelot-Malmédy ([[October 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Alberic of Utrecht ([[November 14]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Audrey (f) - St Audrey (''or Etheldred'') of Ely ([[June 23]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aurora (f) - St Aurora, martyr ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Austin, Austen (m) - St [[Augustine of Canterbury]] ([[May 26]] - '''Saint'''); St [[Augustine of Hippo]] ([[August 28]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Autumn (f) - St Autonomos ([[September 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://home.iprimus.com.au/xenos/autonomos.html]<br />
*Ava (f) - ''see Eve'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Avril (f) - ''see April'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ayden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ([[August 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Azalea, Azelie (f) - St Adelaide ([[December 16]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm], or, St Azarius, of the Three Holy Children ([[December 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm]<br />
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==B==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Bailey (m) - St Balin ([[September 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Barry (m) - Prophet Baruch ([[September 28]] - '''Saint'''); Saint Finbarr of Cork (''Barrocus, Barry''), ([[September 25]] - '''Saint'''); Saint Barrog (''Barruc''), ([[September 27]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Beau (m) - St Kallistos of Constantinople (one on [[June 20]], the other on [[November 22]] - '''Meaning''': Beautiful)<br />
*Belinda (f) - St Berlinda, anchoress at Meerbeke ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Bella (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Benjamin, Ben (m) - Righteous Benjamin, son of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Bentley (m) - St [[Panteleimon]] ([[July 27]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Bert (m) - ''see Albert''<br />
*Bertrand (m) - St Bertrand ([[June 30]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Bess, Beth, Betty (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Bianca (f) - St [[Alban]], Protomartyr of Britain ([[June 22]] - '''Meaning''': white)<br />
*Blake (m) - St Maurice ([[December 27]] - '''Meaning''': black)<br />
*Bradley (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Braedon, Braydon (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Brandy (f) - St [[Brendan the Navigator]] ([[May 16]]) - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brendan, Brendon (m) - St [[Brendan the Navigator]] ([[May 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Brett (m) - St Brito (''or Britonius'') of Trier ([[May 5]] - '''Meaning''': a Briton) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Brian, Bryan (m) - St [[Eugene]] ('''Meaning''': noble); St Birinus of Dorchester ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brianna (f) - St Birinus of Dorchester ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brittany, Brittney, Britney (f) - St Brito (''or Britonius'') of Trier ([[May 5]] - '''Meaning''': a Briton) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Brody, Brodie (m) - St [[Ambrose of Milan]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brooke (f) - Prophet [[Baruch]] ([[September 28]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brooklyn (f) - St Raphael of Brooklyn ([[February 27]] - '''Saint''' based on name of place)<br />
*Bryce, Bryson (m) - St Brice of Tours ([[November 13]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
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==C==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Caden, Cayden (m) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cadence (f) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Caleb (m) - St Elesbaan, King of Ethiopia ([[October 24]]) ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Callie (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive of Derivative''')<br />
*Callum (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Caitlyn, Caitlin (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ([[November 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Cameron (m) - St Camerinus, martyr under Diocletian ([[August 21]]) ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Camden (m) - St Kanten of Lianganten ([[November 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Camilla, Camila (f) - St Camilla, anchoress in France ([[March 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Candace, Candice, Candy (f) - St [[Candida]] ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
*Carl (m) - ''see Charles'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Carla (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Caroline (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Carson (m) - St Caron ([[March 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Carter (m) - ''see Arthur'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Casey (m) - St Vigilius of Trent ([[June 26]] - '''Meaning''': vigilant) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Cassandra (f) - St [[Kassiani the Hymnographer]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cecilia (f) - St Cecilia of Rome ([[November 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Chad (m) - St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Chantal, Chantel - [[Apostle Peter]] ([[June 29]] - '''Meaning''': stony)<br />
*Charity (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Charles, Charlie (m) - St [[Haralampus_of_Magnesia|Charalambos of Magnesia]] ('''Saint'''); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Charlotte, Charlie, Charley (f) - St [[Haralampus_of_Magnesia|Charalambos of Magnesia]] ('''Saint'''); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Chase (m) - St [[John Cassian]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Chaz''.<br />
*Chavez (m) - St [[Savas]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Chaz (m) - ''see Charles''<br />
*Chelsea (f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Cheryl (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''': love)<br />
*Chiarina (f) - ''see Claire''<br />
*Chloe (f) - St Chloe, commemorated in ancient Corinth together with holy apostles Titus, Crispus and Justus (the Sunday between [[February 13]] and [[February 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Christian (m) - St Christian of Auxerre ([[November 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Christine, Christina (f) - St [[Christina of Tyre]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Christopher, Chris (m) - St [[Christopher of Lycia]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Chryssa (f) - St [[Chrysanthus]] ([[March 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ciaran (m) - ''see Kieran'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Claire, Clara, Clare (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria|Photini the Samaritan Woman]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Cody (m) - St Boethius ([[December 7]] - '''Meaning''': helpful) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stddec.htm]<br />
*Cole (m) - ''see Maurice ('''Meaning''': dark) or Colin ('''Sound-alike''')''<br />
*Colin, Collin (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra|Nicholas]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Colton (m) - St [[Colman of Lindisfarne]] ([[February 18]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Connor (m) - St Conran ([[February 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Conogan ([[October 16]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cooper (m) - ''closest is St [[Cyprian of Carthage|Cyprian]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cora (f) - St Coralia the Virginmartyr ([[September 1]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Corey (m) - St Corentinus of Quimper ([[December 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Courtney (f) - ''see Curtis'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Crystal, Chrystal (f) - Celebrated on [[December 25]] (from 'Chrystalla')<br />
*Cruz (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]] ('''Meaning''': Cross)<br />
*Curtis (m) - Apostle [[Quartus]] ([[November 10]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Curnutus of Iconium ([[September 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
*Cynthia (f) - St Cyntianus of Seleucia ([[15 November]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Cyntianus (or Cyntion), Hieromartyr & Bishop of Chalcedon ([[29 April]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
<br />
==D==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Daenerys (f) - St Nirras, Martyr ([[January 20]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_n.htm] or St [[Daniel]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dane (m) - St Ansgar, Enlightener of Denmark ([[February 3]] - '''Meaning''': Dane, Danish people); St Deiniol of Wales ([[September 11]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Daniel (m) - St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Danielle (f) - St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Daphne (f) - Greek for laurel; [[Palm Sunday]], in remembrance of palms and laurels laid down for Jesus' entry into Jerusalem [http://www.greek-names.info/dafni-or-daphne/]<br />
*Daria (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Darlene (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Darren (m) - Prophet Aaron ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Darrell (m) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*David (m) - St [[David (disambiguation)|David]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Dawn (f) - ''see Aurora'' ('''Meaning''': dawn)<br />
*Deborah, Debra, Debbie (f) - St Deborah the Judge ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Declan (m) - St Declan of Ardmore ([[w:Declán of Ardmore|Wikipedia]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Dennis, Denis (m) - St [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] ([[October 3]] - '''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Dionysius (disambiguation)]]''.<br />
*Derek, Derrick (m) - St Theodoric of Mont d'Or ([[July 1]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Devin (m) - St [[Cosmas and Damian|Damian]] ('''Saint, Sound-alike''')<br />
*Diana (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dirk, Dietrich (m) - ''see Derek'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Dolly (f) - ''see Dorothy'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Dominic (m) - Hieromartyr Cyriacus (''Kyriakos''), Bishop of Jerusalem ([[October 18]] - '''Meaning''': Lord); St Kyriakos (''Cyriacus the Anchorite'') ([[September 29]] - '''Meaning''': Lord).<br />
*Donald (m) - St [[Donald of Ogilvy]] ([[July 15]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Donna (f) - [[Mary]] the Mother of God ('''Meaning''': 'Madonna', meaning 'My Lady'); ''sometimes: see Donald'' ('''Diminutive''').<br />
*Dorothy, Dora, Doreen, Doris (f) - St Dorothea of Caesarea ([[February 6]] - '''Saint'''); <br />
*Douglas, Doug (m) - St Daganus ([[August 18]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Drogo (m) - St Drogo, ascetic ([[April 2]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_d.htm]<br />
*Dustin (m) - St [[Dunstan of Canterbury]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dylan, Dillon (m/f) - St Dillon of Llandaff ([[February 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
<br />
==E==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Easton (m) - St Eosterwine of Wearmouth ([[March 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Edward (m) - St [[Edward the Martyr|Edward the Passion-Bearer of England]] ([[March 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Edwin (m) - St Edwen, Patron saint of Llanedwen in Anglesey in Wales ([[November 6]] - '''Saint'''); St Edwin, King of Northumbria in England ([[October 12]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eileen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Elaine, Eleanor, Elena (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Electra (f) - ''see Amber'' ('''Meaning''': direct translation)<br />
*Eliana (f) - [[Prophet Elijah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Elijah, Eli (m) - [[Prophet Elijah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Elizabeth (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ella, Ellie (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive'')<br />
*Elliot, Elliott (m) - ''see Elijah'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Elsa, Elsie (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Elvin (m) - St Elwin of Cornwall ([[February 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Elvis (m) - St [[Ailbe of Emly]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Emily (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Emma (f) - St Imma of Karlburg ([[November 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eric, Erik (m) - St [[Erc of Slane]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Erica, Erika (f) - ''see Eric'' ('''Saint''', feminine form)<br />
*Ericson (m) - ''see Eric'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Erin (f) - St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland ('''Meaning'''); or, St [[Irene of Thessaloniki]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Estelle (f) - ''see Stella'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Ethan (m) - Ethan, great-grandson of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eugene (m) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]]<br />
*Eva (f) - Eve the First-Formed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Evan (m) - St [[John]] ('''Derivative of Saint'''); St Evan of Ayrshire ([[August 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Evelyn (f) - St Abel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
<br />
==F==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Faith (f) - St [[Faith]], daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint'''); St. Faith (''Foi, Foy''), a holy virgin-martyr burnt to death in France ([[October 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Finn (m) - ''see Alban'' ('''Meaning''': fair, white)<br />
*Flynn (m) - St Flannan of Killaloe ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Frances (f) - ''see Frank''<br />
*Francis (m) - ''see Frank''<br />
*Frank (m) - St Francoveus (Franchy), an ascetic ([[May 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_f.htm]<br />
*Frederick, Fred (m) - St Frederick of Utrecht ([[July 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==G==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Gabriel (m) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gabrielle, Gabriella (f) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gail (f) - ''see Abigail'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gavin (m) - St Gavinus, Protomartyr of Sardinia ([[May 30]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Garrett (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gemma (f) - St Gemma in Gurk, Austria ([[June 29]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Genesis (f) - ''closest is the [[Nativity|Nativity of Christ]] or the [[Nativity of the Theotokos]]'' ('''Meaning''')<br />
*Genevieve (f) - St Geneviève of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Geoffrey, Geoff (m) - St Geoffrey, Abbot of Wearmouth ('''Saint''')<br />
*Geordie (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*George (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gerald, Gerry (m) - St Gerald, Bishop of Mayo ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gertrude (f) - St Gertrude of Nivelles ([[March 17]] - '''Saint'''); St Gertrude of Remiremont ([[November 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Gertrude the Elder ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]<br />
*Gianna (f) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gilbert (m) - St Agilbert of Jouarre ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Gilles (m) - St Aegidius of Nîmes ([[September 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Gillian (f) - ''see Jillian''<br />
*Giselle (f) - St Gezelin (or Ghislain, Gisle or Joscelin), an Ascetic ([[August 6]] - '''Sound-alike'''); the Righteous Jesse ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Gina (f) - ''see Regina'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Giovanna (f) - ''see Gianna'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gloria (f) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Grace (f) - St Charis ([[January 28]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Grayson (m) - St Villicus of Metz ([[April 17]] - '''Meaning''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Gwen, Gwendoline (f) - St Gwen Teirborn of Britain ('''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==H==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Hadrian (m) - St [[Adrian]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Hailey, Hailee (f) - ''see Hayley'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Hanalei (m/f) - ''see Henry'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hank (m) - St [[John]] ('''Derivative''', from 'Hankin'); or, ''see Henry'' ('''Diminutive''').<br />
*Hannah (f) - St Anna, mother of the Theotokos; St Hannah, mother of the Prophet Samuel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Harlow (f) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Harper (f) - ''closest is St David the Prophet & King'' ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Meaning''': Harp-player)<br />
*Harrison (m) - ''see Harry'' ('''Derivative'''). Or, St [[Hariton]] ([[September 28]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Harry (m) - ''see Henry'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Harold'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Haydon (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hayley, Haylee (f) - ''see Leah'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Heather (f) - St Ethelburgh ([[September 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Helen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Henry (m) - St Henry of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre ([[June 24]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]<br />
*Heidi (f) - ''see Adelaide'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Hilda (f) - St [[Hilda of Whitby]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Holly (f) - [[Holy Cross]] ([[September 14]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, St Hellius the Martyr ([[July 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_h.htm]; or, St Olive the Virgin-Martyr ([[June 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hope (f) - St Hope, daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Hudson (m) - ''see Hugh or Richard'' ('''Diminutive''', via 'Hudde')<br />
*Hugh (m) - St Hugh of Rouen ([[April 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]<br />
*Hunter (m) - St Gunthiern in Brittany ([[July 3]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]<br />
<br />
==I==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Ian (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ida (f) - St Ita ([[January 15]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Indigo (f) - St [[Porphyrios (disambiguation)|Prophyrios]] ('''Meaning''': colour (indigo is similar to purple))<br />
*Isa (f) - ''see Isabel'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Isaac (m) - St [[Isaac]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Isabel, Isabella, Isabelle (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Isaiah (m) - Prophet [[Isaiah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==J==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Jace, Jase (m) - ''see Jason'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jack (m) - St [[John]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, ''see Jacob'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jackson, Jaxon, Jaxson (m) - ''see Jack'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jacob, Jake (m) - St Jacob (Son of Isaac - [[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''), St [[Jacob Netsvetov]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jacqueline (f) - St [[Jacob (disambiguation)|Jacob]] or St [[Apostle James the Just|James]] ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jade (f) - St Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jaira (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ('''Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)<br />
*Jairos, Jairus (m) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ('''Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)<br />
*James (m) - St [[James]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jamie (m/f) - ''see James'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jan, Jane (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Janet (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Janice (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jared (m) - ([[Sunday of the Fathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Jason (m) - St [[Jason]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jasmine (f) - St Jasimus, Ascetic & Wonderworker ([[February 4]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Javana (f) - ''see Giovanna'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jay, Jayce (m) - ''see James or Jason'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jayden, Jaydon (m) - St. Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jeff, Jeffrey (m) - ''see Geoffrey'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jenna (f) - ''see Jenny'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jennifer (f) - St Genevieve of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jenny (f) - ''see Jane'' ('''Diminutive'''); or, ''see Jennifer'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jeoire (m) - St [[George]] ([[April 23]] - '''Derivative''' from French)<br />
*Jeremiah, Jeremy (m) - Prophet [[Jeremiah]] ([[May 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Jerica (f) - St [[Gertrude of Nivelles]] ([[March 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Jerome (m) - St [[Jerome]] of Stridon<br />
*Jerry (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jesse (m) - St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Jessie (f) - St [[Joanna]] ('''Saint'''); St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Jessica (f) - ''closest: see Jessie'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jillian (f) - St [[w:Julian of Antioch|Julian]]<br />
*Jo, Joan, Joanna, Joanne (f) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]] ('''Derivative''', feminine form)<br />
*Jocelyn, Joselyn (f) - St Judocus (Josse) of Brittany ([[December 13]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]<br />
*Jodie (f) - ''see Judith'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Joe (m) - ''see Joseph'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Joel (m) - [[Prophet Joel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*John (m) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jonathan, Jonty (m) - Jonathan, son of Saul [[Sunday of the Forefathers]] ('''Saint'''), or St [[Theodore]] ('''Meaning''': God has given)<br />
*Jordan, Jordana (m/f) - The [[Theophany of Christ]] ('''Derivative''', name of river)<br />
*Joseph (m) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Josephine (f) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Joost (m) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Joshua, Josh (m) - St Joshua the son of Nun ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Josiah (m) - [[Prophet Josiah]] ([[October 17]] - '''Saint'''); St Josiah of Cordoba ([[August 27]] - '''Saint'''); King Josiah ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Joyce (m/f) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Juno (f) - St Junia, Apostle of the 70 ([[May 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Judith, Judy (f) - St Judith, slayer of Holofernes ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]; St [[Apostle Jude|Jude the Apostle]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Julia, Julie (f) - St Julia of Corsica ([[July 16]] - '''Saint'''), St Julia of Troyes ([[July 21]] - '''Saint'''), or St Julia of Mérida ([[December 10]] - '''Saint'''). [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]<br />
*Julian (m) - St Julian of Homs ([[February 6]] - '''Saint'''); St Julian of Antioch ([[June 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==K==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Kaelyn (f) - ''see Kay'' ('''diminutive''')<br />
*Kai (m) - ''see Kay'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kaiden (m) - ''see Kayden'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Kaitlyn (f) - ''see Caitlyn'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kallum (m) - ''see Callum'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Karen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kateri (f) - ''see Katherine''<br />
*Katherine, Kathryn (f) - ''see Catherine'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kathleen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kay, Kayla, Kaylee, Kaylyn, Kaylynn (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive'''); St Kay in England ([[November 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Kayden (m) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kayse (f) - ''see Casey'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Keira (f) - St Kiara ([[January 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_k.htm]<br />
*Keith (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]] ('''Meaning''': Wood); or, St [[Nikifor]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Kelly (f) - St Ceallach of Killala ([[May 1]] - '''Diminutive'''); St Caellainn in Ireland ([[February 3]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Kelsey (m/f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Ken, Kenneth (m) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]] - '''Saint'''); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Kennedy (f) - ''see Kenneth'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Kerrian (m/f) - St. [[w:Saint Piran|Piran of Cornwall]] ([[March 5]] - '''Diminutive'''), who in turn has been identified as the Irish saint [[w:Ciarán of Saigir|Ciarán of Saigir]] (also [[March 5]])<br />
*Kevin (m) - St [[Kevin of Glendalough]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Khaleesi (f) - St Kali the Ascetic ([[May 22]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Khloe (f) - ''see Chloe'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kieran, Kyran, Kiaran (m) - St. [[w:Ciarán of Saigir|Ciarán of Saigir]] (''Ciarán the Elder'', [[March 5]] - '''Saint'''); St [[Kieran of Clonmacnoise]] ([[September 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Kimberley, Kimberly, Kim (f) - St Cyneburgh, abbess in Northamptonshire ([[March 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Kittie (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kristen (f) - ''see Christina'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kruze (m) - ''see Cruz'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Krystal (f) - Celebrated on [[December 25]] ('''Sound-alike''': 'Chrystalla')<br />
*Kyle (m) - St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Kylie (f) - St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Kyra (f) - St Kyra, an ascetic ([[February 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Kyra Obolenskaya ([[December 4]] - '''Saint'''), new-martyr; St Kyra, a virgin ([[June 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Kyrion (m) - Martyr Kyrion (''Cyrion, Quirio'') of the Holy 40 Martyrs of Sebaste ([[March 9]])<br />
<br />
==L==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Lance (m) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Landon (m) - St Landericus of Soignies ([[April 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Larry (m) - ''see Laurence'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Laura (f) - St Laura of Cordoba, martyred in Spain by the Moors ([[October 19]] - '''Saint'''); or, St [[Laurus]] ([[August 18]]).<br />
*Lauren (f) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Laurence (m) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Layla (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Leah, Lia (f) - St Leah, the wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''); St Lea, ascetic in Rome ([[March 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Lee (m) - ''see Leah'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Levi (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Leo (m) - St [[Leo the Great]] ([[February 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Leon (m) - ''see Leo''<br />
*Leonard (m) - St [[Leonid of Optina]]; St Leonard of Avranches ([[March 4]] - '''Saint'''), of Vandoeuvre ([[October 15]] - '''Saint''') or of Noblac ([[November 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; <br />
*Leslie (m/f) - St Lelia in Limerick ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lia (f) - ''see Leah'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Liam (m) - ''see William'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lila (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Liliana (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lillian (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lily (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lincoln (m) - All Saints of Lincolnshire ('''Meaning''': named for location) [http://www.allsaintslincs.org.uk/event-reader/events/patronal-festival-liturgy.html]<br />
*Linda (f) - St [[Linus]] of Rome ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Lindsey (f) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Linda'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Link (m) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lisa (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Logan (m) - St [[Longin the Centurion]] ([[October 16]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*London (f) - St Mellitus of London; St Sebbe, founder of Westminster; St Erconwald of London; St Ethelburgh, abbess of Barking; Sts Beocca & Hethor, martyrs of Chertsey; St Wulsin, renewer of St Peter's Monastery; St Dunstan of London; or St Alphege of Canterbury ('''Meaning''': named for location)<br />
*Lorna (f) - St Loarn, disciple of St Patrick ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lorraine (f) - ''see Laura'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Louis, Luis (m) - St Ludwin of Trier ([[September 29]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; or St Lewina of Seaford ([[July 24]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Louise, Lou (f) - St Ludwin of Trier ([[September 29]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; or St Lewina of Seaford ([[July 24]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lucas (m) - [[Apostle Luke]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Lucy (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ([[December 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Luke (m) - [[Apostle Luke]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Lydia (f) - St [[Lydia of Thyatira|Lydia of Phillipi]] ([[May 20]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Lynn (f) - [[Theophany]] ('''Meaning''': lake); or, ''see Linda'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
<br />
==M==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Mabel (f) - St Amabilis of Riome ([[November 1]] - '''Derivative'''), St Amabilis of Rouen ([[July 11]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Mackenzie (f) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]] - '''Derivative''': son of Kenneth); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]] - '''Derivative''': son of Kenneth)<br />
*Madelyn, Madeleine, Madeline (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ([[July 22]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Madison (f) - St Maud ([[March 14]] - '''Derivative''': son of Maud) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Maggie (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Makayla (f) - ''see Michaela'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Malcolm (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ([[June 9]])<br />
*Marcia (f) - St Marcia, martyred under Diocletian ([[July 2]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Margaret (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Marlow (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ('''Sound-alike of Derivative''')<br />
*Maria, Mariah (f) - [[Mary]] ('''Saint'''); St Mariah the sister of Moses ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]; St [[Maria (Skobtsova) | Maria of Paris]] ([[July 20]])<br />
*Marisa, Marissa (f) - ''see [[Theotokos|Mary]]; or, see Louis''<br />
*Marshall (m) - St Martial, bishop of Lomoges ([[June 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.htm?year=2017&today=9&month=10&trp=0] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Martial]; St Servatus of Tongres ([[May 13]] - '''Meaning''': servant) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Martin (m) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Martina, Martine (f) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Mary (f) - [[Mary]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Mason (m) - St Maysimus the Ascetic and Syrian ([[January 23]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Matthew (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Max (m) - St [[Maximos the Confessor]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Maximilian (m) - St Maximilian, one of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus ([[October 22]] - '''Saint''') [https://oca.org/saints/lives/2017/10/22/103024-st-maximilian-one-of-the-seven-sleepers-of-ephesus]<br />
*Maxwell (m) - St Magnus the founder of the Füssen monastery ([[September 6]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Maya (f) - St Magos (2nd century) ([[May 31]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Megan (f) - St [[Marina of Antioch|Margaret]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Mehmet (m) - St [[Demetrios the Neomartyr]] ([[April 14]] - '''see Life''')<br />
*Melanie (f) - St Melania the Ascetic & Elder ([[June 8]] - '''Saint'''); St Melania (Melanie) of Rome, Ascetic ([[December 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Melina (f) - ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative'''), or, ''see Milena'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Melinda (f) - St Ermelindis, hermitess ([[October 29]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Melissa or Melania'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Melissa, Milena (f) - St Melissinus the Martyr ([[March 6]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Merissa (f) - ''see Marissa''<br />
*Mhairi, Mhaire (f) - ''see Mary'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Mia (f) - ''see Maria'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Micah (m) - Prophet [[Micah]] ('''Saint'''); or, St [[Micah of Radonezh]] ([[May 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Michael (m) - ''[[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Michaela, Mikayla (f) - [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Michelle (f) - [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Mila (f) - St Milica of Serbia ('''Derivative of Saint''' - ''pronounced Mίlitsa'')<br />
*Milena (f) - ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Miles (m) - St Milo, hermit at Fontenelle ([[August 18]] - ''Saint'') or St Miles (''or Milos''), Bishop and Hieromartyr ([[10 November]] - ''Saint'') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_m.htm]<br />
*Milly (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]] - '''Diminutive'''); St Mildred of Minster-in-Thanet ([[July 13]] - '''Diminutive''')<br />
*Mitchell (m) - ''see Michael'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Molly (f) - ''see Mary'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Monica, Monique (f) - St [[Monica of Hippo]], mother of St Augustine ('''Saint''')<br />
*Monroe (f) - St Mun, Bishop & Ascetic on island in Lough Ree, Ireland ([[February 6]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Morgan (f) - St Maughold ([[December 28]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Modan ([[February 4]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Morwenna ([[July 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Mohammed, Muhammed, Muhammad (m) - St [[Demetrios the Neomartyr]] ([[April 14]] - '''see Life''')<br />
<br />
==N==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Nadine, Nadia, Nadya (f) - St Hope, daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''': Nadezhda)<br />
*Naomi (f) - [[Prophet Naum]] ([[December 1]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Natalie (f) - St [[Adrian and Natalia|Natalia]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Nathan (m) - Prophet Nathan ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Nathaniel (m) - [[Apostle Bartholomew]] (aka Nathaniel) ('''Saint''')<br />
*Nevaeh (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]] - '''Meaning''': 'heaven' in reverse)<br />
*Neil, Nigel (m) - St [[Nilus of Sora|Nil]] ([[May 7]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ngaire (f) - St Nereus ([[May 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsn.htm]<br />
*Nicholas (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Nicole (f) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Noah (m) - Righteous [[Noah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Noel (m/f) - The [[Nativity]] of Christ ('''Meaning''': Christmas)<br />
*Nolan (m) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]] ([[March 7]] - '''Meaning''': noble); St Paulinus of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Felix of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Maximus of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Arnold ('''Sound-alike'''), Maginold ('''Sound-alike'''), Reinold ('''Sound-alike''').<br />
*Nora (f) - St [[Helen]] ('''Diminutive''': Elanora)<br />
<br />
==O==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Oliver (m) - St Oliver of Ancona ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Olivia (f) - St [[Olivia of Palermo]] ([[June 10]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Onyx (f) - St Maurice ([[December 27]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Oren (m) - St Orentius of Loret ([[May 1]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Orentius of Auch ([[May 1]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintso.htm]<br />
*Oscar (m) - St Ansgar ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Owen (m) - St Eugene of Trebizond ([[January 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==P==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Paige (f) - St Pega of England ([[January 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm]<br />
*Paisley (f) - St [[Basil the Great]] ('''Meaning''': Paisley -> Basilica)<br />
*Parker (m) - St Phylax ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
*Patricia (f) - St [[Patrick of Ireland]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Penelope (f) - St Penelope the Virgin Martyr ([[September 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Peyton, Payton (f) - St Pega, anchoress in England ([[January 8]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm]<br />
*Phoenix (m/f) - St [[Felix of Byzantium|Felix]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Piper (f) - St Piperion ([[March 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
*Poppy (f) - St Poppo, Abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy in Belgium ([[January 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
<br />
==Q==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Quentin (m) - St Quentin of France ([[October 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Quinn - St Quintus, Quintius or Quintilla ([http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsq.htm Various namesdays] - '''Sound-alike''') <br />
<br />
==R==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Rachel (f) - St Rachel, wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Raine, Rain (f) - ''see Regina ('''Meaning''': queen)<br />
*Ralph (m) - St Ralph of Bourges ([[June 21]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Raymond (m) - St Rumon ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]; St Ebremund, Founder & Abbot of Fontenay-Louvet near Séez ([[June 10]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]; St [[Ammon]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St Amon of Toul ([[October 23]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]<br />
*Reagan, Regan (f) - St Reginus, Bishop of Skopel (February 25 - '''Sound-alike'''); St Reginus, Martyr of Cyprus (August 20 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_r.htm]<br />
*Rebecca (f) - St Rebecca, wife of Isaac ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Regina (f) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Meaning''': Queen); or, St Regina of Autun ([[September 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Reginald (m) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Meaning''': Queen).<br />
*Richard (m) - St Richard ([[February 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Rider (m) - ''see Ryder'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Rihanna (f) - St Basil the Great ('''Meaning''': basil), or St [[Anna]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Riley, Ryley (m/f) - St Reineldis ([[July 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*River (m) - [[Theophany]] ('''Meaning''': link between River and the River Jordan)<br />
*Robert (m) - ''see Rupert'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Robin (f) - St [[Photini]] ('''Meaning''': bright, shining)<br />
*Roderick, Rod (m) - St Rodericus, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[March 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Roger (m) - St Roger, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[September 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ronald (m) - St Reinold, martyr at Pantaleon Monastery in Germany ([[January 7]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Rosa, Rose, Rosy, Rosita (f) - St Triantafyllos ([[August 8]] - '''Meaning''') [http://www.greek-names.info/triantafyllos/]; St. Rose of Sardinia ('''Saint''') [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rublevpupil/494434905/]<br />
*Rosemary (f) - ''see Mary, or, see Rose'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Rowan (m) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Rowena (f) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Roxana, Roxanne, Roxy (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria]], or, ''see Aurora'' ('''Meaning''': Bright or Dawn)<br />
*Ruby (f) - St Maelrubius ([[April 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Rupert (m) - St [[w:Rupert of Salzburg|Rupert of Salzburg]] ([[March 27]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ruth (f) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ryan (m) - St Rhian, abbot ([[March 8]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, Emmanuel (being a translation referring to the infant Christ - '''Meaning''').<br />
*Ryder (m) - [[Synaxis of the Bodiless Powers]] ([[November 8]] - '''Meaning''': messenger); or, St Ruadan of Lothra ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm], St Ida of Nivelles ([[May 8]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Idea of Herzfeld ([[September 4]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Idus of Alt-Fadha in Leinster ([[July 14]] - '''Sound-alike''').<br />
<br />
==S==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Sadie (f) - ''see Sarah'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Sage (m) - Martyr Saïs ([[January 5]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Samantha, Sam (f) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Samuel, Sam (m) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Sarah, Sara (f) - [[Sarah]], wife of Abraham ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''); St [[w:Sarah of the Desert|Sarah of the Desert]] ([[July 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Savannah (f) - St Savina of Milan ([[January 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Scarlett, Scarlet (f) - St Scarthin ([[January 6]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Scott (m) - [[Apostle Andrew]], patron of Scotland ('''Meaning''': Scottish person); or St [[Columba]], enlightener of Scotland ('''Meaning''': Scottish person).<br />
*Scout (f) - St Escoos, a martyr ([[March 26]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]<br />
*Sean, Shaun (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Sebastian (m) - St Sebastian the Martyr ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Serenity (f) - St Galina of Corinth, martyr ([[April 16]] - '''Meaning''': Galina means serenity); Sts. Serenicus and Serenus, monastic brothers ([[May 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Serenus of Marseilles ([[August 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Serena (f) - Sts. Serenicus and Serenus, monastic brothers ([[May 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Serenus of Marseilles ([[August 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Shane (m) - St John ('''Saint''')<br />
*Shannon (m/f) - St Senan, founder of monasteries and churches ([[March 8]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Shantelle (f) - ''see Chantal'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Shardae, Sharday (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Sharon, Shari, Sharrie, Sharree (f) (''from Hebrew: Šārôn - 'plain; 1 Chronicles 5:16'; 1 Chronicles 27:29; Acts 9:35'') – ''variant of Sarah, Sarai ('''Saint''')''; St Charalambos of Magnesia ([[February 10]] - '''Sound-alike'''). <br />
*Shelby (f) - [[Apostle Silvan]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Sheldon (m) - St Elwin in Cornwall ([[February 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Sherry, Sheree, Sherri, Sherrie, Cherie (f) - ''see Cheryl''; ''also variant of Sharon'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Shiloh (f) - St Galina, martyr at Corinth (one on [[April 16]], another on [[March 10]] - '''Meaning''': tranquil)<br />
*Simone (f) - [[Apostle Simon]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Simpson (m) - St Acoustios ([[April 21]] - '''Meaning''': listening); or, St [[Sampson]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Siobhan (f) - ''see Jeanne'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Skye (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]] - '''Meaning''': Sky and Heavens)<br />
*Skylar, Skyler (f) - St Scholastica, sister of St Benedict ('''Meaning''': Skylar derived from Schuyler, meaning 'scholar')<br />
*Sloane (m) - St [[Silouan the Athonite]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Sophia, Sophie (f) - St Sophia (mother of Sts Faith, Hope & Love) ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Stella (f) - St [[Stylianos of Paphlagonia]] ([[November 26]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Stephanie (f) - St [[Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr|Stephen]] the Protomartyr ('''Saint''')<br />
*Summer (f) - St Sunaman, an ascetic and martyr ([[February 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_s.htm]; St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] - '''Meaning''': Summer) [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm]<br />
*Susanna (f) - St Susanna, martyred in Salerno ([[January 18]] - '''Saint'''); St Susanna the Just ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Sydney (f) - St [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] ([[October 3]] - '''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Dionysius (disambiguation)]]''; St Sidonius of Clermont ([[August 21]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Sidonius of Rouens ([[November 14]] - '''Sound-alike'''), or St Sedna of Ossory ([[March 10]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
<br />
==T==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Tabitha (f) - St. Tabitha ([[October 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Tania, Tanya (f) - ''see Tatiana'' ('''Diminutive'''); ''see Anthony'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tara (f) - St Tarsila, aunt of St Gregory the Great ([[December 24]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tatiana (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Taylor (f) - St Talarican in Scotland ([[October 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Teresa, Theresa, Therese (f) - St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] or [[August 5]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Tess (f) - ''see Teresa'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Theon (m) - St Theion, martyr ([[February 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Thierry (m) - ''see Derek'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Thomas (m) - [[Apostle Thomas]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Thor (m) - St Thorgyth the Ascetic ([[January 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm]<br />
*Tia (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, saints ending in '-tia' ('''Sound-alike'''); or, St Thais ([[May 10]] - '''Sound-alike''').<br />
*Tiana (f) - ''see Tatiana or Christiana'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tiffany (f) - The [[Theophany]] of our Lord ([[January 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Travis (m) - St Triverius of Dombes ([[January 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trevor (m) - St Triverius, hermit in Dombes ([[January 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trinity (f) - [[Pentecost]] ('''Feast Day''')<br />
*Tristan (m) - St Drostan (''or Drustan''), abbot in Aberdeenshire ([[July 11]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Troy (m) - St Troyen of Saintes ([[November 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trudy (f) - ''see Gertrude'' ('''Saint'''); or, St Tudy of Wales ([[January 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Ty (m) - ''see Tyler, Tyson or Tyrone'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tyler (m) - St Tillo of Belgium ([[January 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tyrone (m) - ''see Owen'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Tyrion (m) - St [[Tikhon]], St Tiridates of Armenia ([[November 29]]), St Taurion ([[November 7]]), Turiav ([[July 13]]) ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm] [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tyson (m) - St Dyfan of Britain ([[May 26]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
<br />
==U==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Ulla (f) - St Ulric of Einsiedeln, son of St Gerold ([[May 29]] - '''Derivative'''); St Ulric (or Uldaricus, Udalric), Bishop of Augsburg ([[July 4]] - '''Derivative'''); St Ulric the Ascetic & Martyr ([[April 9]] - '''Derivative''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_u.htm]<br />
*Unity (f) - St Uni of Bremen-Hamburg ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''': One) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsu.htm]<br />
*Uriel (m) - Archangel Uriel ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ursula (f) - St Ursula, Virgin-Martyr in Cologne ([[October 21]] - '''Saint''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_u.htm]<br />
*Usher (m) - ''see Asher'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
<br />
==V==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Valentina (f) - St [[Valentine]] [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Valerie (f) - St Valery of Leuconay ([[April 1]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]; St Valeria of Milan ([[April 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Valeria martyred in France ([[December 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Vanessa (f) - Esther (of the [[Book of Esther]] - '''Saint''': name invented, based on 'Esther')<br />
*Veronica (f) - St [[Veronica]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Victor (m) - St [[Victor]] ('''Saint''').<br />
*Victoria (f) - Virgin-Martyr Victoria ([[December 23]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Vincent (m) - St [[Vincent of Lerins]] ([[May 24]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Violet (f) - St Lydia, seller of purple ([[May 7]] - '''Meaning''': Violet & Purple)<br />
*Vivian (f) - St Vivian, martyred in Rome ([[December 2]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==W==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Walter (m) - St [[Vladimir]] ('''Meaning''')<br />
*Warren (m) - St Warren of France ([[August 25]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Wendall (m) - St Wendolinus ([[October 21]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Whitney (f) - St Wite in Dorset ([[June 1]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*William (m) - St [[William of Gellone]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Willow (f) - St Willa, an ascetic ([[October 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_w.htm]<br />
*Winnie (f) - St Winifred of Wales ([[November 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Winston (m) - St Wistan ([[June 1]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Wyatt (m/f) - ''see William''<br />
<br />
==X==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Xavier (m) - St Ava, Abbess of Denain ([[April 29]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Avy of Micy ([[June 17]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St [[Avitus]] ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm]<br />
*Xander (m) - ''see Alexander'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
<br />
==Y==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Yvette (f) - St Ywi, ascetic of Lindisfarne ([[October 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_y.htm]; or, ''see Eve or Janette'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
<br />
==Z==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Zachary, Zach (m) - St [[Zachariah]], father of St John the Baptist ('''Saint''')<br />
*Zeke (m) - Prophet [[Ezekiel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Zelda (f) - ''see Hilda'' ('''Diminutive, from Griselda''') [https://www.behindthename.com/name/griselda]<br />
*Zelie (f) - ''see Azalea'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Zhadee (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Zoe, Zoey (f) - [[Life-Giving Spring]] (Bright Friday); Exuperius and Zoe ([[May 2]]); Zoe of Rome ([[December 18]]) ('''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==A List of Old Testament Saints==<br />
''This list of saints from the Old Testament, commemorated on the second Sunday before Nativity, has yet to be incorporated into the main body of this article.''<br />
<br />
Adam and Eve, the first-formed. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Abel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Seth. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Enosh. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Canaan. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Mahalaleln. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Jared. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Enoch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Methuselah. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Lamech. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Noah. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Shem. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Japhet. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Arphaxad. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Cainan. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Shelah. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Eber, after whom the Jews are named Hebrews. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Peleg. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Reu. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Serug. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Nahor. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Terah. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Abraham the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Isaac the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Jacob the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Reuben the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Symeon the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Levi the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Judah the Patriarch, of whose tribe came the Christ. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Zebulun the Patriarch, whose tribe lives by the seashore. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Issachar the Patriarch, whose tribe tills the soil. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Dan the Patriarch, whose tribe is judge. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Gad the Patriarch, whose tribe is robbed. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Asher the Patriarch, whose tribe is rich in wheat-bearing lands. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Naphtali the Patriarch, whose tribe is very numerous. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Joseph the Patriarch, whose tribe is very glorious and very famous. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Benjamin the Patriarch, whose tribe is gentle and not savage. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Perez and Zerach, the twin sons of Judah the Patriarch. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Hezron. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Ram. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Jesse. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
David the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Solomon the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Rehoboam the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Abijah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Asa the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Jehoshaphat the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Joram the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Ahaziah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Jotham the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Ahaz the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Hezekiah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Manasseh the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Amon the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Josiah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Jeconiah the King. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Shealtiel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Zerubbabel, who rebuilt the Temple in Jerusalem which had been burned down. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Abiud. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Eliakim. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Azor. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Zadok. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Achim. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Eliud. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Eleazar. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Matthan. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Jacob. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Joseph, the Betrothed. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Melchizedek. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Job. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Prophet Moses. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Hur, the priest. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Aaron, the priest. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Joshua, son of Nun. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Prophet Samuel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Prophet Nathan. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Prophet Daniel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
The Three Holy Youths. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Sarah, Abraham's wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Rebecca, Isaac's wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Leah, Jacob's first wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Rachel, Jacob's second wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Asenath, the most upright Joseph's wife. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Mariah, Moses' sister. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Deborah, who judged Israel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Ruth. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
The woman of Sarepta, to whom Elijah was sent. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
The Shunamitess, who gave lodging to Elisha. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Judith, who slew Holofernes. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Esther, who saved Israel from death. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Hannah, mother of the prophet Samuel. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
Susanna. ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]])<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Western Saints before the AD 1054 Schism]]<br />
*[[Patron saint]]<br />
*[[Name day]]<br />
<br />
==Bibliography==<br />
* [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsint.htm The Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome]<br />
* [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/oespain.htm The Saints of Spain]<br />
* [http://suburbanbanshee.wordpress.com/category/saint-names/ Aliens in This World] Category: Saint Names<br />
* [http://www.oodegr.co/english/istorika/britain/British_saints.htm The Orthodox Saints of the Ancient Church in the British Isles and Ireland]<br />
* [http://www.namedays.gr/index_uk.php GREEK NAME DAYS for the year 2015 (source ©: www.namedays.gr)]<br />
* [http://www.roman-catholic-saints.com/catholic-saint-names.html Roman Catholic Saints]<br />
* [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_preface.htm When is my nameday?], compiled by Fr Christopher Klitou<br />
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<div>I am the wife of Fr. Gregory Mathewes-Green, now retired. I am the author of many popular books about Orthdoxy, like "Facing East" and "Welcome to the Orthodox Church." I have published about 800 essays on many topics, in many publications, and given about 600 talks at speaking events. I have spoken at hundreds of Orthodox churches.</div>
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<div>I'm a wife, mother, and Orthodox Christian since 2012. I was received into the Church on Lazarus Saturday at St. Sava Orthodox Church in Allen, TX, and now attend All Saints in Raleigh, NC. I'm especially fascinated by the extra-liturgical customs and acts of piety done by cultures around the world that help them to keep God at the center of their lives.</div>
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<div>Subdeacon at St. Elizabeth Church ROCOR in Columbia, SC. Translator, editor, and archivist of the Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese ROCOR (eadiocese.org).<br />
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George (Schaefer) of Sydney
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<div>[[Image:BG2.JPG|right|thumb|His Grace on the ambon of his first cathedral church of St John the Baptist in Mayfield, PA.]]<br />
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His Grace, the Right Reverend '''George (Schaefer)''' is [[Bishop]] of Sydney, and ruling bishop of the [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia]].<br />
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== Life ==<br />
Paul Schaefer was born on [[May 25]], 1950, in Belleville, Illinois, to Francis and Claire Schaefer, a devout Roman Catholic family. He graduated from Catholic High School in 1968 and then attended Southern Illinois University from 1968 to 1972. After graduating, he saw problems in the Roman Catholic Church; he stopped attending services and began to search for the truth, including in Buddhist and other eastern sources.<br />
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In 1974, he moved to San Jose, California, and found out about Orthodox Christianity through a Greek man, discovering the Church, the lives of saints, and the true faith. He was baptised that year at the Greek Orthodox Church in Modesto, California, and given the name Makarios in honor of Saint Makarios the Great. He started attending St Nicholas Church, San Jose, before attending the Greek Cathedral in San Francisco and, in May 1975, a Russian church in San Francisco.<br />
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In January 1975, Makarios visited Mt Athos, where he decided to become a monk. He later visited the [[Monastery of St. Herman of Alaska (Platina, California)|St Herman of Alaska Monastery]], Platina, where he met Monks [[Seraphim (Rose)]] and [[Herman (Podmoshensky)]] and was immersed in the monastic life. They suggested he enrol in seminary, which he did, entering [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Seminary]] in September 1975.<br />
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===Monastic life===<br />
On Christmas, [[January 7]], 1976, Makarios was made a [[novice]] by Archbishop [[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev)]], then Dean of Holy Trinity Seminary. As a novice his obediences in the [[monastery]] were cleaning, cooking, working the tractor in the farm and digging graves in the cemetery. After a few years in the monastery he was made a riassophor [[monk]] on Friday of the First Week of Lent, 1979 and [[tonsure]]d to the small schema on Friday of the First Week of Lent, 1980, and given the name Mitrophan in honor of Saint [[Mitrophan of Voronezh]]. He was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[subdeacon]] on Palm Sunday of the same year, before graduating from Holy Trinity Seminary that year.<br />
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Fr Mitrophan, with the blessing of [[Laurus (Skurla) of New York|Archbishop Laurus]], moved to [[Mount Athos]] in June of 1981. Initially, he lived in St Elias Skete for several months, a strict skete which was then connected with ROCOR. On the advise of Elder Nicodemos of Karoulia, he then moved to an English-speaking cell (within [[Koutloumousiou Monastery (Athos)|Koutloumousiou Monastery]]) with four other ROCOR monks (including a hieromonk ordained by then-Bishop [[Mark (Arndt) of Berlin|Mark (Arndt)]]), which was one that other monasteries would often send American visitors to them. He became acquainted with St [[Paisios (Eznepidis)|Paisios the Athonite]] while there. He was tonsured to the great schema by [[Hieromonk]] Chrysostomos of Koutloumousiou and given the name George in honor of Saint George the Great-Martyr.<br />
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In February, 1986, Fr George returned to [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] and started working on the Printshop of Saint Job of Pochaev, where he worked until 2008. He assumed editorial duties on Orthodox Life from 1992 to his consecration as bishop in 2008, including writing & translating many articles for ''Orthodox Life'' magazine and translating several sayings of the Optina Elders found in ''Living Without Hypocrisy'' ([[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|HTM Press]], 2006). He also began helping at [[Hermitage of the Holy Cross (Wayne, West Virginia)|Hermitage of the Holy Cross]] during this time, serving as confessor and spiritual father.<br />
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Fr George was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[hierodeacon]] on the feast of St. Michael, 1986 and a hieromonk on Palm Sunday, 1987. In 1994, he was appointed Economos of Holy Trinity Monastery, was elevated to the rank of [[hegumen]] in September 1998, was elevated to [[archimandrite]] on Labor Day, 2005, and was made dean of Holy Trinity Monastery in 2007.<br />
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===Episcopal service===<br />
In May 2008, the [[Synod]] of Bishops of the ROCOR elected Archimandrite George as Bishop of Mayfield, Vicar of the Eastern American Diocese. The [[Holy Synod]] of the Russian Orthodox Church confirmed the election in June 2008; though Bp George, having no internet, found out about his appointment from the congratulations of friends. On [[December 7]], 2008, Archimandrite George was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] to the episcopal office at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, New York, by Bishop [[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Manhattan|Gabriel of Montreal and Canada]], Bishop [[Peter (Loukianoff) of Cleveland|Peter of Cleveland]] and Bishop [[John (Berzins) of Caracas|John of Caracas]]. Bishop George's place of residence was at the [[Holy Cross Skete (Wayne, West Virginia)|Hermitage of the Holy Cross in Wayne]], West Virginia. In 2009, when the Hermitage became independent of Holy Trinity Monastery, he was appointed Abbot.<br />
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On behalf of Metropolitan Hilarion (who, before being elected First Hierarch, had been diocesan bishop of Australia and New Zealand), Bp George visited Australia for two months in 2013, and repeated this trip in 2014. On [[October 10]], 2014, he was appointed by the Holy Synod to be 'Bishop of Canberra' as a vicar bishop within the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand. It was later announced that Bp George would move to the Australian Diocesan Chancery after Pascha 2015, and would remain Bishop of Mayfield until his relocation.[http://eadiocese.org/News/2014/oct/bg.en.htm]<br />
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On Bright Tuesday, 2015, Bp George departed America for Sydney, Australia. He was welcomed on Bright Thursday and inducted as Bishop of Canberra on Bright Friday.<br />
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After the repose of Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion]], Bp George was appointed Acting Ruling Bishop of the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand. Later that year, during the same Council of Bishops that elected Bp [[Nicholas (Olhovsky) of New York|Nicholas of Manhattan]] as First Hierarch, Bp George was appointed ruling bishop of the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand on [[September 21|21 September]] 2022, and given the title "Bishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand".[https://synod.com/synod/eng2022/20220923_enbpgeorgeaustralia.html]<br />
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== References ==<br />
* [http://www.jordanville.org/news_081207_2.html Biography of Bishop George]<br />
* [http://www.synod.com/synod/eng2009/5enholycrosshermitage.html Holy Cross Monastery Elects a New Abbot]<br />
* [http://eadiocese.org/Administration/vicarbishops.en.htm Vicar Bishops]<br />
* [http://synod.com/synod/engdocuments/enart_bpgeorgeinterview.html “Church Life Isn’t Black and White” - an interview of Bp George (Schaefer)]<br />
* [https://synod.com/synod/eng2022/20220923_enbpgeorgeaustralia.html Bishop George of Canberra appointed Ruling Bishop of the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]<br />
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== Links ==<br />
* [http://www.jordanville.org/news_081207_1.html Archimandrite George's Speech at his nomination as bishop of Mayfield]<br />
* [http://www.wvliving.com/Winter-2012/Moments-at-the-Monastery/ Monastery in the Mountains] wvliving.com<br />
* [http://russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/2014/20141010_synodmeeting.html Synod meeting for October 2014] when Bp George was appointed Bishop of Canberra<br />
* [http://eadiocese.org/News/2014/oct/bg.en.htm ROCOR Synod Resolves to Appoint Bishop George to Australian Diocese] (from Eastern American Diocese<br />
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[[Category:Bishops|George]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century bishops]]<br />
[[Category:Bishops of Mayfield]]</div>
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George (Schaefer) of Canberra
2022-09-23T20:54:52Z
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George (Schaefer) of Sydney
2022-09-23T20:52:41Z
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<div>[[Image:BG2.JPG|right|thumb|His Grace on the ambon of his first cathedral church of St John the Baptist in Mayfield, PA.]]<br />
{{orthodoxyinaustralasia}}<br />
His Grace, the Right Reverend '''George (Schaefer)''' is [[Bishop]] of Sydney, and ruling bishop of the [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia]].<br />
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== Life ==<br />
Paul Schaefer was born on [[May 25]], 1950, in Belleville, Illinois, to Francis and Claire Schaefer, a devout Roman Catholic family. He graduated from Catholic High School in 1968 and then attended Southern Illinois University from 1968 to 1972. After graduating, he saw problems in the Roman Catholic Church; he stopped attending services and began to search for the truth, including in Buddhist and other eastern sources.<br />
<br />
In 1974, he moved to San Jose, California, and found out about Orthodox Christianity through a Greek man, discovering the Church, the lives of saints, and the true faith. He was baptised that year at the Greek Orthodox Church in Modesto, California, and given the name Makarios in honor of Saint Makarios the Great. He started attending St Nicholas Church, San Jose, before attending the Greek Cathedral in San Francisco and, in May 1975, a Russian church in San Francisco.<br />
<br />
In January 1975, Makarios visited Mt Athos, where he decided to become a monk. He later visited the [[Monastery of St. Herman of Alaska (Platina, California)|St Herman of Alaska Monastery]], Platina, where he met Monks [[Seraphim (Rose)]] and [[Herman (Podmoshensky)]] and was immersed in the monastic life. They suggested he enrol in seminary, which he did, entering [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Seminary]] in September 1975.<br />
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===Monastic life===<br />
On Christmas, [[January 7]], 1976, Makarios was made a [[novice]] by Archbishop [[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev)]], then Dean of Holy Trinity Seminary. As a novice his obediences in the [[monastery]] were cleaning, cooking, working the tractor in the farm and digging graves in the cemetery. After a few years in the monastery he was made a riassophor [[monk]] on Friday of the First Week of Lent, 1979 and [[tonsure]]d to the small schema on Friday of the First Week of Lent, 1980, and given the name Mitrophan in honor of Saint [[Mitrophan of Voronezh]]. He was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[subdeacon]] on Palm Sunday of the same year, before graduating from Holy Trinity Seminary that year.<br />
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Fr Mitrophan, with the blessing of [[Laurus (Skurla) of New York|Archbishop Laurus]], moved to [[Mount Athos]] in June of 1981. Initially, he lived in St Elias Skete for several months, a strict skete which was then connected with ROCOR. On the advise of Elder Nicodemos of Karoulia, he then moved to an English-speaking cell (within [[Koutloumousiou Monastery (Athos)|Koutloumousiou Monastery]]) with four other ROCOR monks (including a hieromonk ordained by then-Bishop [[Mark (Arndt) of Berlin|Mark (Arndt)]]), which was one that other monasteries would often send American visitors to them. He became acquainted with St [[Paisios (Eznepidis)|Paisios the Athonite]] while there. He was tonsured to the great schema by [[Hieromonk]] Chrysostomos of Koutloumousiou and given the name George in honor of Saint George the Great-Martyr.<br />
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In February, 1986, Fr George returned to [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] and started working on the Printshop of Saint Job of Pochaev, where he worked until 2008. He assumed editorial duties on Orthodox Life from 1992 to his consecration as bishop in 2008, including writing & translating many articles for ''Orthodox Life'' magazine and translating several sayings of the Optina Elders found in ''Living Without Hypocrisy'' ([[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|HTM Press]], 2006). He also began helping at [[Hermitage of the Holy Cross (Wayne, West Virginia)|Hermitage of the Holy Cross]] during this time, serving as confessor and spiritual father.<br />
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Fr George was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[hierodeacon]] on the feast of St. Michael, 1986 and a hieromonk on Palm Sunday, 1987. In 1994, he was appointed Economos of Holy Trinity Monastery, was elevated to the rank of [[hegumen]] in September 1998, was elevated to [[archimandrite]] on Labor Day, 2005, and was made dean of Holy Trinity Monastery in 2007.<br />
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===Episcopal service===<br />
In May 2008, the [[Synod]] of Bishops of the ROCOR elected Archimandrite George as Bishop of Mayfield, Vicar of the Eastern American Diocese. The [[Holy Synod]] of the Russian Orthodox Church confirmed the election in June 2008; though Bp George, having no internet, found out about his appointment from the congratulations of friends. On [[December 7]], 2008, Archimandrite George was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] to the episcopal office at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, New York, by Bishop [[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Manhattan|Gabriel of Montreal and Canada]], Bishop [[Peter (Loukianoff) of Cleveland|Peter of Cleveland]] and Bishop [[John (Berzins) of Caracas|John of Caracas]]. Bishop George's place of residence was at the [[Holy Cross Skete (Wayne, West Virginia)|Hermitage of the Holy Cross in Wayne]], West Virginia. In 2009, when the Hermitage became independent of Holy Trinity Monastery, he was appointed Abbot.<br />
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On behalf of Metropolitan Hilarion (who, before being elected First Hierarch, had been diocesan bishop of Australia and New Zealand), Bp George visited Australia for two months in 2013, and repeated this trip in 2014. On [[October 10]], 2014, he was appointed by the Holy Synod to be 'Bishop of Canberra' as a vicar bishop within the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand. It was later announced that Bp George would move to the Australian Diocesan Chancery after Pascha 2015, and would remain Bishop of Mayfield until his relocation.[http://eadiocese.org/News/2014/oct/bg.en.htm]<br />
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On Bright Tuesday, 2015, Bp George departed America for Sydney, Australia. He was welcomed on Bright Thursday and inducted as Bishop of Canberra on Bright Friday.<br />
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After the repose of Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion]], Bp George was appointed Acting Ruling Bishop of the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand. Later that year, during the same Council of Bishops that elected Bp [[Nicholas (Olhovsky) of New York|Nicholas of Manhattan]] as First Hierarch, Bp George was appointed ruling bishop of the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand on [[September 21|21 September]] 2022, and given the title "Bishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand".[https://synod.com/synod/eng2022/20220923_enbpgeorgeaustralia.html]<br />
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== References ==<br />
* [http://www.jordanville.org/news_081207_2.html Biography of Bishop George]<br />
* [http://www.synod.com/synod/eng2009/5enholycrosshermitage.html Holy Cross Monastery Elects a New Abbot]<br />
* [http://eadiocese.org/Administration/vicarbishops.en.htm Vicar Bishops]<br />
* [http://synod.com/synod/engdocuments/enart_bpgeorgeinterview.html “Church Life Isn’t Black and White” - an interview of Bp George (Schaefer)]<br />
* [https://synod.com/synod/eng2022/20220923_enbpgeorgeaustralia.html Bishop George of Canberra appointed Ruling Bishop of the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]<br />
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== Links ==<br />
* [http://www.jordanville.org/news_081207_1.html Archimandrite George's Speech at his nomination as bishop of Mayfield]<br />
* [http://www.wvliving.com/Winter-2012/Moments-at-the-Monastery/ Monastery in the Mountains] wvliving.com<br />
* [http://russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/2014/20141010_synodmeeting.html Synod meeting for October 2014] when Bp George was appointed Bishop of Canberra<br />
* [http://eadiocese.org/News/2014/oct/bg.en.htm ROCOR Synod Resolves to Appoint Bishop George to Australian Diocese] (from Eastern American Diocese<br />
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The '''Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia''' (also called the ''Russian Orthodox Church Abroad'', ''ROCA'', ''ROCOR'', ''the Karlovsty Synod'', or ''the Synod'') is a semi-[[autonomy|autonomous]] [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Moscow Patriarchate]] originally formed in response against the policy of Bolsheviks with respect to religion in the Soviet Union soon after the Russian Revolution. The ROCOR exists overlapping with previously existing [[diocese]]s of the Moscow Patriarchate throughout the [[diaspora]].<br />
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==History==<br />
===Formation and early years===<br />
In 1920, the Soviet government had revealed that it was quite hostile to the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]]. Saint [[Tikhon of Moscow|Tikhon]], Patriarch of Moscow, issued an ''[[Ukaz No. 362|ukaz]]'' (decree) that all Russian Orthodox Christians abroad currently under the authority and protection of his Patriarchate organize and govern themselves independently of the Mother Church, until such time that the Patriarchate would again be free.<br />
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Among most Russian [[bishop]]s and other hierarchs, this was interpreted as an authorization to form an emergency [[synod]] of all Russian Orthodox hierarchs to permit the Church to continue to function outside Russia and provide spiritual care for nearly three million Russian emigres. To add urgency to the synod's motives, in May of 1922, the Soviet government proclaimed its own "[[Living Church]]" as a "reform" of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]].<br />
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On [[September 13]], 1922, Russian Orthodox hierarchs in Serbia gave their blessing to the establishment, in Serbia, of a Synod of Bishops of the Russian Church Abroad, the foundation of ROCOR. In November of 1922, Russian Orthodox in North America held a synod and elected Metropolitan [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon]] as the primate of an autonomous Russian exarchate in the Americas (also known as the ''Metropolia'', which eventually became the [[Orthodox Church in America]]). Although the hierarchs of the Metropolia participated as full equals in the Synod Abroad, eventually a three-way conflict in the United States erupted between the patriarchal exarchate, ROCOR (sometimes known as "the Synod" in this period), and the [[Living Church]], which asserted that it was the legitimate (i.e., Russian-government-recognized) owner of all Orthodox properties in the USA. (See: [[ROCOR and OCA]])<br />
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===The Church of the Refugees (1922-1991)===<br />
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In 1927, ROCOR declared "The part of the Russian Church that finds itself abroad considers itself an inseparable, spiritually united branch of the Great Russian Church. It does not separate itself from its Mother Church and does not consider itself autocephalous," indicating that ROCOR considered itself to speak for all of the Russian Orthodox outside of Russia. The Church Abroad also considered itself to be the free voice of the enslaved Mother Church in the Soviet Union.<ref>For more on how ROCOR viewed its relationship to the Mother Church, see [http://web.archive.org/web/20030430123024/http:/orthodoxinfo.com/resistance/mpmother.htm Is the Moscow Patriarchate the "Mother Church" of the ROCOR?] by Protopresbyter Alexander Lebedeff, December 28, 2007</ref><br />
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After the end of World War II, the [[Church of Russia|Patriarchate of Moscow]] broached the possibility of reunification between Moscow and ROCOR, presumably at the behest of the Soviet government, which had adopted a more conciliatory attitude towards religion during the war and was presumably trying to capitalize on its wartime alliances to win a more respectable position internationally. This was not deemed possible at that time by ROCOR, given that Russia was still under communist dictatorship and the Church was still persecuted and controlled by the atheist authorities.<br />
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===Holy Transfiguration Monastery and ROCOR===<br />
In the 1960s, ROCOR took under its care [[Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Brookline, Massachusetts)]] (today the principal [[monastery]] of [[HOCNA]]) after the latter had broken communion from the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]]. At some point later, they gradually assumed responsibility for much of ROCOR's external communications and publications. (The monks of Holy Transfiguration were English-speaking and the ROCOR bishops in America mainly were not.)<br />
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It is believed by many that the allegedly sectarian spirit of ROCOR came into its flowering during this time and under the influence of this monastery, which frequently misrepresented the official policies and views of the Synod of Bishops. In the early 1980s the hierarchs of the Synod began to correct and censor the narrow-minded and incorrect views of the followers of Holy Transfiguration Monastery. Subsequently this group broke communion with ROCOR (regarding allegations of sexual abuse by the monastery's leadership), styling themselves the [[HOCNA|Holy Orthodox Church in North America]] (HOCNA). They became affiliated with the [[True Orthodox Church of Greece]], a Greek Old Calendarist group which broke from the [[Church of Greece]]. According to Fr. Alexey Young (author of ''The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia: A History and Chronology''), the association of ROCOR and Holy Transfiguration Monastery resulted in deep damage to ROCOR.<ref>For more on the history of this schism, see [http://pages.prodigy.net/frjohnwhiteford/hocna_facts.htm Articles for those who wish to know the Truth about the Panteleimonite Schism and the so called "Holy Orthodox Church in North America"], December 28, 2007</ref><br />
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===After the Soviet fall===<br />
After the end of the Soviet Union, ROCOR maintained its independence from the [[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]] on the grounds that the Church inside Russia had been unacceptably compromised. Some accusations went so far as to claim that the entire hierarchy within Russia were active KGB agents. ROCOR also attempted to set up missions in post-Soviet Russia.<br />
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This did not prevent all communication, however. For many years there had been unofficial and warm contacts between the two groups. In 2001, the Synod of the Patriarchate of Moscow and ROCOR exchanged formal correspondence. The Muscovite letter held the position that previous and current separation was over purely political matters. ROCOR's response expressed concern over continued Muscovite involvement in [[ecumenism]], which was seen as compromising Moscow's Orthodoxy. Nevertheless, this was far more friendly discourse than had been seen previously.<br />
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After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia continued to establish itself in its homeland, although today, all of those parishes are either reconciled with the Moscow Patriarchate, or have gone into schism with one "Free Russian" group or another. <br />
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===Views on the Moscow Patriarchate===<br />
After the declaration of Metropolitan Sergius of 1927, there were a range of opinions regarding the Moscow Patriarchate within ROCOR. A distinction must be made between the various opinions of bishops, clergy, and laity within ROCOR, and official statements from the Synod of Bishops. There was a general consensus in ROCOR that the Soviet government was manipulating the Moscow Patriarchate to one extent or another, and that under such circumstances administrative ties were impossible. There were also official statements made that the elections of the patriarchs of Moscow which occurred after 1927 were invalid because they were not conducted freely (without the interference of the Soviets) or with the participation of the entire Russian Church.<ref>See, for example, [http://www.stvladimirs.ca/library/concerning-patriarch-pimen.html Resolution of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Concerning the Election of Pimen (Isvekov) as Patriarch of Moscow, September 1/14) 1971], December 27th, 2007</ref> However, these statements only declared that ROCOR did not recognize the Patriarchs of Moscow who were elected after 1927 as being the legitimate primates of the Russian Church -- they did not declare that the Bishops of the Moscow Patriarchate were illegitimate bishops, or without grace. There were, however, under the umbrella of this general consensus, various opinions about the Moscow Patriarchate, ranging for those who held the extreme view that the Moscow Patriarchate had apostatized from the Church (those in the orbit of Holy Transfiguration Monastery being the most vocal advocates of this position), to those who considered them to be innocent sufferers at the hands of the Soviets, and all points in between. Advocates of the more extreme view of the Moscow Patriarchate became increasingly strident in the 1970's, at a time when ROCOR was increasingly isolating itself from much of the rest of the Orthodox Church due to concerns over the direction of Orthodox involvement in the Ecumenical Movement. Prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union, there wasn't a burning need to settle the question of what should be made of the status of the Moscow Patriarchate, although beginning in the mid 1980's (as the period of Glaznost began in the Soviet Union, which culminated in the ultimate collapse of the Soviet government in 1991), these questions resulted in a number of schisms, and increasingly occupied the attention of those in ROCOR.<br />
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There are certain basic facts about the official position of ROCOR that should be understood. Historically, ROCOR has always affirmed that it was an inseparable part of the Russian Church, and that it's autonomous status was only temporary, based upon [http://www.pomog.org/index.html?http://www.pomog.org/ukaz.htm Ukaz 362], until such time as the domination of the Soviet government over the affairs of the Church should cease:<br />
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:"The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia is an indissoluble part of the Russian Orthodox Church, and for the time until the extermination in Russia of the atheist government, is self-governing on conciliar principles in accordance with the resolution of the Patriarch, the Most Holy Synod, and the Highest Church Council [Sobor] of the Russian Church dated 7/20 November, 1920, No. 362."<ref>[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/english/pages/regulations/rocorregulations.html Regulations Of The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, Confirmed by the Council of Bishops in 1956 and by a decision of the Council dated 5/18 June, 1964], first paragraph, December 28, 2007</ref><br />
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Similarly, [[Anastasy (Gribanovsky) of Kishinev|Metropolitan Anastasy]] wrote in his Last Will and Testament:<br />
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:"As regards the Moscow Patriarchate and its hierarchs, then, so long as they continue in close, active and benevolent cooperation with the Soviet Government, which openly professes its complete godlessness and strives to implant atheism in the entire Russian nation, then the Church Abroad, maintaining Her purity, must not have any canonical, liturgical or even simply external communion with them whatsoever, leaving each one of them at the same time to the final judgment of the Council (Sobor) of the future free Russian Church."<ref>[http://www.orthodox.net/articles/anastasy-will.html The last will and testament of Metropolitan Anastassy, 1957], December 28, 2007</ref><br />
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ROCOR viewed the Russian Church as consisting of three parts during the Soviet period: 1. The Moscow Patriarchate, 2. the Catacomb Church, and 3. The Free Russian Church (ROCOR). The Catacomb Church had been a significant part of the Russian Church prior to World War II. Most of those in ROCOR had left Russia during or well before World War II. They were unaware of the changes that had occurred immediately after World War II&mdash;most significantly that with the election of Patriarch [[Alexei I (Simansky) of Moscow|Alexei I]], most of the Catacomb Church was reconciled with the Moscow Patriarchate. By the 1970s, due to this reconciliation, as well as to continued persecution by the Soviets, there was very little left of the Catacomb Church. [[Alexander Solzhenitsyn]] made this point in a letter to the 1974 [[All-Diaspora Councils|All-Diaspora Sobor]] of ROCOR, in which he stated that ROCOR should not "show solidarity with a mysterious, sinless, but also bodiless catacomb."<ref>[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/cat_1974.aspx The Catacomb Tikhonite Church 1974], The Orthodox Word, Nov.-Dec., 1974 (59), 235-246, December 28, 2007.</ref> The fact that the catacomb Church had essentially ceased to exist was de facto recognized when, as Communism was about to finally collapse in Russia, ROCOR began to establish "Free Russian" parishes in Russia, and to consecrate bishops to oversee such parishes, and never recognized any alleged Catacomb bishop as having a legitimate episcopacy.<br />
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Finally, the collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union precipitated a crisis in ROCOR, because the very reason that had initially resulted in its separation from the Moscow Patriarchate had been removed, and so the basis of the consensus that had previously united ROCOR began to unravel. There were those who did not believe that the Moscow Patriarchate was yet free from the control of the KGB, and that in any case they had not sufficiently renounced the policies of Metropolitan Sergius. There were also those who believed that regardless of the political situation in Russia, that the question of Ecumenism had become sufficient grounds for continued separation. But after the August 2000 All-Russian Sobor of the Moscow Patriarchate, in which the MP officially condemned the Branch Theory of Ecumenism, and also renounced in principle, if not in name, the policies of Metropolitan Sergius, the question of reconciliation with the Moscow Patriarchate become an unavoidable question that had to be resolved, one way or another.<ref>[http://pages.prodigy.net/frjohnwhiteford/statusquo.htm Status Quo, ROCOR?], December 28, 2007.</ref><br />
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===Rapprochement with Moscow===<br />
[[Image:Laurus alexii signing.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The signing of the [[Act of Canonical Communion with the Moscow Patriarchate|Act of Canonical Communion]] by Patr. Alexey II and Metr. Laurus]]<br />
After the election of Metropolitan [[Laurus (Skurla) of New York|Laurus]] as First Hierarch of ROCOR in 2001, a steady process of rapprochement occurred between ROCOR and the [[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]]. Multiple official visits were been exchanged between hierarchs and other clergy of both churches, and the date for restoration of [[full communion]] was officially announced by both sides.<br />
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In October 2001 Patriarch [[Alexei II (Ridiger) of Moscow|Alexei II]] and the [[Holy Synod]] of the Moscow Patriarchate sent a letter to the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia calling for reconciliation, but without immediate success. However, there was mutual recognition of grace in the sacraments of each church. Then, in November 2003, a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia consisting of three bishops and two priests paid an official visit to the Moscow Patriarchate. This signaled a warming in relations, and in May 2004 for the first time since the foundation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, the First Hierarch of ROCOR, Metropolitan Laurus, visited Moscow and met with Patriarch Alexei. The two church leaders established a joint committee to examine ways to overcome the division between their churches. This committee met successfully on several occasions, working out the details of intercommunion between the two Church bodies.<br />
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This possibility of rapprochement led to a small [[schism]] from ROCOR, taking the self-retired Metropolitan [[Vitaly (Ustinov) of New York|Vitaly]] (Metropolitan Laurus's predecessor) with it (regarded by many in ROCOR as having been abducted by the schismatics). The resultant body refers to itself as the ''[[Russian Orthodox Church in Exile]]'' (ROCE/ROCiE), though it often still uses the ''ROCOR'' name. A few other communities have also broken off from ROCOR, some joining with Greek [[Old Calendarists|Old Calendarist]] groups.<br />
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On [[June 21]], 2005, it was announced simultaneously by both the ROCOR and the MP on their respective websites that rapprochement talks were leading toward the resumption of full relations between the ROCOR and the MP and that the ROCOR would be given the status of [[autonomy]].<ref>[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/01newstucture/pagesen/articles/docs.html Documents Developed at the Joint Sessions of the Commission of the Moscow Patriarchate on Discussions with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and the Commission of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia on Discussions with the Moscow Patriarchate.]</ref><br />
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In May 2006, the ROCOR met in its IV All-Diaspora Council, which was held at Most Holy Theotokos Joy of All Who Sorrow Cathedral in San Francisco, California. The council consisted of clergy and lay delegates from all dioceses of the ROCOR, and adopted a resolution, expressing "great hope that in the appropriate time, the unity of the Russian Church will be restored upon the foundation of the Truth of Christ, opening for us the possibility to serve together and to commune from one Chalice."<ref>[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2006/5ensobresolution.html Resolution of the IV All-Diaspora Council of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia]</ref> <br />
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Following the IV All-Diaspora Council, the Council of Bishops of the ROCOR was held. According to sources close to the council, it generally agreed with the text of the proposed "[[Act of Canonical Communion with the Moscow Patriarchate|Act of Canonical Unity]]," but remitted it back to the Committee for Dialogue with the Moscow Patriarchate to rework certain aspects of the document.{{citation}} The exact nature of the elements to be worked out is unclear, but, according to sources close to the Synod of Bishops, it involved, among other things, property issues in the Holy Land.{{citation}}<br />
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On September 6, 2006, the Synod of Bishops of ROCOR decreed their confirmation and approval of the revised Act of Canonical Unity and instructed the Commission on Discussion with the Moscow Patriarchate to work jointly with the Moscow Patriarchate to work out details of the official signing of the Act.<ref> [http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2006/9enaktko.html The Synod of Bishops Makes a Decision on the "Act on Canonical Communion"]</ref> Subsequently on September 11, 2006, the Synod of Bishops of ROCOR published on ROCOR's website a clarification of their decision to confirm and approve the Act.<ref>[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2006/9enaktexplanantion.html Clarifications on the Negotiation Process and the "Act on Canonical Communion"]</ref> Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia acknowledged the work of the commissions and declared that the act of reunification, while moving in the right direction, will take time.<ref> [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=1977 Unification of Orthodox Church with its branch abroad will not be fast - Alexy II]</ref><br />
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Both the Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia published on their respective websites the final full text of the Act of Canonical Unity <ref>[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/engdocuments/enmat_akt.html Act of Canonical Union]</ref> with all relevant supporting documents <ref>[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/engdocuments/enmat_addendum.html Addendum to the Act of Canonical Communion], [http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2006/11ensummation.html Summation of the Joint Work of the Commissions of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and the Moscow Patriarchate]</ref> on November 1, 2006. The Act having been approved by both the Moscow Patriarchate and ROCOR, was formally signed in Moscow on May 17, 2007, followed by a concelebration of the Divine Liturgy, bringing the ROCOR into the Moscow Patriarchate.<br />
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===ROCOR Today===<br />
ROCOR currently has 349 [[parish]]es and 21 [[monastery|monasteries]] for men and women in 32 countries throughout the world, served by 462 clergy. The distribution of parishes is as follows: 152 parishes and 8 monasteries in the United States; 42 parishes in Germany; 31 parishes and 4 monasteries in Australia; 21 parishes and 3 monasteries in Canada; 22 parishes in Indonesia; and a handful of institutions in France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, South America, and New Zealand.<ref>[http://www.synod.com/ Source: Official ROCOR parish directory]</ref><br />
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There are twelve ROCOR monasteries for men and women in North America, the most important and largest of which is [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)]], to which is attached ROCOR's seminary, [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary]].<br />
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In concert with the [[Church of Jerusalem]], ROCOR also oversees the [http://www.jerusalem-mission.org/ Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem], which acts as caretaker to three holy sites in Palestine, all of which are monasteries.<br />
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==Ecclesiastical status before 2007==<br />
Until the reconciliation with Moscow in 2007, the ROCOR was in relative [[Eucharist]]ic isolation from much of the Orthodox world, not always exchanging [[full communion]] with the majority of Orthodox [[jurisdiction]]s. It maintained good relations, intercommunion, and [[concelebration]] with the [[Church of Serbia]], the [[Church of Jerusalem]], and the [[Church of Sinai]].<br />
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Before the reconciliation, ROCOR's status with regard to [[full communion]] was not entirely clear-cut. There was never a formal declaration of a break in communion made between ROCOR and most other Orthodox churches, though in many dioceses [[concelebration]] had been suspended. In others, concelebration was active. A formal declaration of breaking communion with the OCA was issued by the ROCOR Synod after the Moscow Patriarchate issued the Tomos of Autocephaly to the OCA. (See: [[ROCOR and OCA]].) Generally Orthodox Christians from all local Orthodox churches were welcome to the chalice in ROCOR churches. There was never a declaration from the ROCOR synod that grace did not exist in the [[New Calendar]] jurisdictions, in spite of statements to the contrary by the followers of Holy Transfiguation Monastery in Boston when they were still with the Synod.<br />
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ROCOR formerly maintained communion with a few [[Old Calendarist]] jurisdictions, including the [[Holy Synod in Resistance]] (True Orthodox Church of Greece, so-called "Cyprianites"), the [[Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Romania]] (Synod of Metropolitan Vlasie), and the [[Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Bulgaria]] (Bishop Photii). In 2006, communion with the [[Holy Synod in Resistance]] was suspended, after the ROCOR Synod received a letter from Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili stating that Metropolitan Laurus' name had been "struck from the [[Diptychs|diptych]]."<ref>[http://www.synod.com/synod/eng2006/2ensynodmeeting.html A Regular Session of the Synod of Bishops is Held]</ref> Relations with the Synod of Metropolitan Vlasie and with Bishop Photii of Triaditza were subsequently severed as well. <br />
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As of 2007, with the reconciliation with Moscow, the ROCOR is now in communion with [[List of autocephalous and autonomous churches|all of mainstream Orthodoxy]] by virtue of its incorporation into the Moscow Patriarchate.<br />
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==The Episcopacy==<br />
: ''See '''[[List of bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]]'''''<br />
The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia currently has thirteen [[bishop]]s serving nine [[diocese]]s throughout the world, along with one retired bishop.<br />
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===Ruling bishops===<br />
* Metropolitan [[Mark (Arndt) of Berlin|Mark (Arndt)]] of Berlin and Germany<br />
* Archbishop [[Kyrill (Dmitrieff) of San Francisco|Kyrill (Dmitrieff)]] of San Francisco and Western America<br />
* Archbishop [[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Montreal|Gabriel (Chemodakov)]] of Montreal and Canada<br />
* Archbishop [[Peter (Loukianoff) of Cleveland|Peter (Loukianoff)]] of Chicago and Mid-America<br />
* Bishop [[John (Bērziņš) of Caracas|John (Bērziņš)]] of Caracas and South America<br />
* Bishop [[Irenei (Steenberg) of London|Irenei (Steenberg)]] of London and Western Europe<br />
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===Vicar bishops===<br />
* Bishop [[Theodosius (Ivashchenko) of Seattle]] of Seattle, Vicar of the Diocese of Western America<br />
* Bishop [[George (Schaefer) of Canberra]] of Canberra, Vicar of the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand<br />
* Bishop [[Nicholas (Olhovsky) of Manhattan]] of Manhattan, Vicar of the Diocese of Eastern America<br />
* Bishop Alexander of Vevey, Vicar of the Diocese of Western Europe<br />
* Bishop Luke of Syracuse, Vicar of the Diocese of Eastern America<br />
* Bishop James of Sonora, Vicar of the Diocese of Western America<br />
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===Retired bishops===<br />
* Bishop [[Michael (Donskoff) of Geneva|Michael (Donskoff)]]<br />
* Bishop [[Jerome (Shaw)]]<br />
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==First Hierarchs==<br />
* Metropolitan [[Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev|Anthony (Khrapovitsky)]] (reposed on August 10, 1936, in Sremsky Karlovtsy, Serbia)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Anastasy (Gribanovsky) of Kishinev|Anastasy (Gribanovsky)]] (reposed on May 22, 1965)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret (Voznesensky)]] (reposed on November 21, 1985)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Vitaly (Ustinov) of New York|Vitaly (Ustinov)]] (reposed on September 25, 2006, in Mansonville, Canada)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Laurus (Skurla) of New York|Laurus (Škurla)]] (reposed on March 16, 2008)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion (Kapral)]] (reposed on May 16, 2022).<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[ROCOR and OCA]]<br />
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==Notes== <br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/ Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia] (Official site, Russian)<br />
*[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/indexeng.htm Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia] (Official site, English)<br />
*[http://www.roca.org/ ROCA: A collection of Russian Orthodox Materials] (Unofficial site)<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/roca_history.aspx History of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad], by St. [[John Maximovitch]]<br />
*[http://gnisios.narod.ru/bisrocor.html Bishops of the ROCOR]<br />
*[http://www.synod.com/01newstucture/pagesen/articles/svassasobor.htm "Glory be to God, Who Did Not Abandon His Church": The Self-Awareness of ROCOR at the Third All-Diaspora Council of 1974], by [[Vassa (Larin)|Nun Vassa (Larin)]]<br />
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*[http://www.saintjonah.org/articles/voicesofreason.htm Voices of Reason], a collection of articles in response to those who oppose the reconciliation of ROCOR with the MP<br />
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population=480,000<ref>[http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1206001825245730.xml&coll=2 Cleveland Plain Dealer: Metropolitan Laurus, helped reunify Russian Orthodox Church], Thursday, March 20, 2008</ref>|<br />
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The '''Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia''' (also called the ''Russian Orthodox Church Abroad'', ''ROCA'', ''ROCOR'', ''the Karlovsty Synod'', or ''the Synod'') is a semi-[[autonomy|autonomous]] [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Moscow Patriarchate]] originally formed in response against the policy of Bolsheviks with respect to religion in the Soviet Union soon after the Russian Revolution. The ROCOR exists overlapping with previously existing [[diocese]]s of the Moscow Patriarchate throughout the [[diaspora]].<br />
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==History==<br />
===Formation and early years===<br />
In 1920, the Soviet government had revealed that it was quite hostile to the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]]. Saint [[Tikhon of Moscow|Tikhon]], Patriarch of Moscow, issued an ''[[Ukaz No. 362|ukaz]]'' (decree) that all Russian Orthodox Christians abroad currently under the authority and protection of his Patriarchate organize and govern themselves independently of the Mother Church, until such time that the Patriarchate would again be free.<br />
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Among most Russian [[bishop]]s and other hierarchs, this was interpreted as an authorization to form an emergency [[synod]] of all Russian Orthodox hierarchs to permit the Church to continue to function outside Russia and provide spiritual care for nearly three million Russian emigres. To add urgency to the synod's motives, in May of 1922, the Soviet government proclaimed its own "[[Living Church]]" as a "reform" of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]].<br />
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On [[September 13]], 1922, Russian Orthodox hierarchs in Serbia gave their blessing to the establishment, in Serbia, of a Synod of Bishops of the Russian Church Abroad, the foundation of ROCOR. In November of 1922, Russian Orthodox in North America held a synod and elected Metropolitan [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon]] as the primate of an autonomous Russian exarchate in the Americas (also known as the ''Metropolia'', which eventually became the [[Orthodox Church in America]]). Although the hierarchs of the Metropolia participated as full equals in the Synod Abroad, eventually a three-way conflict in the United States erupted between the patriarchal exarchate, ROCOR (sometimes known as "the Synod" in this period), and the [[Living Church]], which asserted that it was the legitimate (i.e., Russian-government-recognized) owner of all Orthodox properties in the USA. (See: [[ROCOR and OCA]])<br />
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===The Church of the Refugees (1922-1991)===<br />
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In 1927, ROCOR declared "The part of the Russian Church that finds itself abroad considers itself an inseparable, spiritually united branch of the Great Russian Church. It does not separate itself from its Mother Church and does not consider itself autocephalous," indicating that ROCOR considered itself to speak for all of the Russian Orthodox outside of Russia. The Church Abroad also considered itself to be the free voice of the enslaved Mother Church in the Soviet Union.<ref>For more on how ROCOR viewed its relationship to the Mother Church, see [http://web.archive.org/web/20030430123024/http:/orthodoxinfo.com/resistance/mpmother.htm Is the Moscow Patriarchate the "Mother Church" of the ROCOR?] by Protopresbyter Alexander Lebedeff, December 28, 2007</ref><br />
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After the end of World War II, the [[Church of Russia|Patriarchate of Moscow]] broached the possibility of reunification between Moscow and ROCOR, presumably at the behest of the Soviet government, which had adopted a more conciliatory attitude towards religion during the war and was presumably trying to capitalize on its wartime alliances to win a more respectable position internationally. This was not deemed possible at that time by ROCOR, given that Russia was still under communist dictatorship and the Church was still persecuted and controlled by the atheist authorities.<br />
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===Holy Transfiguration Monastery and ROCOR===<br />
In the 1960s, ROCOR took under its care [[Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Brookline, Massachusetts)]] (today the principal [[monastery]] of [[HOCNA]]) after the latter had broken communion from the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]]. At some point later, they gradually assumed responsibility for much of ROCOR's external communications and publications. (The monks of Holy Transfiguration were English-speaking and the ROCOR bishops in America mainly were not.)<br />
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It is believed by many that the allegedly sectarian spirit of ROCOR came into its flowering during this time and under the influence of this monastery, which frequently misrepresented the official policies and views of the Synod of Bishops. In the early 1980s the hierarchs of the Synod began to correct and censor the narrow-minded and incorrect views of the followers of Holy Transfiguration Monastery. Subsequently this group broke communion with ROCOR (regarding allegations of sexual abuse by the monastery's leadership), styling themselves the [[HOCNA|Holy Orthodox Church in North America]] (HOCNA). They became affiliated with the [[True Orthodox Church of Greece]], a Greek Old Calendarist group which broke from the [[Church of Greece]]. According to Fr. Alexey Young (author of ''The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia: A History and Chronology''), the association of ROCOR and Holy Transfiguration Monastery resulted in deep damage to ROCOR.<ref>For more on the history of this schism, see [http://pages.prodigy.net/frjohnwhiteford/hocna_facts.htm Articles for those who wish to know the Truth about the Panteleimonite Schism and the so called "Holy Orthodox Church in North America"], December 28, 2007</ref><br />
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===After the Soviet fall===<br />
After the end of the Soviet Union, ROCOR maintained its independence from the [[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]] on the grounds that the Church inside Russia had been unacceptably compromised. Some accusations went so far as to claim that the entire hierarchy within Russia were active KGB agents. ROCOR also attempted to set up missions in post-Soviet Russia.<br />
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This did not prevent all communication, however. For many years there had been unofficial and warm contacts between the two groups. In 2001, the Synod of the Patriarchate of Moscow and ROCOR exchanged formal correspondence. The Muscovite letter held the position that previous and current separation was over purely political matters. ROCOR's response expressed concern over continued Muscovite involvement in [[ecumenism]], which was seen as compromising Moscow's Orthodoxy. Nevertheless, this was far more friendly discourse than had been seen previously.<br />
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After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia continued to establish itself in its homeland, although today, all of those parishes are either reconciled with the Moscow Patriarchate, or have gone into schism with one "Free Russian" group or another. <br />
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===Views on the Moscow Patriarchate===<br />
After the declaration of Metropolitan Sergius of 1927, there were a range of opinions regarding the Moscow Patriarchate within ROCOR. A distinction must be made between the various opinions of bishops, clergy, and laity within ROCOR, and official statements from the Synod of Bishops. There was a general consensus in ROCOR that the Soviet government was manipulating the Moscow Patriarchate to one extent or another, and that under such circumstances administrative ties were impossible. There were also official statements made that the elections of the patriarchs of Moscow which occurred after 1927 were invalid because they were not conducted freely (without the interference of the Soviets) or with the participation of the entire Russian Church.<ref>See, for example, [http://www.stvladimirs.ca/library/concerning-patriarch-pimen.html Resolution of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Concerning the Election of Pimen (Isvekov) as Patriarch of Moscow, September 1/14) 1971], December 27th, 2007</ref> However, these statements only declared that ROCOR did not recognize the Patriarchs of Moscow who were elected after 1927 as being the legitimate primates of the Russian Church -- they did not declare that the Bishops of the Moscow Patriarchate were illegitimate bishops, or without grace. There were, however, under the umbrella of this general consensus, various opinions about the Moscow Patriarchate, ranging for those who held the extreme view that the Moscow Patriarchate had apostatized from the Church (those in the orbit of Holy Transfiguration Monastery being the most vocal advocates of this position), to those who considered them to be innocent sufferers at the hands of the Soviets, and all points in between. Advocates of the more extreme view of the Moscow Patriarchate became increasingly strident in the 1970's, at a time when ROCOR was increasingly isolating itself from much of the rest of the Orthodox Church due to concerns over the direction of Orthodox involvement in the Ecumenical Movement. Prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union, there wasn't a burning need to settle the question of what should be made of the status of the Moscow Patriarchate, although beginning in the mid 1980's (as the period of Glaznost began in the Soviet Union, which culminated in the ultimate collapse of the Soviet government in 1991), these questions resulted in a number of schisms, and increasingly occupied the attention of those in ROCOR.<br />
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There are certain basic facts about the official position of ROCOR that should be understood. Historically, ROCOR has always affirmed that it was an inseparable part of the Russian Church, and that it's autonomous status was only temporary, based upon [http://www.pomog.org/index.html?http://www.pomog.org/ukaz.htm Ukaz 362], until such time as the domination of the Soviet government over the affairs of the Church should cease:<br />
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:"The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia is an indissoluble part of the Russian Orthodox Church, and for the time until the extermination in Russia of the atheist government, is self-governing on conciliar principles in accordance with the resolution of the Patriarch, the Most Holy Synod, and the Highest Church Council [Sobor] of the Russian Church dated 7/20 November, 1920, No. 362."<ref>[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/english/pages/regulations/rocorregulations.html Regulations Of The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, Confirmed by the Council of Bishops in 1956 and by a decision of the Council dated 5/18 June, 1964], first paragraph, December 28, 2007</ref><br />
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Similarly, [[Anastasy (Gribanovsky) of Kishinev|Metropolitan Anastasy]] wrote in his Last Will and Testament:<br />
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:"As regards the Moscow Patriarchate and its hierarchs, then, so long as they continue in close, active and benevolent cooperation with the Soviet Government, which openly professes its complete godlessness and strives to implant atheism in the entire Russian nation, then the Church Abroad, maintaining Her purity, must not have any canonical, liturgical or even simply external communion with them whatsoever, leaving each one of them at the same time to the final judgment of the Council (Sobor) of the future free Russian Church."<ref>[http://www.orthodox.net/articles/anastasy-will.html The last will and testament of Metropolitan Anastassy, 1957], December 28, 2007</ref><br />
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ROCOR viewed the Russian Church as consisting of three parts during the Soviet period: 1. The Moscow Patriarchate, 2. the Catacomb Church, and 3. The Free Russian Church (ROCOR). The Catacomb Church had been a significant part of the Russian Church prior to World War II. Most of those in ROCOR had left Russia during or well before World War II. They were unaware of the changes that had occurred immediately after World War II&mdash;most significantly that with the election of Patriarch [[Alexei I (Simansky) of Moscow|Alexei I]], most of the Catacomb Church was reconciled with the Moscow Patriarchate. By the 1970s, due to this reconciliation, as well as to continued persecution by the Soviets, there was very little left of the Catacomb Church. [[Alexander Solzhenitsyn]] made this point in a letter to the 1974 [[All-Diaspora Councils|All-Diaspora Sobor]] of ROCOR, in which he stated that ROCOR should not "show solidarity with a mysterious, sinless, but also bodiless catacomb."<ref>[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/cat_1974.aspx The Catacomb Tikhonite Church 1974], The Orthodox Word, Nov.-Dec., 1974 (59), 235-246, December 28, 2007.</ref> The fact that the catacomb Church had essentially ceased to exist was de facto recognized when, as Communism was about to finally collapse in Russia, ROCOR began to establish "Free Russian" parishes in Russia, and to consecrate bishops to oversee such parishes, and never recognized any alleged Catacomb bishop as having a legitimate episcopacy.<br />
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Finally, the collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union precipitated a crisis in ROCOR, because the very reason that had initially resulted in its separation from the Moscow Patriarchate had been removed, and so the basis of the consensus that had previously united ROCOR began to unravel. There were those who did not believe that the Moscow Patriarchate was yet free from the control of the KGB, and that in any case they had not sufficiently renounced the policies of Metropolitan Sergius. There were also those who believed that regardless of the political situation in Russia, that the question of Ecumenism had become sufficient grounds for continued separation. But after the August 2000 All-Russian Sobor of the Moscow Patriarchate, in which the MP officially condemned the Branch Theory of Ecumenism, and also renounced in principle, if not in name, the policies of Metropolitan Sergius, the question of reconciliation with the Moscow Patriarchate become an unavoidable question that had to be resolved, one way or another.<ref>[http://pages.prodigy.net/frjohnwhiteford/statusquo.htm Status Quo, ROCOR?], December 28, 2007.</ref><br />
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===Rapprochement with Moscow===<br />
[[Image:Laurus alexii signing.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The signing of the [[Act of Canonical Communion with the Moscow Patriarchate|Act of Canonical Communion]] by Patr. Alexey II and Metr. Laurus]]<br />
After the election of Metropolitan [[Laurus (Skurla) of New York|Laurus]] as First Hierarch of ROCOR in 2001, a steady process of rapprochement occurred between ROCOR and the [[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]]. Multiple official visits were been exchanged between hierarchs and other clergy of both churches, and the date for restoration of [[full communion]] was officially announced by both sides.<br />
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In October 2001 Patriarch [[Alexei II (Ridiger) of Moscow|Alexei II]] and the [[Holy Synod]] of the Moscow Patriarchate sent a letter to the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia calling for reconciliation, but without immediate success. However, there was mutual recognition of grace in the sacraments of each church. Then, in November 2003, a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia consisting of three bishops and two priests paid an official visit to the Moscow Patriarchate. This signaled a warming in relations, and in May 2004 for the first time since the foundation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, the First Hierarch of ROCOR, Metropolitan Laurus, visited Moscow and met with Patriarch Alexei. The two church leaders established a joint committee to examine ways to overcome the division between their churches. This committee met successfully on several occasions, working out the details of intercommunion between the two Church bodies.<br />
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This possibility of rapprochement led to a small [[schism]] from ROCOR, taking the self-retired Metropolitan [[Vitaly (Ustinov) of New York|Vitaly]] (Metropolitan Laurus's predecessor) with it (regarded by many in ROCOR as having been abducted by the schismatics). The resultant body refers to itself as the ''[[Russian Orthodox Church in Exile]]'' (ROCE/ROCiE), though it often still uses the ''ROCOR'' name. A few other communities have also broken off from ROCOR, some joining with Greek [[Old Calendarists|Old Calendarist]] groups.<br />
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On [[June 21]], 2005, it was announced simultaneously by both the ROCOR and the MP on their respective websites that rapprochement talks were leading toward the resumption of full relations between the ROCOR and the MP and that the ROCOR would be given the status of [[autonomy]].<ref>[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/01newstucture/pagesen/articles/docs.html Documents Developed at the Joint Sessions of the Commission of the Moscow Patriarchate on Discussions with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and the Commission of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia on Discussions with the Moscow Patriarchate.]</ref><br />
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In May 2006, the ROCOR met in its IV All-Diaspora Council, which was held at Most Holy Theotokos Joy of All Who Sorrow Cathedral in San Francisco, California. The council consisted of clergy and lay delegates from all dioceses of the ROCOR, and adopted a resolution, expressing "great hope that in the appropriate time, the unity of the Russian Church will be restored upon the foundation of the Truth of Christ, opening for us the possibility to serve together and to commune from one Chalice."<ref>[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2006/5ensobresolution.html Resolution of the IV All-Diaspora Council of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia]</ref> <br />
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Following the IV All-Diaspora Council, the Council of Bishops of the ROCOR was held. According to sources close to the council, it generally agreed with the text of the proposed "[[Act of Canonical Communion with the Moscow Patriarchate|Act of Canonical Unity]]," but remitted it back to the Committee for Dialogue with the Moscow Patriarchate to rework certain aspects of the document.{{citation}} The exact nature of the elements to be worked out is unclear, but, according to sources close to the Synod of Bishops, it involved, among other things, property issues in the Holy Land.{{citation}}<br />
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On September 6, 2006, the Synod of Bishops of ROCOR decreed their confirmation and approval of the revised Act of Canonical Unity and instructed the Commission on Discussion with the Moscow Patriarchate to work jointly with the Moscow Patriarchate to work out details of the official signing of the Act.<ref> [http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2006/9enaktko.html The Synod of Bishops Makes a Decision on the "Act on Canonical Communion"]</ref> Subsequently on September 11, 2006, the Synod of Bishops of ROCOR published on ROCOR's website a clarification of their decision to confirm and approve the Act.<ref>[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2006/9enaktexplanantion.html Clarifications on the Negotiation Process and the "Act on Canonical Communion"]</ref> Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia acknowledged the work of the commissions and declared that the act of reunification, while moving in the right direction, will take time.<ref> [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=1977 Unification of Orthodox Church with its branch abroad will not be fast - Alexy II]</ref><br />
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Both the Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia published on their respective websites the final full text of the Act of Canonical Unity <ref>[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/engdocuments/enmat_akt.html Act of Canonical Union]</ref> with all relevant supporting documents <ref>[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/engdocuments/enmat_addendum.html Addendum to the Act of Canonical Communion], [http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2006/11ensummation.html Summation of the Joint Work of the Commissions of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and the Moscow Patriarchate]</ref> on November 1, 2006. The Act having been approved by both the Moscow Patriarchate and ROCOR, was formally signed in Moscow on May 17, 2007, followed by a concelebration of the Divine Liturgy, bringing the ROCOR into the Moscow Patriarchate.<br />
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===ROCOR Today===<br />
ROCOR currently has 349 [[parish]]es and 21 [[monastery|monasteries]] for men and women in 32 countries throughout the world, served by 462 clergy. The distribution of parishes is as follows: 152 parishes and 8 monasteries in the United States; 42 parishes in Germany; 31 parishes and 4 monasteries in Australia; 21 parishes and 3 monasteries in Canada; 22 parishes in Indonesia; and a handful of institutions in France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, South America, and New Zealand.<ref>[http://www.synod.com/ Source: Official ROCOR parish directory]</ref><br />
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There are twelve ROCOR monasteries for men and women in North America, the most important and largest of which is [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)]], to which is attached ROCOR's seminary, [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary]].<br />
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In concert with the [[Church of Jerusalem]], ROCOR also oversees the [http://www.jerusalem-mission.org/ Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem], which acts as caretaker to three holy sites in Palestine, all of which are monasteries.<br />
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==Ecclesiastical status before 2007==<br />
Until the reconciliation with Moscow in 2007, the ROCOR was in relative [[Eucharist]]ic isolation from much of the Orthodox world, not always exchanging [[full communion]] with the majority of Orthodox [[jurisdiction]]s. It maintained good relations, intercommunion, and [[concelebration]] with the [[Church of Serbia]], the [[Church of Jerusalem]], and the [[Church of Sinai]].<br />
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Before the reconciliation, ROCOR's status with regard to [[full communion]] was not entirely clear-cut. There was never a formal declaration of a break in communion made between ROCOR and most other Orthodox churches, though in many dioceses [[concelebration]] had been suspended. In others, concelebration was active. A formal declaration of breaking communion with the OCA was issued by the ROCOR Synod after the Moscow Patriarchate issued the Tomos of Autocephaly to the OCA. (See: [[ROCOR and OCA]].) Generally Orthodox Christians from all local Orthodox churches were welcome to the chalice in ROCOR churches. There was never a declaration from the ROCOR synod that grace did not exist in the [[New Calendar]] jurisdictions, in spite of statements to the contrary by the followers of Holy Transfiguation Monastery in Boston when they were still with the Synod.<br />
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ROCOR formerly maintained communion with a few [[Old Calendarist]] jurisdictions, including the [[Holy Synod in Resistance]] (True Orthodox Church of Greece, so-called "Cyprianites"), the [[Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Romania]] (Synod of Metropolitan Vlasie), and the [[Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Bulgaria]] (Bishop Photii). In 2006, communion with the [[Holy Synod in Resistance]] was suspended, after the ROCOR Synod received a letter from Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili stating that Metropolitan Laurus' name had been "struck from the [[Diptychs|diptych]]."<ref>[http://www.synod.com/synod/eng2006/2ensynodmeeting.html A Regular Session of the Synod of Bishops is Held]</ref> Relations with the Synod of Metropolitan Vlasie and with Bishop Photii of Triaditza were subsequently severed as well. <br />
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As of 2007, with the reconciliation with Moscow, the ROCOR is now in communion with [[List of autocephalous and autonomous churches|all of mainstream Orthodoxy]] by virtue of its incorporation into the Moscow Patriarchate.<br />
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==The Episcopacy==<br />
: ''See '''[[List of bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]]'''''<br />
The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia currently has thirteen [[bishop]]s serving nine [[diocese]]s throughout the world, along with one retired bishop.<br />
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===Ruling bishops===<br />
* Metropolitan[[Mark (Arndt) of Berlin|Mark (Arndt)]] of Berlin, Germany<br />
* Archbishop [[Peter (Loukianoff) of Cleveland|Peter (Loukianoff)]] of Chicago and Mid-America<br />
* Archbishop [[Kyrill (Dmitrieff) of San Francisco|Kyrill (Dmitrieff)]] of San Francisco and Western America<br />
* Archbishop [[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Manhattan|Gabriel (Chemodakov)]] of Montreal and Canada<br />
* Bishop [[Michael (Donskoff) of Geneva|Michael (Donskoff)]] of Geneva and Western Europe<br />
* Bishop [[John (Bērziņš) of Caracas|John (Bērziņš)]] of Caracas and South America<br />
* Bishop [[Irenei (Steenberg)]] of Bishop of Great Britain and Western Europe<br />
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===Vicar bishops===<br />
* Bishop [[Agapit (Gorachek) of Stuttgart|Agapit (Gorachek)]] of Stuttgart, Vicar of the German Diocese<br />
* Bishop [[Theodosius (Ivashchenko)]] of Seattle, Vicar of the Diocese of Western America.<br />
* Bishop [[George (Schaefer)]] of Mayfield, Vicar of the Diocese of Eastern America.<br />
* Bishop [[Nicholas (Olhovsky)]] of Bishop of Brisbane, Vicar of the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand<br />
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===Retired bishops===<br />
* Bishop [[Varnava (Prokofiev) of Cannes|Varnava (Prokofiev)]], Retired, formerly of Cannes, Vicar of the Western European diocese<br />
* Bishop [[Jerome (Shaw)]] of Manhattan, Vicar of the Diocese of Eastern America.<br />
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===Suspended bishops===<br />
* [[Benjamin (Rusalenko)]], suspended. Formerly bishop of Black Sea and Kuban<br />
* [[Agathangel (Pashkovsky) of Odessa|Agathangel (Pashkovsky)]], suspended. Formerly bishop of Odessa and the Crimea<br />
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==First Hierarchs==<br />
* Metropolitan [[Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev|Anthony (Khrapovitsky)]] (reposed on August 10, 1936, in Sremsky Karlovtsy, Serbia)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Anastasy (Gribanovsky) of Kishinev|Anastasy (Gribanovsky)]] (reposed on May 22, 1965)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret (Voznesensky)]] (reposed on November 21, 1985)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Vitaly (Ustinov) of New York|Vitaly (Ustinov)]] (reposed on September 25, 2006, in Mansonville, Canada)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Laurus (Skurla) of New York|Laurus (Škurla)]] (reposed on March 16, 2008)<br />
* Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion (Kapral)]] (reposed on May 16, 2022).<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[ROCOR and OCA]]<br />
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==Notes== <br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/ Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia] (Official site, Russian)<br />
*[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/indexeng.htm Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia] (Official site, English)<br />
*[http://www.roca.org/ ROCA: A collection of Russian Orthodox Materials] (Unofficial site)<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/roca_history.aspx History of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad], by St. [[John Maximovitch]]<br />
*[http://gnisios.narod.ru/bisrocor.html Bishops of the ROCOR]<br />
*[http://www.synod.com/01newstucture/pagesen/articles/svassasobor.htm "Glory be to God, Who Did Not Abandon His Church": The Self-Awareness of ROCOR at the Third All-Diaspora Council of 1974], by [[Vassa (Larin)|Nun Vassa (Larin)]]<br />
<!--- * [http://www.pravos.org/index.htm Commission Dialogue Moscow Patriarchate-Church outside Russia] ---><br />
*[http://www.saintjonah.org/articles/voicesofreason.htm Voices of Reason], a collection of articles in response to those who oppose the reconciliation of ROCOR with the MP<br />
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This article seeks to serve as a catch-all point for the jurisdictions in Australia who are small enough to not warrant a resident bishop - both current and former.<br />
<br />
== Current Jurisdictions ==<br />
<br />
===Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese in the USA, Canada and Australia===<br />
*Number of Parishes: Three in Australia.<br />
*Hierarch: Metropolitan Joseph of the USA, Canada and Australia.<br />
*Began: First parish in 1950.<br />
#Sydney: St [[John of Rila]] Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church. [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=28][http://www.pageone.net.au/~rilski/index.htm]<br />
#Melbourne: Sts Cyril and Methodius Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church. [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=26]<br />
#Adelaide: St Petka Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church. [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=27]<br />
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===Moscow Patriarchate in Australia===<br />
*Number of Parishes: Two in Australia.<br />
*Hierarch: ''unknown''<br />
*Began: First parish in 1988.<br />
#Sydney: Holy Protection Orthodox Church, Blacktown. Established 1988. [http://www.orthodoxy.org.au]<br />
#Melbourne: Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, Oakleigh. Established 1989. [http://holy-trinity.org.au/]<br />
#Newcastle: Parish of the Theophany, Mayfield West. Established 1996, since closed (c.2010) with parishioners incorporated into St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Wallsend.<br />
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== Historical Listings ==<br />
<br />
===Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand===<br />
*Last Hierarch: Metropolitan [[Antony (Scharba) of Hierapolis]].<br />
*Last local administrative head: Very Rev. Michael Solomko (Consistory President)<br />
*Began: 1950<br />
*Number of Parishes at conclusion: 10 parishes and 2 missions, in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and New Zealand.<br />
*Concluded: May 2022. All Ukrainian Orthodox parishes in Australia were incorporated into the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]] (under Archbishop [[Makarios (Griniezakis) of Australia|Makarios]]).<br />
<br />
===Orthodox Church in Ukraine in Australia===<br />
*Last Hierarch: ''unknown''.<br />
*Last local administrative head: ''unknown''.<br />
*Began: January 2019 (as part of the [[Orthodox Church of Ukraine]]. (Had previously been part of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyivan Patriarchate).<br />
*Number of Parishes at conclusion: 5, in Sydney, Newcastle, Adelaide and Brisbane.<br />
*Concluded: May 2022. All Ukrainian Orthodox parishes in Australia were incorporated into the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]] (under Archbishop [[Makarios (Griniezakis) of Australia|Makarios]]).<br />
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===Orthodox Church in America - Parishes in Australia===<br />
''main article: [[Parishes in Australia (OCA)]]''<br />
*Last Hierarch: Metropolitan [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington]].<br />
*Last local administrative head: Archimandrite Benjamin (Garshin) (1971-1995).<br />
*Began: 1971, in ROCOR schism.<br />
*Parishes:<br />
#Sydney: St Nicholas Orthodox Church, Bankstown. Parish was a Polish Orthodox parish, which had previously joined ROCOR. In 1971, parish left ROCOR for OCA. In 2001, parish canonically transferred to the [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines|local Antiochian Archdiocese]].<br />
#Brisbane: Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church, Woolloongabba. Priest left ROCOR in 1972 and began a new OCA parish. In 2009, parish canonically transferred to the [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|local ROCOR Diocese]].<br />
#Sydney: Australian Orthodox Fraternity of St Michael, Homebush. Laypeople left ROCOR in 1971, and subsequently began a new OCA parish. In 2011, parish canonically transferred to the [[Serbian Orthodox Church - Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand|local Serbian Metropolitanate]].<br />
*Concluded: The final OCA presence in Australia was Priest Ian Bojko, who reposed in 2013.<br />
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===Polish Orthodox Church in Australia===<br />
*Began: 1969, with two priests who left ROCOR and were received as priests in the Polish Orthodox Church Abroad (under the Ecumenical Patriarchate).<br />
*Concluded: Uncertain; however, at some point during the 1970s, both priests were within the [[Parishes in Australia (OCA)|OCA]].<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.bulgariandiocese.org Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese in the USA, Canada and Australia]<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxy.org.au/ Moscow Patriarchal Church Blacktown]<br />
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=Zuoyd6jG6q8C&lpg=PP1&dq=protopopov&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false A Russian Presence: A history of the Russian Church in Australia], by V. Rev. Fr [[Michael Protopopov]] (page 239). <br />
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From the first [[Divine Liturgy]] celebrated at Kirribilli Point (Sydney) in 1820 and its first parishes in the late 1890s, right to the present day, '''Orthodoxy in Australia''' has a short history that is extremely undocumented and, therefore, largely unseen.<br />
<br />
This article seeks to be a clearinghouse of information and links regarding the history and state of [[Orthodox Christianity]] in Australia.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
*[[Timeline of Orthodoxy in Australia]]<br />
*[[Statistics of Orthodoxy in Australia]]<br />
*[[History of Antiochian Orthodoxy in Australasia]]<br />
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==Canonical Jurisdictions==<br />
===With Local Bishop===<br />
*[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]]<br />
*[[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]]<br />
*[[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]] - [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]]<br />
*[[Serbian Orthodox Church - Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand]]<br />
*[[Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand|Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand]].<br />
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===Without Local Bishop===<br />
*[[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia]]; with parishes in Sydney and Melbourne.<br />
*[[Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia|Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese]] of the USA, Canada and [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|Australia]]. There is one parish in [http://www.pageone.net.au/%7Erilski/index.htm Sydney], one in [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=26 Melbourne] and one in [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=27 Adelaide].<br />
*[[Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand]] (under Constantinople), with 10 parishes and missions in Melbourne, Geelong, Newborough, Sydney, Schofields, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth (in addition to one in Auckland, New Zealand).<br />
*[[Orthodox Church of Ukraine]] (formerly 'Kyivan Patriarchate', under Constantinople), with 5 parishes in Sydney, Newcastle, Adelaide and Brisbane. (''Canonicity not universally recognised'')<br />
<br />
===With an irregular status===<br />
''Note: All of the below entities are not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. Entities are, where possible, sorted by size.''<br />
*[[Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]: As part of the [[Macedonian Orthodox Church]].<br />
*[[Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece]] - [[Parishes in Australia (Kallinikos)]]: The current ''locum tenens'' of this entity is Bp Ambrose of Methone, who administers eight parishes (including parishes of the 'Free Serbian Orthodox Church'). This number includes is a 'metochion' mission under Metr. Photios of Demetrias.<br />
*[[Autocephalic Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia]]: Formed out of a schism between the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and the Greek Orthodox Community of South Australia (GOCSA). The parishes affiliated with the 'Greek Orthodox Communities of South Australia' (GOCSA) are in this church.<br />
* [[Russian True Orthodox Church]] - [[Diocese of Australia]]: Four parishes in Australia, headed by Archbishop [[Tikhon (Pasechnik)|Tikhon]].<br />
* [[Russian Orthodox Church Abroad - Provisional Supreme Church Authority]] - Two parishes and one monastic community, headed by Metropolitan [[Agafangel (Pashkovsky)|Agafangel]].<br />
*[[Macedonian True Orthodox Diocese for Australia & New Zealand]]: Two parishes are in this group, which is affiliated with the [[True Orthodox Church in America]] (headed by [[Nicholas (Iuhoş)]]).<br />
* [[Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (the Diaspora District of the Russian Orthodox Church)]] - [[Diocese of Australia (ROCA - Diaspora District)]]: includes two parishes under Archbishop [[Andronik (Kotliaroff)|Andronik]].<br />
*[[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Abroad in Australia]]: part of the UAOC-Abroad (Lavrentios Synod), and with two bishops in Australia. [http://www.uaoc-abroad.org]<br />
<br />
===Previously in Australia===<br />
*[[Orthodox Church in America]] - [[Parishes in Australia (OCA)|Parishes in Australia]].<br />
*[[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|Polish Orthodox Church in Australia]].<br />
*[[Church of Jerusalem]].<br />
<br />
==People==<br />
===Current Hierarchs===<br />
*His Eminence [[Makarios (Grizienakis) of Australia|Makarios]], Archbishop of Australia (Greek Orthodox).<br />
**His Grace [[Ezekiel (Kefalas) of Dervis]], [[auxiliary bishop]] to Archbishop Makarios in Victoria (Melbourne Vicariate).<br />
**His Grace [[Iakovos (Tsigounis) of Miletoupolis]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Makarios in Queensland.<br />
**His Grace [[Aimilianos (Koutouzis) of Meloa]], [[auxiliary bishop]] to Archbishop Makarios and Vicar-General.<br />
**His Grace [[Elpidios (Keralas) of Kyanea]], [[auxiliary bishop]] to Archbishop Makarios for Western Australia.<br />
**His Grace [[Silouan (Fotineas) of Sinope]], [[auxiliary bishop]] to Archbishop Makarios for South Australia and Northern Territory.<br />
**His Eminence [[Seraphim (Ginis) of Sebasteia]], metropolitan.<br />
**His Eminence [[Nikandros (Palyvos) of Eirinoupolis]], metropolitan.<br />
*His Eminence [[Basilios (Kodseie) of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines|Basilios]], Metropolitan Archbishop of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines (Antiochian Orthodox).<br />
*His Eminence [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion]], Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, Metropolitan and First Hierarch of [[ROCOR]].<br />
**His Grace [[George (Schaefer) of Canberra|George]], vicar bishop to Metropolitan Hilarion in Australia and New Zealand.<br />
*His Grace [[Siluan (Mrakic) of Australia and New Zealand|Siluan]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Serbian Orthodox).<br />
*His Grace [[Mihail (Filimon) of Australia and New Zealand|Mihail]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Romanian Orthodox)<br />
<br />
===Other major figures===<br />
*[[Archbishop]] [[Anthony (Medvedev) of San Francisco]], formerly bishop of Melbourne in the 1950s-1960s.<br />
*Archbishop [[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Montreal]], former Bishop of Brisbane and first Australian-born bishop.<br />
*His Eminence [[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand|Paul]], Metropolitan Archbishop of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines (Antiochian Orthodox).<br />
*[[Bishop]] [[Nektarios (Kellis) of Madagascar]], former priest at the Holy Monastery of St Nektarios, Adelaide; then [[missionary]] to [[Madagascar]], and first bishop thereof.<br />
*Bishop [[John (Bērziņš) of Caracas]], second Australian-born bishop.<br />
*[[Archimandrite]] [[Antonious (Mobayed)]], exarch of the Church of Antioch to the Church of Russia, then first parish priest and exarch in Melbourne, Australia.<br />
*Archimandrite [[Nabil (Kachab)]], Vicar-General of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]] since 2003.<br />
*Archimandrite [[Stephanos (Pantanassiotis)]], former Vicar-General of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]], founding [[abbot]] of the [[Monastery of Pantanassa (Mangrove Mountain, New South Wales)|Holy Monastery of Pantanassa]].<br />
*Archimandrite [[Themistocles (Adamopoulo)]], former lecturer at [[St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College]], then vice-dean of the Orthodox Patriarchal School in Kenya and now head of the [[Diocese of Sierra Leone]].<br />
*V. Rev. Fr [[Michael Shehadie]], second exarch of the Church of Antioch in Sydney.<br />
*V. Rev. Protopresbyter [[Mitko Machevski]], parish priest of St Nicholas Orthodox Church, Bankstown.<br />
*V. Rev. Fr [[Nicholas Shehadie]], first exarch in Australia of the [[Church of Antioch]].<br />
*V. Rev. Fr [[Dimitri Tsakas]], Vicar-General of the Fourth Archdiocesan District of Queensland and New Guinea (2000-2019), [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]].<br />
*Igumen [[Dimitry (Obuhoff)]], founding [[superior]] of [[St. John the Baptist Skete (Kentlyn, New South Wales)|St John the Baptist Skete]].<br />
*Igumen [[Joachim (Ross)]], superior of St. John the Baptist Skete.<br />
*Monk [[Guri (Demidov)]], hermit-monk at St. John the Baptist Skete.<br />
*Other [[Clergy in the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]], including three exarchs (Frs Malatius Hussney, Anthony Woolf and Nicolas Mansour), Fr Stephen Godley (co-author of ''The Eastern Orthodox in Australia'', Fr Nicholas Manovitch (first priest in New Zealand, served in Queensland) and two other parish priests (Frs John Shehadie and Malatius (Essam) Hussney).<br />
(''Only major figures with articles are listed'')<br />
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==Organizations and Institutions==<br />
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{{AOANZOinstitutions}}<br />
===Pan-Jurisdictional===<br />
*[[Eastern Hierarchs]]<br />
*[[Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Churches in Australia]]<br />
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==Lists==<br />
*[[List of Australian monasteries|Monasteries in Australia]]<br />
*[[List_of_Western-Rite_parishes_in_Australasia|Parishes in Australasia celebrating the Western Rite]]<br />
*[[List of bishops in Australasia|Complete list of bishops in Australasia]], past and present (includes auxiliary bishops).<br />
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{{AustralianMonasteries}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{orthodoxyseries}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.antiochianarch.org.au/ Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand] (Official Website)<br />
*[http://www.bulgariandiocese.org Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada, and Australia] (Official Website)<br />
*[http://www.greekorthodox.org.au/ Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia] (Official Website)<br />
:*[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~goawa/index.html Fifth Archdiocesan District of Western Australia]<br />
*[http://www.roeanz.com.au/ Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand] (Official Website)<br />
*[http://www.rocor.org.au Russian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand] (Official Website)<br />
*[http://www.soc.org.au Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand] (Official Website)<br />
*[http://www.ukrainianorthodoxchurchaustralia.com Orthodox Church in Ukraine in Australia] (Official Website)<br />
*[http://www.orthodox.net.au/en/orthodox-australia List and map of all Orthodox Parishes in Australia]<br />
*[http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp09042006.85/02whole.pdf The Russian Orthodox Presence in Australia: The History of a Church told from recently opened archives and previously unpublished sources], by Fr. [[Michael Protopopov]] (PDF)<br />
*[http://researchonline.nd.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=arts_chapters Greek Orthodoxy in Australia], by Anastasios M. Tamis (PDF)<br />
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[[Category:Orthodoxy in Australia]]<br />
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<div>{{orthodoxyinaustralia}}<br />
His Grace Bishop '''Silouan (Fotineas) of Sinope''' is a hierarch of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]], within the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]]. <br />
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He was born in Brisbane, Australia, graduating from Brisbane State High School before graduating from [[St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|Saint Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College]] in 2001. In 2002, he was ordained to the priesthood in Brisbane, serving at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Mt Gravatt. Then, in 2006, he was elevated to [[Archimandrite]] and appointed parish priest of the Holy Monastery of St Nectarios, Adelaide. <br />
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He serves on the executive council of the South Australian Council of Churches, and is a board member of the Greek Welfare Centre S.A. <br />
<br />
Soon after the enthronement of Archbishop Makarios of Australia, Fr Silouan was appointed Archiepiscopal of South Australia and the Northern Territory. In December 2019, he was elected assistant bishop of the Archbishop of Australia, with the ancient title of 'Bishop of Sinope'.[https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/audio/australian-born-the-appointed-to-be-bishop-of-sinope] On 19 January 2020, he was consecrated to the episcopacy in the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, Sydney. In this, he becomes the first Eastern Orthodox hierarch to have been born in the state of Queensland.<br />
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== Academia ==<br />
* 2001: Bachelor of Theology (''SAGOTC, SCD'').<br />
* 2003: Bachelor of Social Work (''UQ'').<br />
* 2010: Diploma of Languages (''Flinders''); Bachelor of Theology (Honours) (''Flinders'')<br />
* 2017: Doctor of Theology (''ACU'')<br />
:* ''Thesis'': The Letters of Bishop Basil of Caesarea: Instruments of Communion. [https://researchbank.acu.edu.au/theses/614/]<br />
* 2018: Lecturer in Patristics at St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (''SCD'')<br />
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His research interests include Patristics, Ecclesiology, and Church History of Late Antiquity. <br />
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His Grace Bishop '''Silouan (Fotineas) of Sinope''' is a hierarch of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]], within the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]]. <br />
<br />
He was born in Brisbane, Australia, graduating from Brisbane State High School before graduating from [[St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|Saint Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College]] in 2001. In 2002, he was ordained to the priesthood in Brisbane, serving at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Mt Gravatt. Then, in 2006, he was elevated to [[Archimandrite]] and appointed parish priest of the Holy Monastery of St Nectarios, Adelaide. <br />
<br />
He serves on the executive council of the South Australian Council of Churches, and is a board member of the Greek Welfare Centre S.A. <br />
<br />
Soon after the enthronement of Archbishop Makarios of Australia, Fr Silouan was appointed Archiepiscopal of South Australia and the Northern Territory. In December 2019, he was elected assistant bishop of the Archbishop of Australia, with the ancient title of 'Bishop of Sinope'.[https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/audio/australian-born-the-appointed-to-be-bishop-of-sinope] On 19 January 2020, he was consecrated to the episcopacy in the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, Sydney. In this, he becomes the first Eastern Orthodox hierarch to have been born in the state of Queensland.<br />
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== Academia ==<br />
* 2001: Bachelor of Theology (''SAGOTC, SCD'').<br />
* 2003: Bachelor of Social Work (''UQ'').<br />
* 2010: Diploma of Languages (''Flinders''); Bachelor of Theology (Honours) (''Flinders'')<br />
* 2017: Doctor of Theology (''ACU'')<br />
:* ''Thesis'': The Letters of Bishop Basil of Caesarea: Instruments of Communion. [https://researchbank.acu.edu.au/theses/614/]<br />
* 2018: Lecturer in Patristics at St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (''SCD'')<br />
<br />
His research interests include Patristics, Ecclesiology, and Church History of Late Antiquity. <br />
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name=Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|<br />
jurisdiction=[[ROCOR]]|<br />
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founded=''by'' 1948|<br />
bishop=[[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Metr. Hilarion]]|<br />
see=Sydney|<br />
hq=Sydney, New South Wales, Australia|<br />
territory=Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Indonesia|<br />
language=Slavonic, English, Indonesian, Korean|<br />
music=[[Russian Chant]]|<br />
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|<br />
population=158,506<br />
([http://www.cra.org.au/pages/00000226.cgi Census 2001])|<br />
website=[http://www.rocor.org.au Diocese of Aust. & NZ]<br />
}}<br />
{{orthodoxyinaustralasia}}<br />
The '''Diocese of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand''', headquartered in Sydney, is a [[diocese]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]]. Its current [[primate]] is His Eminence [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion (Kapral)]], both First Hierarch of [[ROCOR]] and [[Archbishop]] of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, and it has been administered by His Grace [[George (Schaefer) of Canberra|George (Schaefer)]], Bishop of Canberra, since 2015.<br />
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==History==<br />
*The first Russian [[parish]] established in Australia and New Zealand was St. Nicholas Church (now Cathedral), Brisbane, in 1926.<br />
*The first ROCOR [[bishop]] of Australia and New Zealand was Bp Theodore (Rafalsky), 1948-55.<br />
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==Organisation==<br />
The Diocese of Australia and New Zealand is a diocese within the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. It is headed by the First Hierarch, [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Metropolitan Hilarion]], and administered by [[George (Schaefer) of Canberra|Bishop George of Canberra]]. Within the diocese, there are various deans who are in charge of one or more geographic areas.<br />
Within this structure are a number of Deaneries, which - given the size of the diocese - are important in the running of the Diocese:<br />
* Mitred Archpriest [[Michael Protopopov]], Chancellor of the Diocese, and dean of Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia (11 parishes and missions)<br />
* Mitred Archpriest [[Nikita Chemodakov]], dean of New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory (11 parishes and missions)<br />
* Archpriest [[Gabriel Makarov]], dean of Queensland (6 parishes and missions)<br />
* Archpriest [[Vladimir Boikov]], dean of New Zealand (4 parishes and missions)<br />
* Priest [[Paul (Kang)]], head of the Korean Orthodox Mission (1 parish).<br />
* Parishes in Indonesia (~7 parishes and missions)<br />
<br />
Additionally, the Diocese had a number of monasteries:<br />
* [[Monastery of Prophet Elias (Monarto, South Australia)|Monastery of the Prophet Elias]], Monarto, SA<br />
* [[Orthodox Monastery of the Archangel Michael (Marrickville, New South Wales)|Orthodox Monastery of the Archangel Michael]], Marrickville, NSW<br />
* [[Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Bombala, New South Wales)|Holy Transfiguration Monastery]], Bombala, NSW<br />
* [[Presentation of the Mother of God Convent (Bungarby, New South Wales)|Presentation of the Mother of God Convent]], Bungarby, NSW<br />
* [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Monastery (Monkerai, New South Wales)|Holy Trinity Monastery]], Dungog, NSW<br />
* [[St. John the Baptist Skete (Kentlyn, New South Wales)|St John the Baptist Skete]], Kentlyn, NSW<br />
* [[Our Lady of Kazan Convent (Kentlyn, New South Wales)|Our Lady of Kazan Convent]], Kentlyn, NSW<br />
<br />
== The Episcopacy ==<br />
===Bishops===<br />
* Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion (Kapral)]] of New York and Eastern America, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand.<br />
* Bishop [[George (Schaefer) of Canberra|George (Schaefer)]], Bishop of Canberra, Vicar Bishop of the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand.<br />
<br />
===Hierarchs in Australia===<br />
[[Image:Hilarion_red_panagea.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of ROCOR, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia & New Zealand]]<br />
* Bishop [[Theodore (Rafalsky) of Sydney|Theodore (Rafalsky)]] of Sydney, 1948-1955.<br />
* Bishop [[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret (Voznesensky)]] of Brisbane, 1963-1964.<br />
* Bishop [[Sava (Rayevsky) of Sydney|Sava (Rayevsky)]] of Sydney, 1955-1971.<br />
* Bishop [[Anthony (Medvedev) of San Francisco|Anthony of Melbourne]], 1956-1968<br />
* Bishop [[Constantine (Essensky) of Richmond|Constantine (Essensky)]] of Brisbane, 1967-1976.<br />
* Archbishop [[Theodosius (Putilin) of Sydney|Theodosius (Putilin)]] of Sydney, 1970-1980.<br />
* Archbishop [[Paul (Pavlov) of Sydney|Paul (Pavlov)]] of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, 1980-1995.<br />
* Bishop [[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Montreal|Gabriel (Chemodakov)]] of Brisbane, 1996-1997.<br />
* Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion (Kapral)]], Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, 1996-present.<br />
* Bishop [[George (Schaefer) of Canberra|George (Schaefer)]], Bishop of Canberra, 2015-present.<br />
<br />
== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.rocor.org.au Official Website of the Diocese]<br />
* [http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/ Official Website of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]<br />
* ''[http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp87.09042006/02whole.pdf History of the Russian Orthodox Presence in Australia]'', by V. Rev. Fr [[Michael Protopopov]] (2005)<br />
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[[Category:Jurisdictions|Australia and New Zealand]]<br />
[[Category:Orthodoxy in Australia]]<br />
[[Category:Orthodoxy in New Zealand]]<br />
[[Category:Dioceses|Australia and New Zealand]]<br />
[[Category:ROCOR Dioceses|Australia and New Zealand]]</div>
Pistevo
https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Australia_and_New_Zealand_(ROCOR)&diff=126906
Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)
2019-08-28T23:09:06Z
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<div>{{diocese|<br />
name=Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|<br />
jurisdiction=[[ROCOR]]|<br />
type=Diocese|<br />
founded=''by'' 1948|<br />
bishop=[[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Metr. Hilarion]]|<br />
see=Sydney|<br />
hq=Sydney, New South Wales, Australia|<br />
territory=Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Indonesia|<br />
language=Slavonic, English, Indonesian, Korean|<br />
music=[[Russian Chant]]|<br />
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|<br />
population=158,506<br />
([http://www.cra.org.au/pages/00000226.cgi Census 2001])|<br />
website=[http://www.rocor.org.au Diocese of Aust. & NZ]<br />
}}<br />
{{orthodoxyinaustralasia}}<br />
The '''Diocese of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand''', headquartered in Sydney, is a [[diocese]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]]. Its current [[primate]] is His Eminence [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion (Kapral)]], both First Hierarch of [[ROCOR]] and [[Archbishop]] of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, and it has been administered by His Grace [[George (Schaefer) of Canberra|George (Schaefer)]], Bishop of Canberra, since 2015.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
*The first Russian [[parish]] established in Australia and New Zealand was St. Nicholas Church (now Cathedral), Brisbane, in 1926.<br />
*The first ROCOR [[bishop]] of Australia and New Zealand was Bp Theodore (Rafalsky), 1948-55.<br />
<!-- first [[priest]] to serve...around 19xx. --><br />
<br />
==Organisation==<br />
The Diocese of Australia and New Zealand is a diocese within the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. Within the diocese, there are various deans who are in charge of one or more geographic areas.<br />
<br />
== The Episcopacy ==<br />
===Bishops===<br />
* Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion (Kapral)]] of New York and Eastern America, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand.<br />
* Bishop [[George (Schaefer) of Canberra|George (Schaefer)]], Bishop of Canberra, Vicar Bishop of the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand.<br />
<br />
Within this structure are a number of Deaneries, which - given the size of the diocese - are important in the running of the Diocese:<br />
:* Mitred Archpriest [[Michael Protopopov]], Chancellor of the Diocese, and dean of Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia (11 parishes and missions)<br />
:* Mitred Archpriest [[Nikita Chemodakov]], dean of New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory (11 parishes and missions)<br />
:* Archpriest [[Gabriel Makarov]], dean of Queensland (6 parishes and missions)<br />
:* Archpriest [[Vladimir Boikov]], dean of New Zealand (4 parishes and missions)<br />
:* Priest [[Paul (Kang)]], head of the Korean Orthodox Mission (1 parish).<br />
:* Parishes in Indonesia (~7 parishes and missions)<br />
<br />
===Hierarchs in Australia===<br />
[[Image:Hilarion_red_panagea.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of ROCOR, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia & New Zealand]]<br />
* Bishop [[Theodore (Rafalsky) of Sydney|Theodore (Rafalsky)]] of Sydney, 1948-1955.<br />
* Bishop [[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret (Voznesensky)]] of Brisbane, 1963-1964.<br />
* Bishop [[Sava (Rayevsky) of Sydney|Sava (Rayevsky)]] of Sydney, 1955-1971.<br />
* Bishop [[Anthony (Medvedev) of San Francisco|Anthony of Melbourne]], 1956-1968<br />
* Bishop [[Constantine (Essensky) of Richmond|Constantine (Essensky)]] of Brisbane, 1967-1976.<br />
* Archbishop [[Theodosius (Putilin) of Sydney|Theodosius (Putilin)]] of Sydney, 1970-1980.<br />
* Archbishop [[Paul (Pavlov) of Sydney|Paul (Pavlov)]] of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, 1980-1995.<br />
* Bishop [[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Montreal|Gabriel (Chemodakov)]] of Brisbane, 1996-1997.<br />
* Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion (Kapral)]], Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, 1996-present.<br />
* Bishop [[George (Schaefer) of Canberra|George (Schaefer)]], Bishop of Canberra, 2015-present.<br />
<br />
== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.rocor.org.au Official Website of the Diocese]<br />
* [http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/ Official Website of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]<br />
* ''[http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp87.09042006/02whole.pdf History of the Russian Orthodox Presence in Australia]'', by V. Rev. Fr [[Michael Protopopov]] (2005)<br />
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[[Category:Jurisdictions|Australia and New Zealand]]<br />
[[Category:Orthodoxy in Australia]]<br />
[[Category:Orthodoxy in New Zealand]]<br />
[[Category:Dioceses|Australia and New Zealand]]<br />
[[Category:ROCOR Dioceses|Australia and New Zealand]]</div>
Pistevo
https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Australia_and_New_Zealand_(ROCOR)&diff=126905
Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)
2019-08-28T23:07:51Z
<p>Pistevo: /* The Episcopacy */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{diocese|<br />
name=Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|<br />
jurisdiction=[[ROCOR]]|<br />
type=Diocese|<br />
founded=''by'' 1948|<br />
bishop=[[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Metr. Hilarion]]|<br />
see=Sydney|<br />
hq=Sydney, New South Wales, Australia|<br />
territory=Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Indonesia|<br />
language=Slavonic, English, Indonesian, Korean|<br />
music=[[Russian Chant]]|<br />
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|<br />
population=158,506<br />
([http://www.cra.org.au/pages/00000226.cgi Census 2001])|<br />
website=[http://www.rocor.org.au Diocese of Aust. & NZ]<br />
}}<br />
{{orthodoxyinaustralasia}}<br />
The '''Diocese of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand''', headquartered in Sydney, is a [[diocese]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]]. Its current [[primate]] is His Eminence [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion (Kapral)]], both First Hierarch of [[ROCOR]] and [[Archbishop]] of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, and it has been administered by His Grace [[George (Schaefer) of Canberra|George (Schaefer)]], Bishop of Canberra, since 2015.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
*The first Russian [[parish]] established in Australia and New Zealand was St. Nicholas Church (now Cathedral), Brisbane, in 1926.<br />
*The first ROCOR [[bishop]] of Australia and New Zealand was Bp Theodore (Rafalsky), 1948-55.<br />
<!-- first [[priest]] to serve...around 19xx. --><br />
<br />
==Organisation==<br />
The Diocese of Australia and New Zealand is a diocese within the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. Within the diocese, of which Metropolitan Hilarion is currently the head and sole bishop, there are various deans who are in charge of one or more geographic areas. There are approx. 62 [[parish]]es, missions and communities in the diocese, including 17 [[monasticism|monasteries]] and [[skete]]s: with 28 parishes and missions across Australia, 26 in Indonesia, 4 in New Zealand, one parish & skete in South Korea, and one parish each in Pakistan and India.<br />
<br />
The Diocese of Australia and New Zealand of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia was a founding member of [[SCCOCA]], but later departed.<br />
<br />
== The Episcopacy ==<br />
===Bishops===<br />
* Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion (Kapral)]] of New York and Eastern America, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand.<br />
* Bishop [[George (Schaefer) of Canberra|George (Schaefer)]], Bishop of Canberra, Vicar Bishop of the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand.<br />
<br />
Within this structure are a number of Deaneries, which - given the size of the diocese - are important in the running of the Diocese:<br />
:* Mitred Archpriest [[Michael Protopopov]], Chancellor of the Diocese, and dean of Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia (11 parishes and missions)<br />
:* Mitred Archpriest [[Nikita Chemodakov]], dean of New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory (11 parishes and missions)<br />
:* Archpriest [[Gabriel Makarov]], dean of Queensland (6 parishes and missions)<br />
:* Archpriest [[Vladimir Boikov]], dean of New Zealand (4 parishes and missions)<br />
:* Priest [[Paul (Kang)]], head of the Korean Orthodox Mission (1 parish).<br />
:* Parishes in Indonesia (~7 parishes and missions)<br />
<br />
===Hierarchs in Australia===<br />
[[Image:Hilarion_red_panagea.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of ROCOR, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia & New Zealand]]<br />
* Bishop [[Theodore (Rafalsky) of Sydney|Theodore (Rafalsky)]] of Sydney, 1948-1955.<br />
* Bishop [[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret (Voznesensky)]] of Brisbane, 1963-1964.<br />
* Bishop [[Sava (Rayevsky) of Sydney|Sava (Rayevsky)]] of Sydney, 1955-1971.<br />
* Bishop [[Anthony (Medvedev) of San Francisco|Anthony of Melbourne]], 1956-1968<br />
* Bishop [[Constantine (Essensky) of Richmond|Constantine (Essensky)]] of Brisbane, 1967-1976.<br />
* Archbishop [[Theodosius (Putilin) of Sydney|Theodosius (Putilin)]] of Sydney, 1970-1980.<br />
* Archbishop [[Paul (Pavlov) of Sydney|Paul (Pavlov)]] of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, 1980-1995.<br />
* Bishop [[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Montreal|Gabriel (Chemodakov)]] of Brisbane, 1996-1997.<br />
* Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion (Kapral)]], Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, 1996-present.<br />
* Bishop [[George (Schaefer) of Canberra|George (Schaefer)]], Bishop of Canberra, 2015-present.<br />
<br />
== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.rocor.org.au Official Website of the Diocese]<br />
* [http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/ Official Website of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]<br />
* ''[http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp87.09042006/02whole.pdf History of the Russian Orthodox Presence in Australia]'', by V. Rev. Fr [[Michael Protopopov]] (2005)<br />
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[[Category:Jurisdictions|Australia and New Zealand]]<br />
[[Category:Orthodoxy in Australia]]<br />
[[Category:Orthodoxy in New Zealand]]<br />
[[Category:Dioceses|Australia and New Zealand]]<br />
[[Category:ROCOR Dioceses|Australia and New Zealand]]</div>
Pistevo
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Daniel (Byantoro)
2019-08-28T23:03:15Z
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<div>[[Image:Arch Daniel Byantoro of Indonesia.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Archimandrite Daniel Byantoro of Indonesia, missionary to Indonesia.]]<br />
[[Archimandrite]] '''Daniel (Bambang Dwi) Byantoro''' (Chinese name "''Chao Heung Jin'' (''Cáo Héngjìn'' 曹衡进)") is an Indonesian Muslim convert to Orthodoxy to whom is widely attributed the rebirth<ref>Orthodoxy was first established in Indonesia in Batavia, Java as a parish of the [http://www.orthodox.cn/localchurch/harbin/index_en.html Harbin Diocese] in accordance with the Ukase of the Harbin Diocesan Council of [[November 23]], 1934, № 1559. In the late 1940's, the parish was under the [[omophorion]] of Archbishop [[Tikhon (Troitsky) of San Francisco|Tikhon of San Francisco]]. Unfortunately, after the Dutch relinquished their powers to the local leadership, many of the Russian parishioners had already fled during this period of civil unrest, and eventually the [[parish]] closed in the early 1950s, when its rector Fr Vasily immigrated to the USA. ([http://www.orthodox.cn/index_en.html Orthodoxy in China]. ''Incarnational Approach to Orthodoxy in Indonesia.'' March 31, 2005)</ref> of Orthodoxy in Indonesia.<br />
<br />
Fr. Daniel was born into a middle-class family in Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world. He was raised primarily by his maternal grandparents, who took great care to make sure that he received a complete religious education. Devout by nature, he studied the Qur’an, and accepted with great piety the teachings of [[Islam]] as they were passed on to him. As a Muslim, he opposed the teaching of Christianity, and was proud of his ability to win debates with Christians. He was nevertheless intrigued by the passages in the Qur’an that referred to Jesus, the son of Mary. One day during his evening Islamic prayers, Christ appeared to him in a miraculous and life-changing vision, similar to the experience St. Paul had on the road to Damascus. From that moment, Fr. Daniel’s life was radically and permanently altered.<ref>[http://www.orthodoxspeakers.com/fr-daniel-byantoro/ Fr. Daniel Byantoro: Biography], at [[Orthodox Speakers Bureau]].</ref><ref>[http://friendsofindonesia.org/about/fr_daniel/ Biography: Archimandrite Daniel Byantoro: Conversion]. Friends of Indonesia (Fr. Daniel's Website).</ref><br />
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In 1978, he went to study in the Protestant Theological [[Seminary]], the Asian Center for Theological Studies and Mission, (ACTS) in Seoul, Korea, without finding the answer to his quest. In 1982 he found the book ''The Orthodox Church'' by [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia|Timothy (Kallistos) Ware]] in a book shop in Seoul, which helped him to discover the Church for which he had been looking. Finally on [[September 6]], 1983, he converted to Orthodoxy with the blessing of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, [[Demetrius I (Papadopoulos) of Constantinople|Patriarch Demetrios]], and of His Eminence Metropolitan Dionysios of New Zealand, and was chrismated by the hand of Archmandrite Sotirios Trambas (Bishop of Zelon, stationed in Korea).<ref>Archmandrite Daniel B.D. Byantoro. [http://www.cs.ust.hk/faculty/dimitris/metro/history_indonesia.html History: The Birth of the Orthodox Church in Indonesia]. [[October 29]], 1997.</ref><br />
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Having graduated from Korea, he went to Greece, where he stayed on [[Mount Athos]]. During this time he began to translate liturgical books into Indonesian, and struggled with terminology suitable to express the faith. From 1983-84 he studied in Greece with the [[Apostoliki Diakonia]] of the [[Church of Greece]]. By the end of 1984 he went to study in the U.S., at the [[Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology]] in Boston. Having finished his study in Boston and in two other schools in the U.S., he was [[ordination|ordained]] by His Grace Bishop [[Maximos (Aghiorgoussis) of Pittsburgh|Maximos of Pittsburgh]] to the [[Diaconate]] in the Holy Cross Church (pastored by Fr. John Chakos), and to the [[priest]]hood in the St. Paul Orthodox Church in North Royalton, Ohio, (then pastored by Fr. Demetrios Simeonides).<ref>Archmandrite Daniel B.D. Byantoro. [http://www.cs.ust.hk/faculty/dimitris/metro/history_indonesia.html History: The Birth of the Orthodox Church in Indonesia]. [[October 29]], 1997.</ref><br />
<br />
===Mission In Indonesia===<br />
The Mission in Indonesia was started on [[June 8]], 1988, as Fr. Daniel left the United States for Indonesia. The first convert to the Orthodox faith was a Muslim young man named ''Muhhamed Sugi Bassari'', who was [[baptism|baptized]] by the name of Photios, in April 1989.<ref>Archmandrite Daniel B.D. Byantoro. [http://www.cs.ust.hk/faculty/dimitris/metro/history_indonesia.html History: The Birth of the Orthodox Church in Indonesia]. [[October 29]], 1997.</ref> <br />
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Fr. Byantoro has said that the mission is a completely new phase of the modern mission movement within Orthodoxy, in that it is being done by a local son of the Indonesian soil rather than by the missionary efforts of a foreign mission body; it is the Church for the Indonesians started by an Indonesian. His missionary effort eventually brought official government recognition of the Orthodox Church in Indonesia in 1996, with a legal act of Government: ''"SK Dirjen Bimas Kristen Depag R.I. no.: F/Kep/Hk.00.5/19/637/1996"''.<ref>[http://www.orthodox.cn/news/050331indonesia_en.htm Incarnational Approach to Orthodoxy in Indonesia: An Interview with Fr.Dionysios (Rm.Dionisius Surya Halim) and his presbytera Artemia Rita]. Orthodoxy in China. [[March 31]], 2005.</ref><br />
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Theologically speaking, Archimandrite Daniel Byantoro has used the existing thought patterns of Indonesian culture to package Orthodox teaching within the Indonesian mental set up. Just as the Church Fathers had to face Greek paganism, Judaism, and Gnosticism in order to present the Gospel intelligibly to ancient peoples, Orthodox theology faces similar challenges in the context of the Indonesian mission. Those challenges are: <br />
#The Islamic strand that has similarities with Judaism.<br />
#The Hindu-Buddhistic strand that has similarities with Greek paganism.<br />
#The Javanese-mystical strand called "Kebatinan" (the "Esoteric Belief") that has similarities to Gnosticism. (It is a blend of ancient shamanistic-animism on the one hand and Hindu-Buddhistic mysticism and Islamic Sufism on the other, and is divided into many mystical denominations and groups, just like Gnosticism was.) <br />
#The secularistic-materialistic strand of the modern world.<ref>[http://www.orthodox.cn/news/050331indonesia_en.htm Incarnational Approach to Orthodoxy in Indonesia: An Interview with Fr.Dionysios (Rm.Dionisius Surya Halim) and his presbytera Artemia Rita]. Orthodoxy in China. [[March 31]], 2005.</ref><br />
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During his service in Indonesia, Fr. Daniel has been able to convert over 2000 people to Orthodoxy using principles and practices tried and tested throughout the Church's evangelistic experience.<ref>[http://www.friendsofindonesia.org/about/ioc/current_mission/ Current Mission in Indonesia], at [http://www.friendsofindonesia.org/ Friends of Indonesia: Supporting the Indonesian Orthodox Church] (Fr. Daniel's Website).</ref> Under his leadership, the [[Orthodoxy in Indonesia|Indonesian Orthodox Church]] has grown to its present size of over 20 clergy, approximately 30 local parishes and missions, and several thousand Orthodox Christians.<ref>[http://www.orthodoxspeakers.com/fr-daniel-byantoro/ Fr. Daniel Byantoro: Biography], at Orthodox Speakers Bureau.</ref> For this his life has been threatened more than once. <br />
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===Jurisdictional Change===<br />
Although ordained in the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]], serious conflict arose among the ecclesiastical leadership in Indonesia in 2001, and Fr. Daniel returned to America for several years. In 2004 he began a dialogue with Archbishop (now Metropolitan) [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion]] of Australia, and in 2005 the Synod of [[ROCOR]] (the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia) accepted him as a Priest, as well as the [[clergy]] and parishioners of the [[Orthodoxy in Indonesia|Indonesian Orthodox Church]] that were formerly under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia]] ([[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]]). <br />
<br />
Under Metropolitan Hilarion’s oversight, Fr. Daniel has been appointed Dean of the Mission for the Indonesian Orthodox Church under ROCOR, and continues to split his time between Indonesia, supervising the work of church planting, and evangelism, and raising up additional clergy for ordination, and the US, where he raises support for the Indonesian Orthodox Church.<ref>[http://www.orthodoxspeakers.com/fr-daniel-byantoro/ Fr. Daniel Byantoro: Biography], at Orthodox Speakers Bureau.</ref><br />
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Having never been canonically released from the [[Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia]], at present Fr. Daniel is officially regarded as being defrocked by OMHKSEA.<ref>''[http://www.omhksea.org/42.html Clergy].'' [[Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia]]. Accessed 2010-09-13.</ref><br />
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In 2019, he and some of the clergy left ROCOR and joined the [[Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Orthodoxy in Indonesia]]<br />
*[[Metropolis of Singapore]] ([[Church of Constantinople]]) <br />
*[[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]] ([[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia|ROCOR]])<br />
*[[Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia]] ([[Church of Constantinople]]) <br />
*[[A History of Orthodox Missions Among the Muslims]]<br />
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==External Links==<br />
*[http://www.friendsofindonesia.org/ Friends of Indonesia: Supporting the Indonesian Orthodox Church] (Fr. Daniel's Website).<br />
* Fr Daniel's Podcast: [http://ancientfaith.com/podcasts/byantoro Christ the Eternal Kalimat: An Indonesian Perspective on the Person and Identity of Jesus Christ], at [http://ancientfaith.com/ Ancient Faith Radio].<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<div class="small"><references/></div><br />
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==Sources==<br />
* Archmandrite Daniel B.D. Byantoro. [http://www.cs.ust.hk/faculty/dimitris/metro/history_indonesia.html History: The Birth of the Orthodox Church in Indonesia]. [[October 29]], 1997.<br />
* [http://friendsofindonesia.org/about/fr_daniel/ Biography: Archimandrite Daniel Byantoro: Conversion]. Friends of Indonesia (Fr. Daniel's Website).<br />
* [http://www.orthodoxspeakers.com/fr-daniel-byantoro/ Fr. Daniel Byantoro: Biography], at Orthodox Speakers Bureau.<br />
* [http://www.orthodoxspeakers.com/storage/frd_cv.pdf CURRICULUM VITAE of Archimandrite Father Daniel B.D. Byantoro], at Orthodox Speakers Bureau.<br />
* [http://www.orthodox.cn/news/050331indonesia_en.htm Incarnational Approach to Orthodoxy in Indonesia: An Interview with Fr.Dionysios (Rm.Dionisius Surya Halim) and his presbytera Artemia Rita]. Orthodoxy in China. [[March 31]], 2005. (''An interview conducted by [http://www.orthodox.cn/index_en.html orthodox.cn] with Fr.Dionysios (and his wife Presbytera Artemia Rita), one of the six newly ordained priests in Indonesia''). <br />
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Pistevo
https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Baptismal_names&diff=126885
Baptismal names
2019-08-12T21:18:14Z
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<div>A '''baptismal name''' is a name given to a newly-baptised Orthodox Christian. For a lengthy time in Orthodox history, Orthodox Christians have been given the names of Orthodox saints.<br />
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The following is a list of names who have:<br />
* Orthodox saints, perhaps unexpectedly, attached to either the original name (e.g. Theophany for Tiffany) or to a diminutive (e.g. Gerald for Jerry), or<br />
* Orthodox saints whose names mean the same thing (e.g. St Alban for Bianca [both mean 'white'], or St Maurice for Blake [both mean 'black']).<br />
* If these are not available, a 'closest match' may be given, where the name sounds similar to a saint's name (e.g. St Rumon for Raymond).<br />
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However, this is not designed to be a list for existing matchups which have no relation (e.g. Panayiotis for Peter).<br />
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==A==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Aaliyah (f) - ''see Alia'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Aaron (m) - St Aaron the Priest ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Abigail, Abby (f) - Venerable Virgin-martyr Æbbe the Younger of Coldingham, Abbess of Coldingham Priory ([[April 2]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Adalyn, Adaline (f) - ''see Adele'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Adam (m) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Addison (f) - ''see Madison'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Adrian (m) - Saint [[Adrian]]<br />
*Adelaide (f) - St Adelaide of Rome; St Adelaide of Burgundy ([[December 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Adele, Adela (f) - St Adela, Abbess of Pfalzel ([[December 24]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Adrian (m) - St Adrian ([[August 26]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aidan, Aiden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Aimee (f) - ''see Amy'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alan, Allan, Allen (m) - St Alan of Lavaur ([[November 25]] - '''Saint'''); St Elian of Cornwall ([[January 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Alana, Alaina (f) - ''see Alan'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Albert (m) - St [[Albert]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alex (m/f) - ''see Alexis, Alexandra or Alexander'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alexa (f) - ''see Alexis or Alexandra'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alexander (m) - St [[Alexander]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alexandra (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]] - '''Saint'''); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Alexis (m/f) - St [[Alexios the Man of God|Alexis the Man of God]] ([[March 17]] - '''Saint'''); Tsarevich Alexei ('''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Alexis (disambiguation)]]'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alia (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, St [[Alexandra]] ('''Diminiutive''', from Russian).<br />
*Alice, Alicia, Alisha (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alison, Allison (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alvin (m) - ''see Elvin'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alyssa, Alissa (f) - ''see Alice'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Amanda (f) - St Amandus of Elnon ([[February 6]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Amber (f) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine'); St Ambelus in Sicily ([[November 20]] - '''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine'); St Ambelius of Milan ([[July 7]] - '''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine')<br />
*Amelia (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great. ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Amy (f) - St Agapi (daughter of Sophia) ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Anastasia, Anastacia (f) - St [[Anastasia the Roman]] ([[October 29]] - '''Saint'''), St [[Anastasia the Deliverer from Potions]] ([[December 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Andrew (m) - [[Apostle Andrew|St Andrew the First-called Apostle]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Anekah (f) - St Anacharius of Auxerre ([[September 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Angela (f) - Synaxis of Bodiless Powers ([[November 8]] - '''Meaning'''); [[Annunciation]] (or ''' ''Evangelismos'' ''') to the Theotokos ([[March 25]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Angus (m) - St [[Angus of Keld]] (''Óengus the Culdee, Óengus of Tallaght'') ([[March 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Anna (f) - St [[Anna]], mother of the Theotokos ('''Saint''')<br />
*Annabelle (f) - St Amabilis of Riome ('''Sound-alike'''); St Amabilis of Rouen ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Anthony (m) - St [[Anthony]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*April (f) - St Aprus of Toul ([[September 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Archibald, Archie (m) - Saint Erconwald, Bishop of London ([[April 30]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aria (f) - St Aria of Rome ([[August 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Arianna, Ariana (f) - St [[w:Ariadne of Phrygia|Ariadne of Phrygia]] ([[September 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ariel (f) - Martyr Arius ([[June 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') or Martyr Arrian ([[December 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm] <!-- Ariel is used as a form of Jerusalem --><br />
*Arnold (m) - St Arnold ([[July 8]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Arthur (m) - St Artemius ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Arya (m/f) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]] ([[March 7]] - '''Meaning''': noble)<br />
*Ash (m/f) - ''closest is: see Asher or Ashley'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Asher (m) - Asher, son of [[Jacob]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ashley (m/f) - St Leah ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Ava (f) - St Ava of Dinant, Abbess in Belgium ([[April 29]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Avery (f) - St [[Alfred the Great]] ([[October 26]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Aubrey, Aubree (f) - St Alberic of Stavelot-Malmédy ([[October 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Alberic of Utrecht ([[November 14]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Audrey (f) - St Audrey (''or Etheldred'') of Ely ([[June 23]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aurora (f) - St Aurora, martyr ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Austin, Austen (m) - St [[Augustine of Canterbury]] ([[May 26]] - '''Saint'''); St [[Augustine of Hippo]] ([[August 28]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Autumn (f) - St Autonomos ([[September 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://home.iprimus.com.au/xenos/autonomos.html]<br />
*Ava (f) - ''see Eve'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Avril (f) - ''see April'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ayden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ([[August 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Azalea, Azelie (f) - St Adelaide ([[December 16]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm], or, St Azarius, of the Three Holy Children ([[December 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm]<br />
<br />
==B==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Bailey (m) - St Balin ([[September 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Barry (m) - Prophet Baruch ([[September 28]] - '''Saint'''); Saint Finbarr of Cork (''Barrocus, Barry''), ([[September 25]] - '''Saint'''); Saint Barrog (''Barruc''), ([[September 27]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Beau (m) - St Kallistos of Constantinople (one on [[June 20]], the other on [[November 22]] - '''Meaning''': Beautiful)<br />
*Belinda (f) - St Berlinda, anchoress at Meerbeke ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Bella (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Benjamin, Ben (m) - Righteous Benjamin, son of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Bentley (m) - St [[Panteleimon]] ([[July 27]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Bert (m) - ''see Albert''<br />
*Bertrand (m) - St Bertrand ([[June 30]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Bess, Beth, Betty (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Bianca (f) - St [[Alban]], Protomartyr of Britain ([[June 22]] - '''Meaning''': white)<br />
*Blake (m) - St Maurice ([[December 27]] - '''Meaning''': black)<br />
*Bradley (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Braedon, Braydon (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Brandy (f) - St [[Brendan the Navigator]] ([[May 16]]) - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brendan, Brendon (m) - St [[Brendan the Navigator]] ([[May 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Brett (m) - St Brito (''or Britonius'') of Trier ([[May 5]] - '''Meaning''': a Briton) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Brian, Bryan (m) - St [[Eugene]] ('''Meaning''': noble); St Birinus of Dorchester ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brianna (f) - St Birinus of Dorchester ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brittany, Brittney, Britney (f) - St Brito (''or Britonius'') of Trier ([[May 5]] - '''Meaning''': a Briton) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Brody, Brodie (m) - St [[Ambrose of Milan]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brooke (f) - Prophet [[Baruch]] ([[September 28]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brooklyn (f) - St Raphael of Brooklyn ([[February 27]] - '''Saint''' based on name of place)<br />
*Bryce, Bryson (m) - St Brice of Tours ([[November 13]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
<br />
==C==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Caden, Cayden (m) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cadence (f) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Caleb (m) - St Elesbaan, King of Ethiopia ([[October 24]]) ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Callie (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive of Derivative''')<br />
*Callum (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Caitlyn, Caitlin (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ([[November 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Cameron (m) - St Camerinus, martyr under Diocletian ([[August 21]]) ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Camden (m) - St Kanten of Lianganten ([[November 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Camilla, Camila (f) - St Camilla, anchoress in France ([[March 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Candace, Candice, Candy (f) - St [[Candida]] ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
*Carl (m) - ''see Charles'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Carla (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Caroline (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Carson (m) - St Caron ([[March 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Carter (m) - ''see Arthur'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Casey (m) - St Vigilius of Trent ([[June 26]] - '''Meaning''': vigilant) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Cassandra (f) - St [[Kassiani the Hymnographer]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cecilia (f) - St Cecilia of Rome ([[November 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Chad (m) - St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Chantal, Chantel - [[Apostle Peter]] ([[June 29]] - '''Meaning''': stony)<br />
*Charity (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Charles, Charlie (m) - St [[Haralampus_of_Magnesia|Charalambos of Magnesia]] ('''Saint'''); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Charlotte, Charlie, Charley (f) - St [[Haralampus_of_Magnesia|Charalambos of Magnesia]] ('''Saint'''); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Chase (m) - St [[John Cassian]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Chaz''.<br />
*Chavez (m) - St [[Savas]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Chaz (m) - ''see Charles''<br />
*Chelsea (f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Cheryl (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''': love)<br />
*Chiarina (f) - ''see Claire''<br />
*Chloe (f) - St Chloe, commemorated in ancient Corinth together with holy apostles Titus, Crispus and Justus (the Sunday between [[February 13]] and [[February 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Christian (m) - St Christian of Auxerre ([[November 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Christine, Christina (f) - St [[Christina of Tyre]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Christopher, Chris (m) - St [[Christopher of Lycia]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Chryssa (f) - St [[Chrysanthus]] ([[March 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ciaran (m) - ''see Kieran'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Claire, Clara, Clare (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria|Photini the Samaritan Woman]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Cody (m) - St Boethius ([[December 7]] - '''Meaning''': helpful) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stddec.htm]<br />
*Cole (m) - ''see Maurice ('''Meaning''': dark) or Colin ('''Sound-alike''')''<br />
*Colin, Collin (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra|Nicholas]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Colton (m) - St [[Colman of Lindisfarne]] ([[February 18]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Connor (m) - St Conran ([[February 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Conogan ([[October 16]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cooper (m) - ''closest is St [[Cyprian of Carthage|Cyprian]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cora (f) - St Coralia the Virginmartyr ([[September 1]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Corey (m) - St Corentinus of Quimper ([[December 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Courtney (f) - ''see Curtis'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Crystal, Chrystal (f) - Celebrated on [[December 25]] (from 'Chrystalla')<br />
*Cruz (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]] ('''Meaning''': Cross)<br />
*Curtis (m) - Apostle [[Quartus]] ([[November 10]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Curnutus of Iconium ([[September 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
*Cynthia (f) - St Cyntianus of Seleucia ([[15 November]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Cyntianus (or Cyntion), Hieromartyr & Bishop of Chalcedon ([[29 April]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
<br />
==D==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Daenerys (f) - St Nirras, Martyr ([[January 20]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_n.htm] or St [[Daniel]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dane (m) - St Ansgar, Enlightener of Denmark ([[February 3]] - '''Meaning''': Dane, Danish people); St Deiniol of Wales ([[September 11]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Daniel (m) - St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Danielle (f) - St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Daphne (f) - Greek for laurel; [[Palm Sunday]], in remembrance of palms and laurels laid down for Jesus' entry into Jerusalem [http://www.greek-names.info/dafni-or-daphne/]<br />
*Daria (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Darlene (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Darren (m) - Prophet Aaron ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Darrell (m) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*David (m) - St [[David (disambiguation)|David]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Dawn (f) - ''see Aurora'' ('''Meaning''': dawn)<br />
*Deborah, Debra, Debbie (f) - St Deborah the Judge ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Declan (m) - St Declan of Ardmore ([[w:Declán of Ardmore|Wikipedia]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Dennis, Denis (m) - St [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] ([[October 3]] - '''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Dionysius (disambiguation)]]''.<br />
*Derek, Derrick (m) - St Theodoric of Mont d'Or ([[July 1]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Devin (m) - St [[Cosmas and Damian|Damian]] ('''Saint, Sound-alike''')<br />
*Diana (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dirk, Dietrich (m) - ''see Derek'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Dolly (f) - ''see Dorothy'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Dominic (m) - Hieromartyr Cyriacus (''Kyriakos''), Bishop of Jerusalem ([[October 18]] - '''Meaning''': Lord); St Kyriakos (''Cyriacus the Anchorite'') ([[September 29]] - '''Meaning''': Lord).<br />
*Donald (m) - St [[Donald of Ogilvy]] ([[July 15]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Donna (f) - [[Mary]] the Mother of God ('''Meaning''': 'Madonna', meaning 'My Lady'); ''sometimes: see Donald'' ('''Diminutive''').<br />
*Dorothy, Dora, Doreen, Doris (f) - St Dorothea of Caesarea ([[February 6]] - '''Saint'''); <br />
*Douglas, Doug (m) - St Daganus ([[August 18]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Drogo (m) - St Drogo, ascetic ([[April 2]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_d.htm]<br />
*Dustin (m) - St [[Dunstan of Canterbury]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dylan, Dillon (m/f) - St Dillon of Llandaff ([[February 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
<br />
==E==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Easton (m) - St Eosterwine of Wearmouth ([[March 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Edward (m) - St [[Edward the Martyr|Edward the Passion-Bearer of England]] ([[March 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Edwin (m) - St Edwen, Patron saint of Llanedwen in Anglesey in Wales ([[November 6]] - '''Saint'''); St Edwin, King of Northumbria in England ([[October 12]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eileen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Elaine, Eleanor, Elena (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Electra (f) - ''see Amber'' ('''Meaning''': direct translation)<br />
*Eliana (f) - [[Prophet Elijah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Elijah, Eli (m) - [[Prophet Elijah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Elizabeth (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ella, Ellie (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive'')<br />
*Elliot, Elliott (m) - ''see Elijah'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Elsa, Elsie (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Elvin (m) - St Elwin of Cornwall ([[February 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Elvis (m) - St [[Ailbe of Emly]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Emily (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Emma (f) - St Imma of Karlburg ([[November 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eric, Erik (m) - St [[Erc of Slane]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Erica, Erika (f) - ''see Eric'' ('''Saint''', feminine form)<br />
*Ericson (m) - ''see Eric'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Erin (f) - St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland ('''Meaning'''); or, St [[Irene of Thessaloniki]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Estelle (f) - ''see Stella'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Ethan (m) - Ethan, great-grandson of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eugene (m) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]]<br />
*Eva (f) - Eve the First-Formed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Evan (m) - St [[John]] ('''Derivative of Saint'''); St Evan of Ayrshire ([[August 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Evelyn (f) - St Abel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
<br />
==F==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Faith (f) - St [[Faith]], daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint'''); St. Faith (''Foi, Foy''), a holy virgin-martyr burnt to death in France ([[October 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Finn (m) - ''see Alban'' ('''Meaning''': fair, white)<br />
*Flynn (m) - St Flannan of Killaloe ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Frances (f) - ''see Frank''<br />
*Francis (m) - ''see Frank''<br />
*Frank (m) - St Francoveus (Franchy), an ascetic ([[May 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_f.htm]<br />
*Frederick, Fred (m) - St Frederick of Utrecht ([[July 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==G==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Gabriel (m) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gabrielle, Gabriella (f) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gail (f) - ''see Abigail'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gavin (m) - St Gavinus, Protomartyr of Sardinia ([[May 30]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Garrett (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gemma (f) - St Gemma in Gurk, Austria ([[June 29]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Genesis (f) - ''closest is the [[Nativity|Nativity of Christ]] or the [[Nativity of the Theotokos]]'' ('''Meaning''')<br />
*Genevieve (f) - St Geneviève of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Geoffrey, Geoff (m) - St Geoffrey, Abbot of Wearmouth ('''Saint''')<br />
*Geordie (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*George (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gerald, Gerry (m) - St Gerald, Bishop of Mayo ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gertrude (f) - St Gertrude of Nivelles ([[March 17]] - '''Saint'''); St Gertrude of Remiremont ([[November 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Gertrude the Elder ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]<br />
*Gianna (f) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gilbert (m) - St Agilbert of Jouarre ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Gillian (f) - ''see Jillian''<br />
*Giselle (f) - St Gezelin (or Ghislain, Gisle or Joscelin), an Ascetic ([[August 6]] - '''Sound-alike'''); the Righteous Jesse ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Gina (f) - ''see Regina'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Giovanna (f) - ''see Gianna'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gloria (f) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Grace (f) - St Charis ([[January 28]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Grayson (m) - St Villicus of Metz ([[April 17]] - '''Meaning''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Gwen, Gwendoline (f) - St Gwen Teirborn of Britain ('''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==H==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Hadrian (m) - St [[Adrian]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Hailey, Hailee (f) - ''see Hayley'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Hanalei (m/f) - ''see Henry'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hank (m) - St [[John]] ('''Derivative''', from 'Hankin'); or, ''see Henry'' ('''Diminutive''').<br />
*Hannah (f) - St Anna, mother of the Theotokos; St Hannah, mother of the Prophet Samuel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Harlow (f) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Harper (f) - ''closest is St David the Prophet & King'' ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Meaning''': Harp-player)<br />
*Harrison (m) - ''see Harry'' ('''Derivative'''). Or, St [[Hariton]] ([[September 28]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Harry (m) - ''see Henry'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Harold'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Haydon (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hayley, Haylee (f) - ''see Leah'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Heather (f) - St Ethelburgh ([[September 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Helen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Henry (m) - St Henry of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre ([[June 24]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]<br />
*Heidi (f) - ''see Adelaide'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Hilda (f) - St [[Hilda of Whitby]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Holly (f) - [[Holy Cross]] ([[September 14]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, St Hellius the Martyr ([[July 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_h.htm]; or, St Olive the Virgin-Martyr ([[June 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hope (f) - St Hope, daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Hudson (m) - ''see Hugh or Richard'' ('''Diminutive''', via 'Hudde')<br />
*Hugh (m) - St Hugh of Rouen ([[April 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]<br />
*Hunter (m) - St Gunthiern in Brittany ([[July 3]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]<br />
<br />
==I==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Ian (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ida (f) - St Ita ([[January 15]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Indigo (f) - St [[Porphyrios (disambiguation)|Prophyrios]] ('''Meaning''': colour (indigo is similar to purple))<br />
*Isa (f) - ''see Isabel'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Isaac (m) - St [[Isaac]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Isabel, Isabella, Isabelle (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Isaiah (m) - Prophet [[Isaiah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==J==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Jace, Jase (m) - ''see Jason'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jack (m) - St [[John]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, ''see Jacob'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jackson, Jaxon, Jaxson (m) - ''see Jack'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jacob, Jake (m) - St Jacob (Son of Isaac - [[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''), St [[Jacob Netsvetov]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jacqueline (f) - St [[Jacob (disambiguation)|Jacob]] or St [[Apostle James the Just|James]] ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jade (f) - St Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jaira (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ('''Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)<br />
*Jairos, Jairus (m) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ('''Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)<br />
*James (m) - St [[James]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jamie (m/f) - ''see James'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jan, Jane (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Janet (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Janice (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jared (m) - ([[Sunday of the Fathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Jason (m) - St [[Jason]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jasmine (f) - St Jasimus, Ascetic & Wonderworker ([[February 4]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Javana (f) - ''see Giovanna'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jay, Jayce (m) - ''see James or Jason'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jayden, Jaydon (m) - St. Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jeff, Jeffrey (m) - ''see Geoffrey'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jenna (f) - ''see Jenny'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jennifer (f) - St Genevieve of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jenny (f) - ''see Jane'' ('''Diminutive'''); or, ''see Jennifer'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jeoire (m) - St [[George]] ([[April 23]] - '''Derivative''' from French)<br />
*Jeremiah, Jeremy (m) - Prophet [[Jeremiah]] ([[May 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Jerica (f) - St [[Gertrude of Nivelles]] ([[March 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Jerry (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jesse (m) - St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Jessie (f) - St [[Joanna]] ('''Saint'''); St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Jessica (f) - ''closest: see Jessie'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jillian (f) - St [[w:Julian of Antioch|Julian]]<br />
*Jo, Joan, Joanna, Joanne (f) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]] ('''Derivative''', feminine form)<br />
*Jocelyn, Joselyn (f) - St Judocus (Josse) of Brittany ([[December 13]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]<br />
*Jodie (f) - ''see Judith'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Joe (m) - ''see Joseph'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Joel (m) - [[Prophet Joel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*John (m) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jonathan, Jonty (m) - Jonathan, son of Saul [[Sunday of the Forefathers]] ('''Saint'''), or St [[Theodore]] ('''Meaning''': God has given)<br />
*Jordan, Jordana (m/f) - The [[Theophany of Christ]] ('''Derivative''', name of river)<br />
*Joseph (m) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Josephine (f) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Joost (m) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Joshua, Josh (m) - St Joshua the son of Nun ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Josiah (m) - [[Prophet Josiah]] ([[October 17]] - '''Saint'''); St Josiah of Cordoba ([[August 27]] - '''Saint'''); King Josiah ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Joyce (m/f) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Juno (f) - St Junia, Apostle of the 70 ([[May 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Judith, Judy (f) - St Judith, slayer of Holofernes ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]; St [[Apostle Jude|Jude the Apostle]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Julia, Julie (f) - St Julia of Corsica ([[July 16]] - '''Saint'''), St Julia of Troyes ([[July 21]] - '''Saint'''), or St Julia of Mérida ([[December 10]] - '''Saint'''). [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]<br />
*Julian (m) - St Julian of Homs ([[February 6]] - '''Saint'''); St Julian of Antioch ([[June 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==K==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Kaelyn (f) - ''see Kay'' ('''diminutive''')<br />
*Kai (m) - ''see Kay'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kaiden (m) - ''see Kayden'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Kaitlyn (f) - ''see Caitlyn'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kallum (m) - ''see Callum'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Karen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kateri (f) - ''see Katherine''<br />
*Katherine, Kathryn (f) - ''see Catherine'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kathleen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kay, Kayla, Kaylee, Kaylyn, Kaylynn (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive'''); St Kay in England ([[November 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Kayden (m) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kayse (f) - ''see Casey'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Keira (f) - St Kiara ([[January 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_k.htm]<br />
*Keith (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]] ('''Meaning''': Wood); or, St [[Nikifor]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Kelly (f) - St Ceallach of Killala ([[May 1]] - '''Diminutive'''); St Caellainn in Ireland ([[February 3]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Kelsey (m/f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Ken, Kenneth (m) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]] - '''Saint'''); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Kennedy (f) - ''see Kenneth'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Kerrian (m/f) - St. [[w:Saint Piran|Piran of Cornwall]] ([[March 5]] - '''Diminutive'''), who in turn has been identified as the Irish saint [[w:Ciarán of Saigir|Ciarán of Saigir]] (also [[March 5]])<br />
*Kevin (m) - St [[Kevin of Glendalough]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Khaleesi (f) - St Kali the Ascetic ([[May 22]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Khloe (f) - ''see Chloe'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kieran, Kyran, Kiaran (m) - St. [[w:Ciarán of Saigir|Ciarán of Saigir]] (''Ciarán the Elder'', [[March 5]] - '''Saint'''); St [[Kieran of Clonmacnoise]] ([[September 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Kimberley, Kimberly, Kim (f) - St Cyneburgh, abbess in Northamptonshire ([[March 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Kittie (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kristen (f) - ''see Christina'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kruze (m) - ''see Cruz'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Krystal (f) - Celebrated on [[December 25]] ('''Sound-alike''': 'Chrystalla')<br />
*Kyle (m) - St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Kylie (f) - St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Kyra (f) - St Kyra, an ascetic ([[February 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Kyra Obolenskaya ([[December 4]] - '''Saint'''), new-martyr; St Kyra, a virgin ([[June 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Kyrion (m) - Martyr Kyrion (''Cyrion, Quirio'') of the Holy 40 Martyrs of Sebaste ([[March 9]])<br />
<br />
==L==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Lance (m) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Landon (m) - St Landericus of Soignies ([[April 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Larry (m) - ''see Laurence'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Laura (f) - St Laura of Cordoba, martyred in Spain by the Moors ([[October 19]] - '''Saint'''); or, St [[Laurus]] ([[August 18]]).<br />
*Lauren (f) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Laurence (m) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Layla (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Leah, Lia (f) - St Leah, the wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''); St Lea, ascetic in Rome ([[March 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Lee (m) - ''see Leah'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Levi (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Leo (m) - St [[Leo the Great]] ([[February 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Leon (m) - ''see Leo''<br />
*Leonard (m) - St [[Leonid of Optina]]; St Leonard of Avranches ([[March 4]] - '''Saint'''), of Vandoeuvre ([[October 15]] - '''Saint''') or of Noblac ([[November 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; <br />
*Leslie (m/f) - St Lelia in Limerick ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lia (f) - ''see Leah'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Liam (m) - ''see William'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lila (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Liliana (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lillian (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lily (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lincoln (m) - All Saints of Lincolnshire ('''Meaning''': named for location) [http://www.allsaintslincs.org.uk/event-reader/events/patronal-festival-liturgy.html]<br />
*Linda (f) - St [[Linus]] of Rome ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Lindsey (f) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Linda'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Link (m) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lisa (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Logan (m) - St [[Longin the Centurion]] ([[October 16]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*London (f) - St Mellitus of London; St Sebbe, founder of Westminster; St Erconwald of London; St Ethelburgh, abbess of Barking; Sts Beocca & Hethor, martyrs of Chertsey; St Wulsin, renewer of St Peter's Monastery; St Dunstan of London; or St Alphege of Canterbury ('''Meaning''': named for location)<br />
*Lorna (f) - St Loarn, disciple of St Patrick ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lorraine (f) - ''see Laura'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Louis, Luis (m) - St Ludwin of Trier ([[September 29]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; or St Lewina of Seaford ([[July 24]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Louise, Lou (f) - St Ludwin of Trier ([[September 29]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; or St Lewina of Seaford ([[July 24]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lucas (m) - [[Apostle Luke]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Lucy (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ([[December 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Luke (m) - [[Apostle Luke]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Lydia (f) - St [[Lydia of Thyatira|Lydia of Phillipi]] ([[May 20]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Lynn (f) - [[Theophany]] ('''Meaning''': lake); or, ''see Linda'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
<br />
==M==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Mabel (f) - St Amabilis of Riome ([[November 1]] - '''Derivative'''), St Amabilis of Rouen ([[July 11]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Mackenzie (f) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]] - '''Derivative''': son of Kenneth); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]] - '''Derivative''': son of Kenneth)<br />
*Madelyn, Madeleine, Madeline (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ([[July 22]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Madison (f) - St Maud ([[March 14]] - '''Derivative''': son of Maud) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Maggie (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Makayla (f) - ''see Michaela'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Malcolm (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ([[June 9]])<br />
*Marcia (f) - St Marcia, martyred under Diocletian ([[July 2]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Margaret (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Marlow (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ('''Sound-alike of Derivative''')<br />
*Maria, Mariah (f) - [[Mary]] ('''Saint'''); St Mariah the sister of Moses ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]; St [[Maria (Skobtsova) | Maria of Paris]] ([[July 20]])<br />
*Marisa, Marissa (f) - ''see [[Theotokos|Mary]]; or, see Louis''<br />
*Marshall (m) - St Martial, bishop of Lomoges ([[June 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.htm?year=2017&today=9&month=10&trp=0] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Martial]; St Servatus of Tongres ([[May 13]] - '''Meaning''': servant) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Martin (m) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Martina, Martine (f) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Mary (f) - [[Mary]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Mason (m) - St Maysimus the Ascetic and Syrian ([[January 23]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Matthew (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Max (m) - St [[Maximos the Confessor]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Maximilian (m) - St Maximilian, one of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus ([[October 22]] - '''Saint''') [https://oca.org/saints/lives/2017/10/22/103024-st-maximilian-one-of-the-seven-sleepers-of-ephesus]<br />
*Maxwell (m) - St Magnus the founder of the Füssen monastery ([[September 6]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Maya (f) - St Magos (2nd century) ([[May 31]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Megan (f) - St [[Marina of Antioch|Margaret]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Mehmet (m) - St [[Demetrios the Neomartyr]] ([[April 14]] - '''see Life''')<br />
*Melanie (f) - St Melania the Ascetic & Elder ([[June 8]] - '''Saint'''); St Melania (Melanie) of Rome, Ascetic ([[December 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Melina (f) - ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative'''), or, ''see Milena'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Melinda (f) - St Ermelindis, hermitess ([[October 29]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Melissa or Melania'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Melissa, Milena (f) - St Melissinus the Martyr ([[March 6]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Merissa (f) - ''see Marissa''<br />
*Mhairi, Mhaire (f) - ''see Mary'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Mia (f) - ''see Maria'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Micah (m) - Prophet [[Micah]] ('''Saint'''); or, St [[Micah of Radonezh]] ([[May 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Michael (m) - ''[[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Michaela, Mikayla (f) - [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Michelle (f) - [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Mila (f) - St Milica of Serbia ('''Derivative of Saint''' - ''pronounced Mίlitsa'')<br />
*Milena (f) - ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Miles (m) - St Milo, hermit at Fontenelle ([[August 18]] - ''Saint'') or St Miles (''or Milos''), Bishop and Hieromartyr ([[10 November]] - ''Saint'') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_m.htm]<br />
*Milly (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]] - '''Diminutive'''); St Mildred of Minster-in-Thanet ([[July 13]] - '''Diminutive''')<br />
*Mitchell (m) - ''see Michael'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Molly (f) - ''see Mary'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Monica, Monique (f) - St [[Monica of Hippo]], mother of St Augustine ('''Saint''')<br />
*Monroe (f) - St Mun, Bishop & Ascetic on island in Lough Ree, Ireland ([[February 6]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Morgan (f) - St Maughold ([[December 28]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Modan ([[February 4]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Morwenna ([[July 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Mohammed, Muhammed, Muhammad (m) - St [[Demetrios the Neomartyr]] ([[April 14]] - '''see Life''')<br />
<br />
==N==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Nadine, Nadia, Nadya (f) - St Hope, daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''': Nadezhda)<br />
*Naomi (f) - [[Prophet Naum]] ([[December 1]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Natalie (f) - St [[Adrian and Natalia|Natalia]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Nathan (m) - Prophet Nathan ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Nathaniel (m) - [[Apostle Bartholomew]] (aka Nathaniel) ('''Saint''')<br />
*Nevaeh (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]] - '''Meaning''': 'heaven' in reverse)<br />
*Neil, Nigel (m) - St [[Nilus of Sora|Nil]] ([[May 7]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ngaire (f) - St Nereus ([[May 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsn.htm]<br />
*Nicholas (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Nicole (f) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Noah (m) - Righteous [[Noah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Noel (m/f) - The [[Nativity]] of Christ ('''Meaning''': Christmas)<br />
*Nolan (m) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]] ([[March 7]] - '''Meaning''': noble); St Paulinus of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Felix of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Maximus of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Arnold ('''Sound-alike'''), Maginold ('''Sound-alike'''), Reinold ('''Sound-alike''').<br />
*Nora (f) - St [[Helen]] ('''Diminutive''': Elanora)<br />
<br />
==O==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Oliver (m) - St Oliver of Ancona ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Olivia (f) - St [[Olivia of Palermo]] ([[June 10]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Onyx (f) - St Maurice ([[December 27]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Oren (m) - St Orentius of Loret ([[May 1]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Orentius of Auch ([[May 1]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintso.htm]<br />
*Oscar (m) - St Ansgar ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Owen (m) - St Eugene of Trebizond ([[January 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==P==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Paige (f) - St Pega of England ([[January 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm]<br />
*Paisley (f) - St [[Basil the Great]] ('''Meaning''': Paisley -> Basilica)<br />
*Parker (m) - St Phylax ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
*Patricia (f) - St [[Patrick of Ireland]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Penelope (f) - St Penelope the Virgin Martyr ([[September 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Peyton, Payton (f) - St Pega, anchoress in England ([[January 8]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm]<br />
*Phoenix (m/f) - St [[Felix of Byzantium|Felix]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Piper (f) - St Piperion ([[March 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
*Poppy (f) - St Poppo, Abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy in Belgium ([[January 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
<br />
==Q==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Quentin (m) - St Quentin of France ([[October 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Quinn - St Quintus, Quintius or Quintilla ([http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsq.htm Various namesdays] - '''Sound-alike''') <br />
<br />
==R==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Rachel (f) - St Rachel, wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Raine, Rain (f) - ''see Regina ('''Meaning''': queen)<br />
*Ralph (m) - St Ralph of Bourges ([[June 21]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Raymond (m) - St Rumon ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]; St Ebremund, Founder & Abbot of Fontenay-Louvet near Séez ([[June 10]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]; St [[Ammon]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St Amon of Toul ([[October 23]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]<br />
*Reagan, Regan (f) - St Reginus, Bishop of Skopel (February 25 - '''Sound-alike'''); St Reginus, Martyr of Cyprus (August 20 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_r.htm]<br />
*Rebecca (f) - St Rebecca, wife of Isaac ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Regina (f) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Meaning''': Queen); or, St Regina of Autun ([[September 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Reginald (m) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Meaning''': Queen).<br />
*Richard (m) - St Richard ([[February 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Rider (m) - ''see Ryder'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Rihanna (f) - St Basil the Great ('''Meaning''': basil), or St [[Anna]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Riley, Ryley (m/f) - St Reineldis ([[July 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*River (m) - [[Theophany]] ('''Meaning''': link between River and the River Jordan)<br />
*Robert (m) - ''see Rupert'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Robin (f) - St [[Photini]] ('''Meaning''': bright, shining)<br />
*Roderick, Rod (m) - St Rodericus, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[March 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Roger (m) - St Roger, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[September 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ronald (m) - St Reinold, martyr at Pantaleon Monastery in Germany ([[January 7]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Rosa, Rose, Rosy, Rosita (f) - St Triantafyllos ([[August 8]] - '''Meaning''') [http://www.greek-names.info/triantafyllos/]; St. Rose of Sardinia ('''Saint''') [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rublevpupil/494434905/]<br />
*Rosemary (f) - ''see Mary, or, see Rose'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Rowan (m) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Rowena (f) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Roxana, Roxanne, Roxy (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria]], or, ''see Aurora'' ('''Meaning''': Bright or Dawn)<br />
*Ruby (f) - St Maelrubius ([[April 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Rupert (m) - St [[w:Rupert of Salzburg|Rupert of Salzburg]] ([[March 27]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ruth (f) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ryan (m) - St Rhian, abbot ([[March 8]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, Emmanuel (being a translation referring to the infant Christ - '''Meaning''').<br />
*Ryder (m) - [[Synaxis of the Bodiless Powers]] ([[November 8]] - '''Meaning''': messenger); or, St Ruadan of Lothra ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm], St Ida of Nivelles ([[May 8]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Idea of Herzfeld ([[September 4]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Idus of Alt-Fadha in Leinster ([[July 14]] - '''Sound-alike''').<br />
<br />
==S==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Sadie (f) - ''see Sarah'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Sage (m) - Martyr Saïs ([[January 5]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Samantha, Sam (f) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Samuel, Sam (m) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Sarah, Sara (f) - [[Sarah]], wife of Abraham ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''); St [[w:Sarah of the Desert|Sarah of the Desert]] ([[July 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Savannah (f) - St Savina of Milan ([[January 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Scarlett, Scarlet (f) - St Scarthin ([[January 6]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Scott (m) - [[Apostle Andrew]], patron of Scotland ('''Meaning''': Scottish person); or St [[Columba]], enlightener of Scotland ('''Meaning''': Scottish person).<br />
*Scout (f) - St Escoos, a martyr ([[March 26]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]<br />
*Sean, Shaun (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Sebastian (m) - St Sebastian the Martyr ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Serenity (f) - St Galina of Corinth, martyr ([[April 16]] - '''Meaning''': Galina means serenity); Sts. Serenicus and Serenus, monastic brothers ([[May 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Serenus of Marseilles ([[August 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Serena (f) - Sts. Serenicus and Serenus, monastic brothers ([[May 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Serenus of Marseilles ([[August 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Shane (m) - St John ('''Saint''')<br />
*Shannon (m/f) - St Senan, founder of monasteries and churches ([[March 8]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Shantelle (f) - ''see Chantal'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Shardae, Sharday (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Sharon, Shari, Sharrie, Sharree (f) (''from Hebrew: Šārôn - 'plain; 1 Chronicles 5:16'; 1 Chronicles 27:29; Acts 9:35'') – ''variant of Sarah, Sarai ('''Saint''')''; St Charalambos of Magnesia ([[February 10]] - '''Sound-alike'''). <br />
*Shelby (f) - [[Apostle Silvan]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Sheldon (m) - St Elwin in Cornwall ([[February 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Sherry, Sheree, Sherri, Sherrie, Cherie (f) - ''see Cheryl''; ''also variant of Sharon'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Shiloh (f) - St Galina, martyr at Corinth (one on [[April 16]], another on [[March 10]] - '''Meaning''': tranquil)<br />
*Simone (f) - [[Apostle Simon]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Simpson (m) - St Acoustios ([[April 21]] - '''Meaning''': listening); or, St [[Sampson]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Siobhan (f) - ''see Jeanne'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Skye (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]] - '''Meaning''': Sky and Heavens)<br />
*Skylar, Skyler (f) - St Scholastica, sister of St Benedict ('''Meaning''': Skylar derived from Schuyler, meaning 'scholar')<br />
*Sloane (m) - St [[Silouan the Athonite]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Sophia, Sophie (f) - St Sophia (mother of Sts Faith, Hope & Love) ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Stella (f) - St [[Stylianos of Paphlagonia]] ([[November 26]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Stephanie (f) - St [[Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr|Stephen]] the Protomartyr ('''Saint''')<br />
*Summer (f) - St Sunaman, an ascetic and martyr ([[February 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_s.htm]; St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] - '''Meaning''': Summer) [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm]<br />
*Susanna (f) - St Susanna, martyred in Salerno ([[January 18]] - '''Saint'''); St Susanna the Just ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Sydney (f) - St [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] ([[October 3]] - '''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Dionysius (disambiguation)]]''; St Sidonius of Clermont ([[August 21]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Sidonius of Rouens ([[November 14]] - '''Sound-alike'''), or St Sedna of Ossory ([[March 10]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
<br />
==T==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Tabitha (f) - St. Tabitha ([[October 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Tania, Tanya (f) - ''see Tatiana'' ('''Diminutive'''); ''see Anthony'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tara (f) - St Tarsila, aunt of St Gregory the Great ([[December 24]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tatiana (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Taylor (f) - St Talarican in Scotland ([[October 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Teresa, Theresa, Therese (f) - St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] or [[August 5]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Tess (f) - ''see Teresa'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Theon (m) - St Theion, martyr ([[February 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Thierry (m) - ''see Derek'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Thomas (m) - [[Apostle Thomas]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Thor (m) - St Thorgyth the Ascetic ([[January 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm]<br />
*Tia (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, saints ending in '-tia' ('''Sound-alike'''); or, St Thais ([[May 10]] - '''Sound-alike''').<br />
*Tiana (f) - ''see Tatiana or Christiana'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tiffany (f) - The [[Theophany]] of our Lord ([[January 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Travis (m) - St Triverius of Dombes ([[January 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trevor (m) - St Triverius, hermit in Dombes ([[January 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trinity (f) - [[Pentecost]] ('''Feast Day''')<br />
*Tristan (m) - St Drostan (''or Drustan''), abbot in Aberdeenshire ([[July 11]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Troy (m) - St Troyen of Saintes ([[November 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trudy (f) - ''see Gertrude'' ('''Saint'''); or, St Tudy of Wales ([[January 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Ty (m) - ''see Tyler, Tyson or Tyrone'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tyler (m) - St Tillo of Belgium ([[January 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tyrone (m) - ''see Owen'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Tyrion (m) - St [[Tikhon]], St Tiridates of Armenia ([[November 29]]), St Taurion ([[November 7]]), Turiav ([[July 13]]) ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm] [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tyson (m) - St Dyfan of Britain ([[May 26]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
<br />
==U==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Ulla (f) - St Ulric of Einsiedeln, son of St Gerold ([[May 29]] - '''Derivative'''); St Ulric (or Uldaricus, Udalric), Bishop of Augsburg ([[July 4]] - '''Derivative'''); St Ulric the Ascetic & Martyr ([[April 9]] - '''Derivative''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_u.htm]<br />
*Unity (f) - St Uni of Bremen-Hamburg ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''': One) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsu.htm]<br />
*Uriel (m) - Archangel Uriel ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ursula (f) - St Ursula, Virgin-Martyr in Cologne ([[October 21]] - '''Saint''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_u.htm]<br />
*Usher (m) - ''see Asher'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
<br />
==V==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Valentina (f) - St [[Valentine]] [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Valerie (f) - St Valery of Leuconay ([[April 1]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]; St Valeria of Milan ([[April 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Valeria martyred in France ([[December 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Vanessa (f) - Esther (of the [[Book of Esther]] - '''Saint''': name invented, based on 'Esther')<br />
*Veronica (f) - St [[Veronica]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Victor (m) - St [[Victor]] ('''Saint''').<br />
*Victoria (f) - Virgin-Martyr Victoria ([[December 23]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Vincent (m) - St [[Vincent of Lerins]] ([[May 24]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Violet (f) - St Lydia, seller of purple ([[May 7]] - '''Meaning''': Violet & Purple)<br />
*Vivian (f) - St Vivian, martyred in Rome ([[December 2]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==W==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Walter (m) - St [[Vladimir]] ('''Meaning''')<br />
*Warren (m) - St Warren of France ([[August 25]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Wendall (m) - St Wendolinus ([[October 21]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Whitney (f) - St Wite in Dorset ([[June 1]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*William (m) - St [[William of Gellone]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Willow (f) - St Willa, an ascetic ([[October 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_w.htm]<br />
*Winnie (f) - St Winifred of Wales ([[November 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Winston (m) - St Wistan ([[June 1]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Wyatt (m/f) - ''see William''<br />
<br />
==X==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Xavier (m) - St Ava, Abbess of Denain ([[April 29]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Avy of Micy ([[June 17]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St [[Avitus]] ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm]<br />
*Xander (m) - ''see Alexander'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
<br />
==Y==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Yvette (f) - St Ywi, ascetic of Lindisfarne ([[October 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_y.htm]; or, ''see Eve or Janette'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
<br />
==Z==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Zachary, Zach (m) - St [[Zachariah]], father of St John the Baptist ('''Saint''')<br />
*Zeke (m) - Prophet [[Ezekiel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Zelda (f) - ''see Hilda'' ('''Diminutive, from Griselda''') [https://www.behindthename.com/name/griselda]<br />
*Zelie (f) - ''see Azalea'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Zhadee (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Zoe, Zoey (f) - [[Life-Giving Spring]] (Bright Friday); Exuperius and Zoe ([[May 2]]); Zoe of Rome ([[December 18]]) ('''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Western Saints before the AD 1054 Schism]]<br />
*[[Patron saint]]<br />
*[[Name day]]<br />
<br />
==Bibliography==<br />
* [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsint.htm The Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome]<br />
* [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/oespain.htm The Saints of Spain]<br />
* [http://suburbanbanshee.wordpress.com/category/saint-names/ Aliens in This World] Category: Saint Names<br />
* [http://www.oodegr.co/english/istorika/britain/British_saints.htm The Orthodox Saints of the Ancient Church in the British Isles and Ireland]<br />
* [http://www.namedays.gr/index_uk.php GREEK NAME DAYS for the year 2015 (source ©: www.namedays.gr)]<br />
* [http://www.roman-catholic-saints.com/catholic-saint-names.html Roman Catholic Saints]<br />
* [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_preface.htm When is my nameday?], compiled by Fr Christopher Klitou<br />
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[[Category:Church Life]]</div>
Pistevo
https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Baptismal_names&diff=126884
Baptismal names
2019-08-12T21:04:50Z
<p>Pistevo: St Kyra</p>
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<div>A '''baptismal name''' is a name given to a newly-baptised Orthodox Christian. For a lengthy time in Orthodox history, Orthodox Christians have been given the names of Orthodox saints.<br />
<br />
The following is a list of names who have:<br />
* Orthodox saints, perhaps unexpectedly, attached to either the original name (e.g. Theophany for Tiffany) or to a diminutive (e.g. Gerald for Jerry), or<br />
* Orthodox saints whose names mean the same thing (e.g. St Alban for Bianca [both mean 'white'], or St Maurice for Blake [both mean 'black']).<br />
* If these are not available, a 'closest match' may be given, where the name sounds similar to a saint's name (e.g. St Rumon for Raymond).<br />
<br />
However, this is not designed to be a list for existing matchups which have no relation (e.g. Panayiotis for Peter).<br />
<br />
==A==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Aaliyah (f) - ''see Alia'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Aaron (m) - St Aaron the Priest ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Abigail, Abby (f) - Venerable Virgin-martyr Æbbe the Younger of Coldingham, Abbess of Coldingham Priory ([[April 2]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Adalyn, Adaline (f) - ''see Adele'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Adam (m) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Addison (f) - ''see Madison'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Adrian (m) - Saint [[Adrian]]<br />
*Adelaide (f) - St Adelaide of Rome; St Adelaide of Burgundy ([[December 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Adele, Adela (f) - St Adela, Abbess of Pfalzel ([[December 24]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Adrian (m) - St Adrian ([[August 26]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aidan, Aiden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Aimee (f) - ''see Amy'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alan, Allan, Allen (m) - St Alan of Lavaur ([[November 25]] - '''Saint'''); St Elian of Cornwall ([[January 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Alana, Alaina (f) - ''see Alan'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Albert (m) - St [[Albert]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alex (m/f) - ''see Alexis, Alexandra or Alexander'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alexa (f) - ''see Alexis or Alexandra'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alexander (m) - St [[Alexander]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alexandra (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]] - '''Saint'''); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Alexis (m/f) - St [[Alexios the Man of God|Alexis the Man of God]] ([[March 17]] - '''Saint'''); Tsarevich Alexei ('''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Alexis (disambiguation)]]'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alia (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, St [[Alexandra]] ('''Diminiutive''', from Russian).<br />
*Alice, Alicia, Alisha (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alison, Allison (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alvin (m) - ''see Elvin'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alyssa, Alissa (f) - ''see Alice'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Amanda (f) - St Amandus of Elnon ([[February 6]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Amber (f) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine'); St Ambelus in Sicily ([[November 20]] - '''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine'); St Ambelius of Milan ([[July 7]] - '''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine')<br />
*Amelia (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great. ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Amy (f) - St Agapi (daughter of Sophia) ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Anastasia, Anastacia (f) - St [[Anastasia the Roman]] ([[October 29]] - '''Saint'''), St [[Anastasia the Deliverer from Potions]] ([[December 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Andrew (m) - [[Apostle Andrew|St Andrew the First-called Apostle]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Anekah (f) - St Anacharius of Auxerre ([[September 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Angela (f) - Synaxis of Bodiless Powers ([[November 8]] - '''Meaning'''); [[Annunciation]] (or ''' ''Evangelismos'' ''') to the Theotokos ([[March 25]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Angus (m) - St [[Angus of Keld]] (''Óengus the Culdee, Óengus of Tallaght'') ([[March 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Anna (f) - St [[Anna]], mother of the Theotokos ('''Saint''')<br />
*Annabelle (f) - St Amabilis of Riome ('''Sound-alike'''); St Amabilis of Rouen ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Anthony (m) - St [[Anthony]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*April (f) - St Aprus of Toul ([[September 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Archibald, Archie (m) - Saint Erconwald, Bishop of London ([[April 30]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aria (f) - St Aria of Rome ([[August 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Arianna, Ariana (f) - St [[w:Ariadne of Phrygia|Ariadne of Phrygia]] ([[September 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ariel (f) - Martyr Arius ([[June 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') or Martyr Arrian ([[December 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm] <!-- Ariel is used as a form of Jerusalem --><br />
*Arnold (m) - St Arnold ([[July 8]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Arthur (m) - St Artemius ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Arya (m/f) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]] ([[March 7]] - '''Meaning''': noble)<br />
*Ash (m/f) - ''closest is: see Asher or Ashley'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Asher (m) - Asher, son of [[Jacob]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ashley (m/f) - St Leah ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Ava (f) - St Ava of Dinant, Abbess in Belgium ([[April 29]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Avery (f) - St [[Alfred the Great]] ([[October 26]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Aubrey, Aubree (f) - St Alberic of Stavelot-Malmédy ([[October 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Alberic of Utrecht ([[November 14]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Audrey (f) - St Audrey (''or Etheldred'') of Ely ([[June 23]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aurora (f) - St Aurora, martyr ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Austin, Austen (m) - St [[Augustine of Canterbury]] ([[May 26]] - '''Saint'''); St [[Augustine of Hippo]] ([[August 28]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Autumn (f) - St Autonomos ([[September 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://home.iprimus.com.au/xenos/autonomos.html]<br />
*Ava (f) - ''see Eve'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Avril (f) - ''see April'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ayden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ([[August 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Azalea, Azelie (f) - St Adelaide ([[December 16]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm], or, St Azarius, of the Three Holy Children ([[December 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm]<br />
<br />
==B==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Bailey (m) - St Balin ([[September 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Barry (m) - Prophet Baruch ([[September 28]] - '''Saint'''); Saint Finbarr of Cork (''Barrocus, Barry''), ([[September 25]] - '''Saint'''); Saint Barrog (''Barruc''), ([[September 27]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Beau (m) - St Kallistos of Constantinople (one on [[June 20]], the other on [[November 22]] - '''Meaning''': Beautiful)<br />
*Belinda (f) - St Berlinda, anchoress at Meerbeke ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Bella (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Benjamin, Ben (m) - Righteous Benjamin, son of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Bentley (m) - St [[Panteleimon]] ([[July 27]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Bert (m) - ''see Albert''<br />
*Bertrand (m) - St Bertrand ([[June 30]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Bess, Beth, Betty (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Bianca (f) - St [[Alban]], Protomartyr of Britain ([[June 22]] - '''Meaning''': white)<br />
*Blake (m) - St Maurice ([[December 27]] - '''Meaning''': black)<br />
*Bradley (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Braedon, Braydon (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Brandy (f) - St [[Brendan the Navigator]] ([[May 16]]) - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brendan, Brendon (m) - St [[Brendan the Navigator]] ([[May 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Brett (m) - St Brito (''or Britonius'') of Trier ([[May 5]] - '''Meaning''': a Briton) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Brian, Bryan (m) - St [[Eugene]] ('''Meaning''': noble); St Birinus of Dorchester ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brianna (f) - St Birinus of Dorchester ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brittany, Brittney, Britney (f) - St Brito (''or Britonius'') of Trier ([[May 5]] - '''Meaning''': a Briton) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Brody, Brodie (m) - St [[Ambrose of Milan]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brooke (f) - Prophet [[Baruch]] ([[September 28]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brooklyn (f) - St Raphael of Brooklyn ([[February 27]] - '''Saint''' based on name of place)<br />
*Bryce, Bryson (m) - St Brice of Tours ([[November 13]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
<br />
==C==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Caden, Cayden (m) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cadence (f) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Caleb (m) - St Elesbaan, King of Ethiopia ([[October 24]]) ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Callie (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive of Derivative''')<br />
*Callum (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Caitlyn, Caitlin (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ([[November 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Cameron (m) - St Camerinus, martyr under Diocletian ([[August 21]]) ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Camden (m) - St Kanten of Lianganten ([[November 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Camilla, Camila (f) - St Camilla, anchoress in France ([[March 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Candace, Candice, Candy (f) - St [[Candida]] ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
*Carl (m) - ''see Charles'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Carla (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Caroline (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Carson (m) - St Caron ([[March 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Carter (m) - ''see Arthur'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Casey (m) - St Vigilius of Trent ([[June 26]] - '''Meaning''': vigilant) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Cassandra (f) - St [[Kassiani the Hymnographer]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cecilia (f) - St Cecilia of Rome ([[November 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Chad (m) - St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Chantal, Chantel - [[Apostle Peter]] ([[June 29]] - '''Meaning''': stony)<br />
*Charity (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Charles, Charlie (m) - St [[Haralampus_of_Magnesia|Charalambos of Magnesia]] ('''Saint'''); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Charlotte, Charlie, Charley (f) - St [[Haralampus_of_Magnesia|Charalambos of Magnesia]] ('''Saint'''); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Chase (m) - St [[John Cassian]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Chaz''.<br />
*Chavez (m) - St [[Savas]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Chaz (m) - ''see Charles''<br />
*Chelsea (f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Cheryl (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''': love)<br />
*Chiarina (f) - ''see Claire''<br />
*Chloe (f) - St Chloe, commemorated in ancient Corinth together with holy apostles Titus, Crispus and Justus (the Sunday between [[February 13]] and [[February 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Christian (m) - St Christian of Auxerre ([[November 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Christine, Christina (f) - St [[Christina of Tyre]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Christopher, Chris (m) - St [[Christopher of Lycia]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Chryssa (f) - St [[Chrysanthus]] ([[March 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ciaran (m) - ''see Kieran'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Claire, Clara, Clare (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria|Photini the Samaritan Woman]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Cody (m) - St Boethius ([[December 7]] - '''Meaning''': helpful) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stddec.htm]<br />
*Cole (m) - ''see Maurice ('''Meaning''': dark) or Colin ('''Sound-alike''')''<br />
*Colin, Collin (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra|Nicholas]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Colton (m) - St [[Colman of Lindisfarne]] ([[February 18]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Connor (m) - St Conran ([[February 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Conogan ([[October 16]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cooper (m) - ''closest is St [[Cyprian of Carthage|Cyprian]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cora (f) - St Coralia the Virginmartyr ([[September 1]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Corey (m) - St Corentinus of Quimper ([[December 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Courtney (f) - ''see Curtis'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Crystal, Chrystal (f) - Celebrated on [[December 25]] (from 'Chrystalla')<br />
*Cruz (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]] ('''Meaning''': Cross)<br />
*Curtis (m) - Apostle [[Quartus]] ([[November 10]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Curnutus of Iconium ([[September 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
*Cynthia (f) - St Cyntianus of Seleucia ([[15 November]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Cyntianus (or Cyntion), Hieromartyr & Bishop of Chalcedon ([[29 April]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
<br />
==D==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Daenerys (f) - St Nirras, Martyr ([[January 20]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_n.htm] or St [[Daniel]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dane (m) - St Ansgar, Enlightener of Denmark ([[February 3]] - '''Meaning''': Dane, Danish people); St Deiniol of Wales ([[September 11]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Daniel (m) - St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Danielle (f) - St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Daphne (f) - Greek for laurel; [[Palm Sunday]], in remembrance of palms and laurels laid down for Jesus' entry into Jerusalem [http://www.greek-names.info/dafni-or-daphne/]<br />
*Daria (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Darlene (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Darren (m) - Prophet Aaron ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Darrell (m) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*David (m) - St [[David (disambiguation)|David]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Dawn (f) - ''see Aurora'' ('''Meaning''': dawn)<br />
*Deborah, Debra, Debbie (f) - St Deborah the Judge ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Declan (m) - St Declan of Ardmore ([[w:Declán of Ardmore|Wikipedia]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Dennis, Denis (m) - St [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] ([[October 3]] - '''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Dionysius (disambiguation)]]''.<br />
*Derek, Derrick (m) - St Theodoric of Mont d'Or ([[July 1]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Devin (m) - St [[Cosmas and Damian|Damian]] ('''Saint, Sound-alike''')<br />
*Diana (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dirk, Dietrich (m) - ''see Derek'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Dolly (f) - ''see Dorothy'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Dominic (m) - Hieromartyr Cyriacus (''Kyriakos''), Bishop of Jerusalem ([[October 18]] - '''Meaning''': Lord); St Kyriakos (''Cyriacus the Anchorite'') ([[September 29]] - '''Meaning''': Lord).<br />
*Donald (m) - St [[Donald of Ogilvy]] ([[July 15]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Donna (f) - [[Mary]] the Mother of God ('''Meaning''': 'Madonna', meaning 'My Lady'); ''sometimes: see Donald'' ('''Diminutive''').<br />
*Dorothy, Dora, Doreen, Doris (f) - St Dorothea of Caesarea ([[February 6]] - '''Saint'''); <br />
*Douglas, Doug (m) - St Daganus ([[August 18]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Drogo (m) - St Drogo, ascetic ([[April 2]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_d.htm]<br />
*Dustin (m) - St [[Dunstan of Canterbury]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dylan, Dillon (m/f) - St Dillon of Llandaff ([[February 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
<br />
==E==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Easton (m) - St Eosterwine of Wearmouth ([[March 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Edward (m) - St [[Edward the Martyr|Edward the Passion-Bearer of England]] ([[March 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Edwin (m) - St Edwen, Patron saint of Llanedwen in Anglesey in Wales ([[November 6]] - '''Saint'''); St Edwin, King of Northumbria in England ([[October 12]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eileen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Elaine, Eleanor, Elena (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Electra (f) - ''see Amber'' ('''Meaning''': direct translation)<br />
*Eliana (f) - [[Prophet Elijah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Elijah, Eli (m) - [[Prophet Elijah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Elizabeth (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ella, Ellie (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive'')<br />
*Elliot, Elliott (m) - ''see Elijah'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Elsa, Elsie (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Elvin (m) - St Elwin of Cornwall ([[February 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Elvis (m) - St [[Ailbe of Emly]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Emily (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Emma (f) - St Imma of Karlburg ([[November 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eric, Erik (m) - St [[Erc of Slane]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Erica, Erika (f) - ''see Eric'' ('''Saint''', feminine form)<br />
*Ericson (m) - ''see Eric'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Erin (f) - St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland ('''Meaning'''); or, St [[Irene of Thessaloniki]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Estelle (f) - ''see Stella'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Ethan (m) - Ethan, great-grandson of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eugene (m) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]]<br />
*Eva (f) - Eve the First-Formed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Evan (m) - St [[John]] ('''Derivative of Saint'''); St Evan of Ayrshire ([[August 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Evelyn (f) - St Abel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
<br />
==F==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Faith (f) - St [[Faith]], daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint'''); St. Faith (''Foi, Foy''), a holy virgin-martyr burnt to death in France ([[October 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Finn (m) - ''see Alban'' ('''Meaning''': fair, white)<br />
*Flynn (m) - St Flannan of Killaloe ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Frances (f) - ''see Frank''<br />
*Francis (m) - ''see Frank''<br />
*Frank (m) - St Francoveus (Franchy), an ascetic ([[May 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_f.htm]<br />
*Frederick, Fred (m) - St Frederick of Utrecht ([[July 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==G==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Gabriel (m) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gabrielle, Gabriella (f) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gail (f) - ''see Abigail'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gavin (m) - St Gavinus, Protomartyr of Sardinia ([[May 30]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Garrett (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gemma (f) - St Gemma in Gurk, Austria ([[June 29]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Genesis (f) - ''closest is the [[Nativity|Nativity of Christ]] or the [[Nativity of the Theotokos]]'' ('''Meaning''')<br />
*Genevieve (f) - St Geneviève of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Geoffrey, Geoff (m) - St Geoffrey, Abbot of Wearmouth ('''Saint''')<br />
*Geordie (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*George (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gerald, Gerry (m) - St Gerald, Bishop of Mayo ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gertrude (f) - St Gertrude of Nivelles ([[March 17]] - '''Saint'''); St Gertrude of Remiremont ([[November 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Gertrude the Elder ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]<br />
*Gianna (f) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gilbert (m) - St Agilbert of Jouarre ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Gillian (f) - ''see Jillian''<br />
*Giselle (f) - St Gezelin (or Ghislain, Gisle or Joscelin), an Ascetic ([[August 6]] - '''Sound-alike'''); the Righteous Jesse ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Gina (f) - ''see Regina'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Giovanna (f) - ''see Gianna'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gloria (f) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Grace (f) - St Charis ([[January 28]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Grayson (m) - St Villicus of Metz ([[April 17]] - '''Meaning''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Gwen, Gwendoline (f) - St Gwen Teirborn of Britain ('''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==H==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Hadrian (m) - St [[Adrian]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Hailey, Hailee (f) - ''see Hayley'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Hanalei (m/f) - ''see Henry'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hank (m) - St [[John]] ('''Derivative''', from 'Hankin'); or, ''see Henry'' ('''Diminutive''').<br />
*Hannah (f) - St Anna, mother of the Theotokos; St Hannah, mother of the Prophet Samuel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Harlow (f) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Harper (f) - ''closest is St David the Prophet & King'' ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Meaning''': Harp-player)<br />
*Harrison (m) - ''see Harry'' ('''Derivative'''). Or, St [[Hariton]] ([[September 28]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Harry (m) - ''see Henry'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Harold'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Haydon (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hayley, Haylee (f) - ''see Leah'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Heather (f) - St Ethelburgh ([[September 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Helen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Henry (m) - St Henry of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre ([[June 24]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]<br />
*Heidi (f) - ''see Adelaide'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Hilda (f) - St [[Hilda of Whitby]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Holly (f) - [[Holy Cross]] ([[September 14]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, St Hellius the Martyr ([[July 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_h.htm]; or, St Olive the Virgin-Martyr ([[June 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hope (f) - St Hope, daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Hudson (m) - ''see Hugh or Richard'' ('''Diminutive''', via 'Hudde')<br />
*Hugh (m) - St Hugh of Rouen ([[April 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]<br />
*Hunter (m) - St Gunthiern in Brittany ([[July 3]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]<br />
<br />
==I==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Ian (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ida (f) - St Ita ([[January 15]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Indigo (f) - St [[Porphyrios (disambiguation)|Prophyrios]] ('''Meaning''': colour (indigo is similar to purple))<br />
*Isa (f) - ''see Isabel'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Isaac (m) - St [[Isaac]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Isabel, Isabella, Isabelle (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Isaiah (m) - Prophet [[Isaiah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==J==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Jace, Jase (m) - ''see Jason'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jack (m) - St [[John]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, ''see Jacob'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jackson, Jaxon, Jaxson (m) - ''see Jack'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jacob, Jake (m) - St Jacob (Son of Isaac - [[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''), St [[Jacob Netsvetov]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jacqueline (f) - St [[Jacob (disambiguation)|Jacob]] or St [[Apostle James the Just|James]] ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jade (f) - St Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jaira (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ('''Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)<br />
*Jairos, Jairus (m) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ('''Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)<br />
*James (m) - St [[James]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jamie (m/f) - ''see James'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jan, Jane (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Janet (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Janice (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jared (m) - ([[Sunday of the Fathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Jason (m) - St [[Jason]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jasmine (f) - St Jasimus, Ascetic & Wonderworker ([[February 4]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Javana (f) - ''see Giovanna'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jay, Jayce (m) - ''see James or Jason'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jayden, Jaydon (m) - St. Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jeff, Jeffrey (m) - ''see Geoffrey'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jenna (f) - ''see Jenny'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jennifer (f) - St Genevieve of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jenny (f) - ''see Jane'' ('''Diminutive'''); or, ''see Jennifer'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jeoire (m) - St [[George]] ([[April 23]] - '''Derivative''' from French)<br />
*Jeremiah, Jeremy (m) - Prophet [[Jeremiah]] ([[May 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Jerica (f) - St [[Gertrude of Nivelles]] ([[March 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Jerry (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jesse (m) - St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Jessie (f) - St [[Joanna]] ('''Saint'''); St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Jessica (f) - ''closest: see Jessie'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jillian (f) - St [[w:Julian of Antioch|Julian]]<br />
*Jo, Joan, Joanna, Joanne (f) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]] ('''Derivative''', feminine form)<br />
*Jocelyn, Joselyn (f) - St Judocus (Josse) of Brittany ([[December 13]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]<br />
*Jodie (f) - ''see Judith'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Joe (m) - ''see Joseph'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Joel (m) - [[Prophet Joel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*John (m) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jonathan, Jonty (m) - Jonathan, son of Saul [[Sunday of the Forefathers]] ('''Saint'''), or St [[Theodore]] ('''Meaning''': God has given)<br />
*Jordan, Jordana (m/f) - The [[Theophany of Christ]] ('''Derivative''', name of river)<br />
*Joseph (m) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Josephine (f) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Joost (m) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Joshua, Josh (m) - St Joshua the son of Nun ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Josiah (m) - [[Prophet Josiah]] ([[October 17]] - '''Saint'''); St Josiah of Cordoba ([[August 27]] - '''Saint'''); King Josiah ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Joyce (m/f) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Juno (f) - St Junia, Apostle of the 70 ([[May 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Judith, Judy (f) - St Judith, slayer of Holofernes ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]; St [[Apostle Jude|Jude the Apostle]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Julia, Julie (f) - St Julia of Corsica ([[July 16]] - '''Saint'''), St Julia of Troyes ([[July 21]] - '''Saint'''), or St Julia of Mérida ([[December 10]] - '''Saint'''). [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]<br />
*Julian (m) - St Julian of Homs ([[February 6]] - '''Saint'''); St Julian of Antioch ([[June 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==K==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Kaelyn (f) - ''see Kay'' ('''diminutive''')<br />
*Kai (m) - ''see Kay'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kaiden (m) - ''see Kayden'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Kaitlyn (f) - ''see Caitlyn'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kallum (m) - ''see Callum'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Karen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kateri (f) - ''see Katherine''<br />
*Katherine, Kathryn (f) - ''see Catherine'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kathleen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kay, Kayla, Kaylee, Kaylyn, Kaylynn (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive'''); St Kay in England ([[November 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Kayden (m) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kayse (f) - ''see Casey'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Keira (f) - St Kiara ([[January 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_k.htm]<br />
*Keith (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]] ('''Meaning''': Wood); or, St [[Nikifor]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Kelly (f) - St Ceallach of Killala ([[May 1]] - '''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kelsey (m/f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Ken, Kenneth (m) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]] - '''Saint'''); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Kennedy (f) - ''see Kenneth'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Kerrian (m/f) - St. [[w:Saint Piran|Piran of Cornwall]] ([[March 5]] - '''Diminutive'''), who in turn has been identified as the Irish saint [[w:Ciarán of Saigir|Ciarán of Saigir]] (also [[March 5]])<br />
*Kevin (m) - St [[Kevin of Glendalough]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Khaleesi (f) - St Kali the Ascetic ([[May 22]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Khloe (f) - ''see Chloe'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kieran, Kyran, Kiaran (m) - St. [[w:Ciarán of Saigir|Ciarán of Saigir]] (''Ciarán the Elder'', [[March 5]] - '''Saint'''); St [[Kieran of Clonmacnoise]] ([[September 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Kimberley, Kimberly, Kim (f) - St Cyneburgh, abbess in Northamptonshire ([[March 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Kittie (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kristen (f) - ''see Christina'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kruze (m) - ''see Cruz'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Krystal (f) - Celebrated on [[December 25]] ('''Sound-alike''': 'Chrystalla')<br />
*Kyle (m) - St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Kylie (f) - St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Kyra (f) - St Kyra, an ascetic ([[February 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Kyra Obolenskaya ([[December 4]] - '''Saint'''), new-martyr; St Kyra, a virgin ([[June 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Kyrion (m) - Martyr Kyrion (''Cyrion, Quirio'') of the Holy 40 Martyrs of Sebaste ([[March 9]])<br />
<br />
==L==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Lance (m) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Landon (m) - St Landericus of Soignies ([[April 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Larry (m) - ''see Laurence'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Laura (f) - St Laura of Cordoba, martyred in Spain by the Moors ([[October 19]] - '''Saint'''); or, St [[Laurus]] ([[August 18]]).<br />
*Lauren (f) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Laurence (m) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Layla (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Leah, Lia (f) - St Leah, the wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''); St Lea, ascetic in Rome ([[March 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Lee (m) - ''see Leah'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Levi (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Leo (m) - St [[Leo the Great]] ([[February 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Leon (m) - ''see Leo''<br />
*Leonard (m) - St [[Leonid of Optina]]; St Leonard of Avranches ([[March 4]] - '''Saint'''), of Vandoeuvre ([[October 15]] - '''Saint''') or of Noblac ([[November 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; <br />
*Leslie (m/f) - St Lelia in Limerick ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lia (f) - ''see Leah'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Liam (m) - ''see William'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lila (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Liliana (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lillian (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lily (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lincoln (m) - All Saints of Lincolnshire ('''Meaning''': named for location) [http://www.allsaintslincs.org.uk/event-reader/events/patronal-festival-liturgy.html]<br />
*Linda (f) - St [[Linus]] of Rome ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Lindsey (f) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Linda'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Link (m) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lisa (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Logan (m) - St [[Longin the Centurion]] ([[October 16]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*London (f) - St Mellitus of London; St Sebbe, founder of Westminster; St Erconwald of London; St Ethelburgh, abbess of Barking; Sts Beocca & Hethor, martyrs of Chertsey; St Wulsin, renewer of St Peter's Monastery; St Dunstan of London; or St Alphege of Canterbury ('''Meaning''': named for location)<br />
*Lorna (f) - St Loarn, disciple of St Patrick ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lorraine (f) - ''see Laura'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Louis, Luis (m) - St Ludwin of Trier ([[September 29]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; or St Lewina of Seaford ([[July 24]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Louise, Lou (f) - St Ludwin of Trier ([[September 29]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; or St Lewina of Seaford ([[July 24]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lucas (m) - [[Apostle Luke]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Lucy (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ([[December 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Luke (m) - [[Apostle Luke]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Lydia (f) - St [[Lydia of Thyatira|Lydia of Phillipi]] ([[May 20]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Lynn (f) - [[Theophany]] ('''Meaning''': lake); or, ''see Linda'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
<br />
==M==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Mabel (f) - St Amabilis of Riome ([[November 1]] - '''Derivative'''), St Amabilis of Rouen ([[July 11]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Mackenzie (f) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]] - '''Derivative''': son of Kenneth); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]] - '''Derivative''': son of Kenneth)<br />
*Madelyn, Madeleine, Madeline (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ([[July 22]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Madison (f) - St Maud ([[March 14]] - '''Derivative''': son of Maud) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Maggie (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Makayla (f) - ''see Michaela'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Malcolm (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ([[June 9]])<br />
*Marcia (f) - St Marcia, martyred under Diocletian ([[July 2]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Margaret (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Marlow (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ('''Sound-alike of Derivative''')<br />
*Maria, Mariah (f) - [[Mary]] ('''Saint'''); St Mariah the sister of Moses ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]; St [[Maria (Skobtsova) | Maria of Paris]] ([[July 20]])<br />
*Marisa, Marissa (f) - ''see [[Theotokos|Mary]]; or, see Louis''<br />
*Marshall (m) - St Martial, bishop of Lomoges ([[June 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.htm?year=2017&today=9&month=10&trp=0] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Martial]; St Servatus of Tongres ([[May 13]] - '''Meaning''': servant) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Martin (m) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Martina, Martine (f) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Mary (f) - [[Mary]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Mason (m) - St Maysimus the Ascetic and Syrian ([[January 23]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Matthew (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Max (m) - St [[Maximos the Confessor]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Maximilian (m) - St Maximilian, one of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus ([[October 22]] - '''Saint''') [https://oca.org/saints/lives/2017/10/22/103024-st-maximilian-one-of-the-seven-sleepers-of-ephesus]<br />
*Maxwell (m) - St Magnus the founder of the Füssen monastery ([[September 6]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Maya (f) - St Magos (2nd century) ([[May 31]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Megan (f) - St [[Marina of Antioch|Margaret]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Mehmet (m) - St [[Demetrios the Neomartyr]] ([[April 14]] - '''see Life''')<br />
*Melanie (f) - St Melania the Ascetic & Elder ([[June 8]] - '''Saint'''); St Melania (Melanie) of Rome, Ascetic ([[December 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Melina (f) - ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative'''), or, ''see Milena'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Melinda (f) - St Ermelindis, hermitess ([[October 29]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Melissa or Melania'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Melissa, Milena (f) - St Melissinus the Martyr ([[March 6]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Merissa (f) - ''see Marissa''<br />
*Mhairi, Mhaire (f) - ''see Mary'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Mia (f) - ''see Maria'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Micah (m) - Prophet [[Micah]] ('''Saint'''); or, St [[Micah of Radonezh]] ([[May 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Michael (m) - ''[[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Michaela, Mikayla (f) - [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Michelle (f) - [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Mila (f) - St Milica of Serbia ('''Derivative of Saint''' - ''pronounced Mίlitsa'')<br />
*Milena (f) - ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Miles (m) - St Milo, hermit at Fontenelle ([[August 18]] - ''Saint'') or St Miles (''or Milos''), Bishop and Hieromartyr ([[10 November]] - ''Saint'') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_m.htm]<br />
*Milly (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]] - '''Diminutive'''); St Mildred of Minster-in-Thanet ([[July 13]] - '''Diminutive''')<br />
*Mitchell (m) - ''see Michael'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Molly (f) - ''see Mary'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Monica, Monique (f) - St [[Monica of Hippo]], mother of St Augustine ('''Saint''')<br />
*Monroe (f) - St Mun, Bishop & Ascetic on island in Lough Ree, Ireland ([[February 6]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Morgan (f) - St Maughold ([[December 28]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Modan ([[February 4]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Morwenna ([[July 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Mohammed, Muhammed, Muhammad (m) - St [[Demetrios the Neomartyr]] ([[April 14]] - '''see Life''')<br />
<br />
==N==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Nadine, Nadia, Nadya (f) - St Hope, daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''': Nadezhda)<br />
*Naomi (f) - [[Prophet Naum]] ([[December 1]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Natalie (f) - St [[Adrian and Natalia|Natalia]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Nathan (m) - Prophet Nathan ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Nathaniel (m) - [[Apostle Bartholomew]] (aka Nathaniel) ('''Saint''')<br />
*Nevaeh (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]] - '''Meaning''': 'heaven' in reverse)<br />
*Neil, Nigel (m) - St [[Nilus of Sora|Nil]] ([[May 7]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ngaire (f) - St Nereus ([[May 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsn.htm]<br />
*Nicholas (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Nicole (f) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Noah (m) - Righteous [[Noah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Noel (m/f) - The [[Nativity]] of Christ ('''Meaning''': Christmas)<br />
*Nolan (m) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]] ([[March 7]] - '''Meaning''': noble); St Paulinus of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Felix of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Maximus of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Arnold ('''Sound-alike'''), Maginold ('''Sound-alike'''), Reinold ('''Sound-alike''').<br />
*Nora (f) - St [[Helen]] ('''Diminutive''': Elanora)<br />
<br />
==O==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Oliver (m) - St Oliver of Ancona ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Olivia (f) - St [[Olivia of Palermo]] ([[June 10]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Onyx (f) - St Maurice ([[December 27]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Oren (m) - St Orentius of Loret ([[May 1]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Orentius of Auch ([[May 1]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintso.htm]<br />
*Oscar (m) - St Ansgar ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Owen (m) - St Eugene of Trebizond ([[January 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==P==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Paige (f) - St Pega of England ([[January 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm]<br />
*Paisley (f) - St [[Basil the Great]] ('''Meaning''': Paisley -> Basilica)<br />
*Parker (m) - St Phylax ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
*Patricia (f) - St [[Patrick of Ireland]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Penelope (f) - St Penelope the Virgin Martyr ([[September 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Peyton, Payton (f) - St Pega, anchoress in England ([[January 8]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm]<br />
*Phoenix (m/f) - St [[Felix of Byzantium|Felix]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Piper (f) - St Piperion ([[March 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
*Poppy (f) - St Poppo, Abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy in Belgium ([[January 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
<br />
==Q==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Quentin (m) - St Quentin of France ([[October 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Quinn - St Quintus, Quintius or Quintilla ([http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsq.htm Various namesdays] - '''Sound-alike''') <br />
<br />
==R==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Rachel (f) - St Rachel, wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Raine, Rain (f) - ''see Regina ('''Meaning''': queen)<br />
*Ralph (m) - St Ralph of Bourges ([[June 21]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Raymond (m) - St Rumon ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]; St Ebremund, Founder & Abbot of Fontenay-Louvet near Séez ([[June 10]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]; St [[Ammon]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St Amon of Toul ([[October 23]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]<br />
*Reagan, Regan (f) - St Reginus, Bishop of Skopel (February 25 - '''Sound-alike'''); St Reginus, Martyr of Cyprus (August 20 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_r.htm]<br />
*Rebecca (f) - St Rebecca, wife of Isaac ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Regina (f) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Meaning''': Queen); or, St Regina of Autun ([[September 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Reginald (m) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Meaning''': Queen).<br />
*Richard (m) - St Richard ([[February 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Rider (m) - ''see Ryder'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Rihanna (f) - St Basil the Great ('''Meaning''': basil), or St [[Anna]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Riley, Ryley (m/f) - St Reineldis ([[July 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*River (m) - [[Theophany]] ('''Meaning''': link between River and the River Jordan)<br />
*Robert (m) - ''see Rupert'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Robin (f) - St [[Photini]] ('''Meaning''': bright, shining)<br />
*Roderick, Rod (m) - St Rodericus, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[March 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Roger (m) - St Roger, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[September 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ronald (m) - St Reinold, martyr at Pantaleon Monastery in Germany ([[January 7]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Rosa, Rose, Rosy, Rosita (f) - St Triantafyllos ([[August 8]] - '''Meaning''') [http://www.greek-names.info/triantafyllos/]; St. Rose of Sardinia ('''Saint''') [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rublevpupil/494434905/]<br />
*Rosemary (f) - ''see Mary, or, see Rose'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Rowan (m) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Rowena (f) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Roxana, Roxanne, Roxy (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria]], or, ''see Aurora'' ('''Meaning''': Bright or Dawn)<br />
*Ruby (f) - St Maelrubius ([[April 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Rupert (m) - St [[w:Rupert of Salzburg|Rupert of Salzburg]] ([[March 27]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ruth (f) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ryan (m) - St Rhian, abbot ([[March 8]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, Emmanuel (being a translation referring to the infant Christ - '''Meaning''').<br />
*Ryder (m) - [[Synaxis of the Bodiless Powers]] ([[November 8]] - '''Meaning''': messenger); or, St Ruadan of Lothra ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm], St Ida of Nivelles ([[May 8]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Idea of Herzfeld ([[September 4]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Idus of Alt-Fadha in Leinster ([[July 14]] - '''Sound-alike''').<br />
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==S==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Sadie (f) - ''see Sarah'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Sage (m) - Martyr Saïs ([[January 5]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Samantha, Sam (f) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Samuel, Sam (m) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Sarah, Sara (f) - [[Sarah]], wife of Abraham ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''); St [[w:Sarah of the Desert|Sarah of the Desert]] ([[July 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Savannah (f) - St Savina of Milan ([[January 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Scarlett, Scarlet (f) - St Scarthin ([[January 6]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Scott (m) - [[Apostle Andrew]], patron of Scotland ('''Meaning''': Scottish person); or St [[Columba]], enlightener of Scotland ('''Meaning''': Scottish person).<br />
*Scout (f) - St Escoos, a martyr ([[March 26]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]<br />
*Sean, Shaun (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Sebastian (m) - St Sebastian the Martyr ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Serenity (f) - St Galina of Corinth, martyr ([[April 16]] - '''Meaning''': Galina means serenity); Sts. Serenicus and Serenus, monastic brothers ([[May 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Serenus of Marseilles ([[August 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Serena (f) - Sts. Serenicus and Serenus, monastic brothers ([[May 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Serenus of Marseilles ([[August 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Shane (m) - St John ('''Saint''')<br />
*Shannon (m/f) - St Senan, founder of monasteries and churches ([[March 8]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Shantelle (f) - ''see Chantal'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Shardae, Sharday (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Sharon, Shari, Sharrie, Sharree (f) (''from Hebrew: Šārôn - 'plain; 1 Chronicles 5:16'; 1 Chronicles 27:29; Acts 9:35'') – ''variant of Sarah, Sarai ('''Saint''')''; St Charalambos of Magnesia ([[February 10]] - '''Sound-alike'''). <br />
*Shelby (f) - [[Apostle Silvan]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Sheldon (m) - St Elwin in Cornwall ([[February 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Sherry, Sheree, Sherri, Sherrie, Cherie (f) - ''see Cheryl''; ''also variant of Sharon'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Shiloh (f) - St Galina, martyr at Corinth (one on [[April 16]], another on [[March 10]] - '''Meaning''': tranquil)<br />
*Simone (f) - [[Apostle Simon]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Simpson (m) - St Acoustios ([[April 21]] - '''Meaning''': listening); or, St [[Sampson]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Siobhan (f) - ''see Jeanne'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Skye (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]] - '''Meaning''': Sky and Heavens)<br />
*Skylar, Skyler (f) - St Scholastica, sister of St Benedict ('''Meaning''': Skylar derived from Schuyler, meaning 'scholar')<br />
*Sloane (m) - St [[Silouan the Athonite]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Sophia, Sophie (f) - St Sophia (mother of Sts Faith, Hope & Love) ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Stella (f) - St [[Stylianos of Paphlagonia]] ([[November 26]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Stephanie (f) - St [[Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr|Stephen]] the Protomartyr ('''Saint''')<br />
*Summer (f) - St Sunaman, an ascetic and martyr ([[February 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_s.htm]; St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] - '''Meaning''': Summer) [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm]<br />
*Susanna (f) - St Susanna, martyred in Salerno ([[January 18]] - '''Saint'''); St Susanna the Just ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Sydney (f) - St [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] ([[October 3]] - '''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Dionysius (disambiguation)]]''; St Sidonius of Clermont ([[August 21]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Sidonius of Rouens ([[November 14]] - '''Sound-alike'''), or St Sedna of Ossory ([[March 10]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
<br />
==T==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Tabitha (f) - St. Tabitha ([[October 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Tania, Tanya (f) - ''see Tatiana'' ('''Diminutive'''); ''see Anthony'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tara (f) - St Tarsila, aunt of St Gregory the Great ([[December 24]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tatiana (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Taylor (f) - St Talarican in Scotland ([[October 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Teresa, Theresa, Therese (f) - St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] or [[August 5]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Tess (f) - ''see Teresa'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Theon (m) - St Theion, martyr ([[February 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Thierry (m) - ''see Derek'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Thomas (m) - [[Apostle Thomas]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Thor (m) - St Thorgyth the Ascetic ([[January 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm]<br />
*Tia (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, saints ending in '-tia' ('''Sound-alike'''); or, St Thais ([[May 10]] - '''Sound-alike''').<br />
*Tiana (f) - ''see Tatiana or Christiana'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tiffany (f) - The [[Theophany]] of our Lord ([[January 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Travis (m) - St Triverius of Dombes ([[January 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trevor (m) - St Triverius, hermit in Dombes ([[January 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trinity (f) - [[Pentecost]] ('''Feast Day''')<br />
*Tristan (m) - St Drostan (''or Drustan''), abbot in Aberdeenshire ([[July 11]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Troy (m) - St Troyen of Saintes ([[November 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trudy (f) - ''see Gertrude'' ('''Saint'''); or, St Tudy of Wales ([[January 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Ty (m) - ''see Tyler, Tyson or Tyrone'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tyler (m) - St Tillo of Belgium ([[January 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tyrone (m) - ''see Owen'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Tyrion (m) - St [[Tikhon]], St Tiridates of Armenia ([[November 29]]), St Taurion ([[November 7]]), Turiav ([[July 13]]) ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm] [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tyson (m) - St Dyfan of Britain ([[May 26]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
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==U==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Ulla (f) - St Ulric of Einsiedeln, son of St Gerold ([[May 29]] - '''Derivative'''); St Ulric (or Uldaricus, Udalric), Bishop of Augsburg ([[July 4]] - '''Derivative'''); St Ulric the Ascetic & Martyr ([[April 9]] - '''Derivative''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_u.htm]<br />
*Unity (f) - St Uni of Bremen-Hamburg ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''': One) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsu.htm]<br />
*Uriel (m) - Archangel Uriel ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ursula (f) - St Ursula, Virgin-Martyr in Cologne ([[October 21]] - '''Saint''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_u.htm]<br />
*Usher (m) - ''see Asher'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
<br />
==V==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Valentina (f) - St [[Valentine]] [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Valerie (f) - St Valery of Leuconay ([[April 1]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]; St Valeria of Milan ([[April 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Valeria martyred in France ([[December 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Vanessa (f) - Esther (of the [[Book of Esther]] - '''Saint''': name invented, based on 'Esther')<br />
*Veronica (f) - St [[Veronica]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Victor (m) - St [[Victor]] ('''Saint''').<br />
*Victoria (f) - Virgin-Martyr Victoria ([[December 23]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Vincent (m) - St [[Vincent of Lerins]] ([[May 24]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Violet (f) - St Lydia, seller of purple ([[May 7]] - '''Meaning''': Violet & Purple)<br />
*Vivian (f) - St Vivian, martyred in Rome ([[December 2]] - '''Saint''')<br />
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==W==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Walter (m) - St [[Vladimir]] ('''Meaning''')<br />
*Warren (m) - St Warren of France ([[August 25]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Wendall (m) - St Wendolinus ([[October 21]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Whitney (f) - St Wite in Dorset ([[June 1]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*William (m) - St [[William of Gellone]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Willow (f) - St Willa, an ascetic ([[October 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_w.htm]<br />
*Winnie (f) - St Winifred of Wales ([[November 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Winston (m) - St Wistan ([[June 1]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Wyatt (m/f) - ''see William''<br />
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==X==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Xavier (m) - St Ava, Abbess of Denain ([[April 29]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Avy of Micy ([[June 17]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St [[Avitus]] ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm]<br />
*Xander (m) - ''see Alexander'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
<br />
==Y==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Yvette (f) - St Ywi, ascetic of Lindisfarne ([[October 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_y.htm]; or, ''see Eve or Janette'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
<br />
==Z==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Zachary, Zach (m) - St [[Zachariah]], father of St John the Baptist ('''Saint''')<br />
*Zeke (m) - Prophet [[Ezekiel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Zelda (f) - ''see Hilda'' ('''Diminutive, from Griselda''') [https://www.behindthename.com/name/griselda]<br />
*Zelie (f) - ''see Azalea'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Zhadee (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Zoe, Zoey (f) - [[Life-Giving Spring]] (Bright Friday); Exuperius and Zoe ([[May 2]]); Zoe of Rome ([[December 18]]) ('''Saint''')<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Western Saints before the AD 1054 Schism]]<br />
*[[Patron saint]]<br />
*[[Name day]]<br />
<br />
==Bibliography==<br />
* [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsint.htm The Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome]<br />
* [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/oespain.htm The Saints of Spain]<br />
* [http://suburbanbanshee.wordpress.com/category/saint-names/ Aliens in This World] Category: Saint Names<br />
* [http://www.oodegr.co/english/istorika/britain/British_saints.htm The Orthodox Saints of the Ancient Church in the British Isles and Ireland]<br />
* [http://www.namedays.gr/index_uk.php GREEK NAME DAYS for the year 2015 (source ©: www.namedays.gr)]<br />
* [http://www.roman-catholic-saints.com/catholic-saint-names.html Roman Catholic Saints]<br />
* [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_preface.htm When is my nameday?], compiled by Fr Christopher Klitou<br />
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<div>{{diocese|<br />
name=Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia[[Image:Australia Archdiocese logo.jpg|center|Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]]|<br />
jurisdiction=[[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]]|<br />
type=Archdiocese|<br />
founded=1924|<br />
bishop=[[Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia|Abp. Stylianos]]|<br />
see=Australia|<br />
hq=Sydney, New South Wales, Australia|<br />
territory=Australia, New Guinea, Oceania|<br />
language=Greek, English (as required)|<br />
music=[[Byzantine Chant]]|<br />
calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]]|<br />
population=364,556<br />
([http://www.cra.org.au/pages/00000226.cgi Census 2001]) to ~750,000 (Archdiocesan estimate)|<br />
website=[http://www.greekorthodox.org.au/ Official website]<br />
}}<br />
The '''Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia''', headquartered in Sydney, is an [[eparchy]] of the [[Church of Constantinople]]. Its current [[primate]] is His Eminence [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia|Stylianos (Harkianakis)]], [[Archbishop]] of Australia and [[Exarchate|Exarch]] of Oceania.<br />
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== History ==<br />
:''For more detailed history before 1974, See [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]]''.<br />
Before 1908, there were two multi-ethnic parishes in Australia, under the omophorion of the [[Church of Jerusalem]]; but, in 1908, jurisdiction over Australia was transferred to the newly-recognised [[Church of Greece]]. In 1924, the parishes - by now, Greek in character as well as in name - were formed into a metropolis under the [[Church of Constantinople]]. In 1959, the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Australia and New Zealand was elevated to Archdiocese, and Metropolitan Ezekiel elevated to Archbishop with it. In 1970, due to the growing size and needs of the Archdiocese, Australia and New Zealand were split into the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and the [[Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand]].<br />
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In 1974 Abp Ezekiel was promoted to the Metropolis of Pisidia, and the current Archbishop, [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia|Stylianos (Harkianakis)]], was elected on 13 February 1974 and enthroned on 26 April, 1975. In 1977, Fr Ezekiel was consecrated to the episcopacy, becoming the titular bishop of Dervis. In 1979, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia was a founding member of the [[Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Churches in Australia]], with its archbishop being made permanent chairman of SCCOCA.<br />
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In 1982, the Archdiocese founded [[St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College]] in Sydney, with Archbishop Stylianos as the first dean. In 1991, Fr Seraphim was consecrated to the episcopacy, as titular bishop of Apollonias. In 2001, Fr Nikandros (Palyvos) was consecrated to the episcopacy, as titular bishop of Dorileou.<br />
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The first new parish for many years, St Therapon in Warhoonga, northern Sydney, began services in February 2006. Soon after, [[St. Andrew's Orthodox Press]] published their first book, ''The Divine Liturgy of Our Father among the Saints John Chrysostom'', a bilingual text. See [[#Organisations of the Archdiocese|below]]<br />
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Archimandrite [[Iakovos (Tsigounis)]] was elected to be an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Australia, with the title of Bishop of Militoupoleos. Bishop Iakovos is the first Australian-born bishop to serve in Australia, and in the Archdiocese, and the first graduate of St Andrew's Theological College to be made a bishop.<br />
[[Image:Logo of Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia.jpg|thumb|left|Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]]<br />
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==Ecclesiastical Organisation==<br />
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia is treated as one single archdiocese with five archdiocesan districts: [[List of parishes in New South Wales|New South Wales]] and the [[List of parishes in the Australian Capital Territory|Australian Capital Territory]]; [[List of parishes in Victoria|Victoria]] and [[List of parishes in Tasmania|Tasmania]]; [[List of parishes in South Australia|South Australia]] and the [[List of parishes in the Northern Territory|Northern Territory]]; [[List of parishes in Queensland|Queensland]] and New Guinea; and [[List of parishes in Western Australia|Western Australia]]. To assist the archbishop, he has a number of assistant bishops - currently four - overseeing the !118 [[parish]]es, communities and monasteries across Australia.<br />
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The Archdiocese also includes 6 [[monasticism|monasteries]]. The largest male monastery is the Holy [[Monastery of Pantanassa (Mangrove, Australia)|Monastery of Pantanassa]] on the Central Coast of New South Wales, and the largest female monastery is the Holy [[Monastery of Gorgoepikoos (Geelong, Australia)|Monastery of Gorgoepikoos]] in Geelong, Victoria.<br />
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==Organisations of the Archdiocese==<br />
The Archdiocese has numerous successful organisations under its wings. Each of these organisations and schools have been built by donations of the faithful and by contributions by the Australian government.<br />
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===Educational Institutions===<br />
In 1982, the Archdiocese began the [[St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College]] in Sydney as a part of the School of Divinity of the University of Sydney. Archbishop Stylianos currently serves as the dean of St. Andrew's, while Bishop Seraphim serves as sub-dean. As the lone Orthodox Theological College in Australasia, it often accepts students of other jurisdictions.<br />
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The Archdiocese boasts seven bilingual colleges around Australia, including primary and secondary education, offered to both children of the Church and Australians alike. Each school has between 650-1000 students who enjoy education in all disciplines, including Greek language, culture and the Orthodox Christian faith.<br />
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===Byzantine Chanting===<br />
Byzantine chanting is a key part of liturgical services in the Archdiocese. Two performance choirs have been formed: the [[Byzantine Ecclesiastical Choir "Saint John of Damascus"]] in Adelaide under [[Elias Frangoulis]], the Archon Protopsaltis of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia; and the [[Australian Byzantine Choir]] in Sydney, now under George Combis, which in addition to performing, first provided a place for Sydney's chanters to be taught, and then provided two of the three teachers for the Archdiocesan [[School of Byzantine Music]], established in 2005 under the auspices of Saint Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College. Both choirs, and the school, teach and perform Byzantine chanting in Greek.<br />
[[Image:standrewspress.jpg|left|thumb|Logo of St Andrew's Orthodox Press]]<br />
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===Publishing Institutions===<br />
[[St. Andrew's Orthodox Press|St Andrew's Orthodox Press]], established to publish the ''[[To Vema|TO VEMA]]'' newspaper [http://www.tovema.com.au], ''[[St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)#Phronema|Phronema]]'' and ''[[The Voice of Orthodoxy]]'', has recently begun publishing books. Publications range from liturgical books (e.g. the Archdiocese's official translation of the Divine Liturgy) to translations and publications by faculty of the Theological College.<br />
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===Philanthropic Institutions===<br />
[[St. Basil's Homes (Australia)]], operate around Australia in each capital city since 1969 caring for all needs of the aged in their numorous facilities as well as delivering care into the homes of the Greeks under a variety of community care programs. St. Basil's cares for about 1200 aged Greeks in Australia. In 2006 St. Basil's commissioned a new $34 million state of the art facility in Miranda to the south of Sydney. <br />
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[[Image:Estia Foundation Logo.jpg|right|thumb|Logo of the Estia Foundation of Australia]]The [[Estia Foundation of Australia]] offers respite to those caring for children and adults with disabilities, and currently cares for over 100 young people. A related organisation, the [[Provicare Foundation]], has its main focus on drug and alcohol prevention, with telephone councelling and client visits.<br />
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===Parish-run Organisations===<br />
Each parish in the archdiocese hosts any number of the following activities besides their usual worship and pastoral program. These can include: child care centres, Greek language school, companionship groups for the aged, infant play groups, teenagers groups, Bible study, Orthodox lecture series, iconography courses, Byzantine chanting classes, catechism schools, social clubs and meals for the poor.<br />
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The Greek Welfare Centres, operating for over 35 years under government funding and charity in each capital city and other cities of Australia. The 150 staff of the Greek Welfare Centres around Australia offer a large variety of programs and catering for the enormous varience in the needs of the hundreds of clients that flow throught their offices and their satellite centres each week.<br />
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== The Episcopacy ==<br />
===Current Episcopacy===<br />
* Archbishop [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia|Stylianos (Harkianakis)]] of Australia.<br />
:* Bishop [[Ezekiel (Kefalas) of Dervis|Ezekiel]] of Dervis; responsible for the Second Archdiocesan District of [[List of parishes in Victoria|Victoria]] and [[List of parishes in Tasmania|Tasmania]] (46 parishes and communities).<br />
:* Bishop [[Seraphim (Ginis) of Apollonias|Seraphim]] of Apollonias; responsible for the First Archdiocesan District of [[List of parishes in New South Wales|New South Wales]] and the [[List of parishes in the Australian Capital Territory|Australian Capital Territory]] (38 parishes and communities).<br />
:* Bishop [[Nikandros (Palyvos) of Dorileou|Nikandros]] of Dorileou; responsible for the Third Archdiocesan District of [[List of parishes in South Australia|South Australia]] and the [[List of parishes in the Northern Territory|Northern Territory]] (16 parishes and communities), and the Fifth Archdiocesan District of [[List of parishes in Western Australia|Western Australia]] (6 parishes and communities).<br />
:* Bishop [[Iakovos (Tsigounis) of Militoupolis|Iakovos]] of Militoupolis is also responsible for the Second Archdiocesan District (along with Bp Ezekiel).<br />
:''The Fourth Archdiocesan District of [[List of parishes in Queensland|Queensland]] and [[List of parishes in Papua New Guinea|Papua New Guinea]] (10 parishes and communities) is cared for by [[Archpriest|Economos]] [[Dimitri Tsakas]], the Archepiscopal Vicar for this district.''<br />
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===Primates of Australia===<br />
* [[Christoforos (Knitis) of Samos|Christoforos (Knitis)]], Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand, 1924-1929<br />
* [[Timotheos (Evangelinidis) of Rhodes|Timotheos (Evangelinidis)]], Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand, 1931-1947<br />
* [[Theophylactos (Papathanasopoulos) of Australia and New Zealand|Theophylactos (Papathanasopoulos)]], Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand, 1947-1958<br />
* [[Ezekiel (Tsoukalas) of Pisidia|Ezekiel (Tsoukalas)]], Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand, 1959; Archbishop of Australia and New Zealand, 1959-1970; Archbishop of Australia, 1970-1974<br />
* [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia|Stylianos (Harkianakis)]], Archbishop of Australia, 1974-present.<br />
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===Auxiliary Bishops formerly in Australia===<br />
* Bishop Aristachus<br />
* Bishop Panteleimon<br />
* Bishop Dionysios<br />
* Bishop Joseph<br />
* Bishop Paul<br />
* Bishop Seraphim<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[http://www.greekorthodox.org.au/ Official Website of the Archdiocese]<br />
*[http://www.patriarchate.org/ Official Website of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople]<br />
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[[Category:Jurisdictions]]<br />
[[Category:Orthodoxy in Australia]]<br />
[[Category:Dioceses]]<br />
[[Category:Ecumenical Patriarchate Dioceses|Australia]]<br />
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[[fr:Archevêché orthodoxe grec d'Australie]]<br />
[[ro:Arhiepiscopia Ortodoxă Greacă din Australia]]</div>
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Baptismal names
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<div>A '''baptismal name''' is a name given to a newly-baptised Orthodox Christian. For a lengthy time in Orthodox history, Orthodox Christians have been given the names of Orthodox saints.<br />
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The following is a list of names who have:<br />
* Orthodox saints, perhaps unexpectedly, attached to either the original name (e.g. Theophany for Tiffany) or to a diminutive (e.g. Gerald for Jerry), or<br />
* Orthodox saints whose names mean the same thing (e.g. St Alban for Bianca [both mean 'white'], or St Maurice for Blake [both mean 'black']).<br />
* If these are not available, a 'closest match' may be given, where the name sounds similar to a saint's name (e.g. St Rumon for Raymond).<br />
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However, this is not designed to be a list for existing matchups which have no relation (e.g. Panayiotis for Peter).<br />
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==A==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Aaliyah (f) - ''see Alia'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Aaron (m) - St Aaron the Priest ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Abigail, Abby (f) - Venerable Virgin-martyr Æbbe the Younger of Coldingham, Abbess of Coldingham Priory ([[April 2]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Adalyn, Adaline (f) - ''see Adele'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Adam (m) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Addison (f) - ''see Madison'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Adrian (m) - Saint [[Adrian]]<br />
*Adelaide (f) - St Adelaide of Rome; St Adelaide of Burgundy ([[December 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Adele, Adela (f) - St Adela, Abbess of Pfalzel ([[December 24]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Adrian (m) - St Adrian ([[August 26]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aidan, Aiden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Aimee (f) - ''see Amy'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alan, Allan, Allen (m) - St Alan of Lavaur ([[November 25]] - '''Saint'''); St Elian of Cornwall ([[January 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Alana, Alaina (f) - ''see Alan'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Albert (m) - St [[Albert]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alex (m/f) - ''see Alexis, Alexandra or Alexander'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alexa (f) - ''see Alexis or Alexandra'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alexander (m) - St [[Alexander]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alexandra (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]] - '''Saint'''); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Alexis (m/f) - St [[Alexios the Man of God|Alexis the Man of God]] ([[March 17]] - '''Saint'''); Tsarevich Alexei ('''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Alexis (disambiguation)]]'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alia (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, St [[Alexandra]] ('''Diminiutive''', from Russian).<br />
*Alice, Alicia, Alisha (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alison, Allison (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alvin (m) - ''see Elvin'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alyssa, Alissa (f) - ''see Alice'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Amanda (f) - St Amandus of Elnon ([[February 6]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Amber (f) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine'); St Ambelus in Sicily ([[November 20]] - '''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine'); St Ambelius of Milan ([[July 7]] - '''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine')<br />
*Amelia (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great. ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Amy (f) - St Agapi (daughter of Sophia) ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Anastasia, Anastacia (f) - St [[Anastasia the Roman]] ([[October 29]] - '''Saint'''), St [[Anastasia the Deliverer from Potions]] ([[December 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Andrew (m) - [[Apostle Andrew|St Andrew the First-called Apostle]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Anekah (f) - St Anacharius of Auxerre ([[September 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Angela (f) - Synaxis of Bodiless Powers ([[November 8]] - '''Meaning'''); [[Annunciation]] (or ''' ''Evangelismos'' ''') to the Theotokos ([[March 25]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Angus (m) - St [[Angus of Keld]] (''Óengus the Culdee, Óengus of Tallaght'') ([[March 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Anna (f) - St [[Anna]], mother of the Theotokos ('''Saint''')<br />
*Annabelle (f) - St Amabilis of Riome ('''Sound-alike'''); St Amabilis of Rouen ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Anthony (m) - St [[Anthony]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*April (f) - St Aprus of Toul ([[September 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Archibald, Archie (m) - Saint Erconwald, Bishop of London ([[April 30]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aria (f) - St Aria of Rome ([[August 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Arianna, Ariana (f) - St [[w:Ariadne of Phrygia|Ariadne of Phrygia]] ([[September 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ariel (f) - Martyr Arius ([[June 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') or Martyr Arrian ([[December 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm] <!-- Ariel is used as a form of Jerusalem --><br />
*Arnold (m) - St Arnold ([[July 8]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Arthur (m) - St Artemius ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Arya (m/f) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]] ([[March 7]] - '''Meaning''': noble)<br />
*Ash (m/f) - ''closest is: see Asher or Ashley'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Asher (m) - Asher, son of [[Jacob]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ashley (m/f) - St Leah ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Ava (f) - St Ava of Dinant, Abbess in Belgium ([[April 29]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Avery (f) - St [[Alfred the Great]] ([[October 26]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Aubrey, Aubree (f) - St Alberic of Stavelot-Malmédy ([[October 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Alberic of Utrecht ([[November 14]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Audrey (f) - St Audrey (''or Etheldred'') of Ely ([[June 23]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aurora (f) - St Aurora, martyr ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Austin, Austen (m) - St [[Augustine of Canterbury]] ([[May 26]] - '''Saint'''); St [[Augustine of Hippo]] ([[August 28]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Autumn (f) - St Autonomos ([[September 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://home.iprimus.com.au/xenos/autonomos.html]<br />
*Ava (f) - ''see Eve'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Avril (f) - ''see April'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ayden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ([[August 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Azalea, Azelie (f) - St Adelaide ([[December 16]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm], or, St Azarius, of the Three Holy Children ([[December 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm]<br />
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==B==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Bailey (m) - St Balin ([[September 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Barry (m) - Prophet Baruch ([[September 28]] - '''Saint'''); Saint Finbarr of Cork (''Barrocus, Barry''), ([[September 25]] - '''Saint'''); Saint Barrog (''Barruc''), ([[September 27]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Beau (m) - St Kallistos of Constantinople (one on [[June 20]], the other on [[November 22]] - '''Meaning''': Beautiful)<br />
*Belinda (f) - St Berlinda, anchoress at Meerbeke ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Bella (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Benjamin, Ben (m) - Righteous Benjamin, son of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Bentley (m) - St [[Panteleimon]] ([[July 27]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Bert (m) - ''see Albert''<br />
*Bertrand (m) - St Bertrand ([[June 30]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Bess, Beth, Betty (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Bianca (f) - St [[Alban]], Protomartyr of Britain ([[June 22]] - '''Meaning''': white)<br />
*Blake (m) - St Maurice ([[December 27]] - '''Meaning''': black)<br />
*Bradley (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Braedon, Braydon (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Brandy (f) - St [[Brendan the Navigator]] ([[May 16]]) - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brendan, Brendon (m) - St [[Brendan the Navigator]] ([[May 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Brett (m) - St Brito (''or Britonius'') of Trier ([[May 5]] - '''Meaning''': a Briton) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Brian, Bryan (m) - St [[Eugene]] ('''Meaning''': noble); St Birinus of Dorchester ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brianna (f) - St Birinus of Dorchester ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brittany, Brittney, Britney (f) - St Brito (''or Britonius'') of Trier ([[May 5]] - '''Meaning''': a Briton) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Brody, Brodie (m) - St [[Ambrose of Milan]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brooke (f) - Prophet [[Baruch]] ([[September 28]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brooklyn (f) - St Raphael of Brooklyn ([[February 27]] - '''Saint''' based on name of place)<br />
*Bryce, Bryson (m) - St Brice of Tours ([[November 13]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
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==C==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Caden, Cayden (m) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cadence (f) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Caleb (m) - St Elesbaan, King of Ethiopia ([[October 24]]) ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Callie (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive of Derivative''')<br />
*Callum (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Caitlyn, Caitlin (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ([[November 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Cameron (m) - St Camerinus, martyr under Diocletian ([[August 21]]) ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Camden (m) - St Kanten of Lianganten ([[November 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Camilla, Camila (f) - St Camilla, anchoress in France ([[March 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Candace, Candice, Candy (f) - St [[Candida]] ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
*Carl (m) - ''see Charles'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Carla (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Caroline (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Carson (m) - St Caron ([[March 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Carter (m) - ''see Arthur'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Casey (m) - St Vigilius of Trent ([[June 26]] - '''Meaning''': vigilant) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Cassandra (f) - St [[Kassiani the Hymnographer]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cecilia (f) - St Cecilia of Rome ([[November 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Chad (m) - St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Chantal, Chantel - [[Apostle Peter]] ([[June 29]] - '''Meaning''': stony)<br />
*Charity (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Charles, Charlie (m) - St [[Haralampus_of_Magnesia|Charalambos of Magnesia]] ('''Saint'''); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Charlotte, Charlie, Charley (f) - St [[Haralampus_of_Magnesia|Charalambos of Magnesia]] ('''Saint'''); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Chase (m) - St [[John Cassian]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Chaz''.<br />
*Chavez (m) - St [[Savas]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Chaz (m) - ''see Charles''<br />
*Chelsea (f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Cheryl (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''': love)<br />
*Chiarina (f) - ''see Claire''<br />
*Chloe (f) - St Chloe, commemorated in ancient Corinth together with holy apostles Titus, Crispus and Justus (the Sunday between [[February 13]] and [[February 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Christian (m) - St Christian of Auxerre ([[November 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Christine, Christina (f) - St [[Christina of Tyre]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Christopher, Chris (m) - St [[Christopher of Lycia]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Chryssa (f) - St [[Chrysanthus]] ([[March 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ciaran (m) - ''see Kieran'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Claire, Clara, Clare (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria|Photini the Samaritan Woman]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Cody (m) - St Boethius ([[December 7]] - '''Meaning''': helpful) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stddec.htm]<br />
*Cole (m) - ''see Maurice ('''Meaning''': dark) or Colin ('''Sound-alike''')''<br />
*Colin, Collin (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra|Nicholas]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Colton (m) - St [[Colman of Lindisfarne]] ([[February 18]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Connor (m) - St Conran ([[February 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Conogan ([[October 16]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cooper (m) - ''closest is St [[Cyprian of Carthage|Cyprian]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cora (f) - St Coralia the Virginmartyr ([[September 1]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Corey (m) - St Corentinus of Quimper ([[December 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Courtney (f) - ''see Curtis'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Crystal, Chrystal (f) - Celebrated on [[December 25]] (from 'Chrystalla')<br />
*Cruz (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]] ('''Meaning''': Cross)<br />
*Curtis (m) - Apostle [[Quartus]] ([[November 10]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Curnutus of Iconium ([[September 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
*Cynthia (f) - St Cyntianus of Seleucia ([[15 November]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Cyntianus (or Cyntion), Hieromartyr & Bishop of Chalcedon ([[29 April]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
<br />
==D==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Daenerys (f) - St Nirras, Martyr ([[January 20]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_n.htm] or St [[Daniel]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dane (m) - St Ansgar, Enlightener of Denmark ([[February 3]] - '''Meaning''': Dane, Danish people); St Deiniol of Wales ([[September 11]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Daniel (m) - St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Danielle (f) - St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Daphne (f) - Greek for laurel; [[Palm Sunday]], in remembrance of palms and laurels laid down for Jesus' entry into Jerusalem [http://www.greek-names.info/dafni-or-daphne/]<br />
*Daria (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Darlene (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Darren (m) - Prophet Aaron ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Darrell (m) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*David (m) - St [[David (disambiguation)|David]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Dawn (f) - ''see Aurora'' ('''Meaning''': dawn)<br />
*Deborah, Debra, Debbie (f) - St Deborah the Judge ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Declan (m) - St Declan of Ardmore ([[w:Declán of Ardmore|Wikipedia]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Dennis, Denis (m) - St [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] ([[October 3]] - '''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Dionysius (disambiguation)]]''.<br />
*Derek, Derrick (m) - St Theodoric of Mont d'Or ([[July 1]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Devin (m) - St [[Cosmas and Damian|Damian]] ('''Saint, Sound-alike''')<br />
*Diana (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dirk, Dietrich (m) - ''see Derek'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Dolly (f) - ''see Dorothy'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Dominic (m) - Hieromartyr Cyriacus (''Kyriakos''), Bishop of Jerusalem ([[October 18]] - '''Meaning''': Lord); St Kyriakos (''Cyriacus the Anchorite'') ([[September 29]] - '''Meaning''': Lord).<br />
*Donald (m) - St [[Donald of Ogilvy]] ([[July 15]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Donna (f) - [[Mary]] the Mother of God ('''Meaning''': 'Madonna', meaning 'My Lady'); ''sometimes: see Donald'' ('''Diminutive''').<br />
*Dorothy, Dora, Doreen, Doris (f) - St Dorothea of Caesarea ([[February 6]] - '''Saint'''); <br />
*Douglas, Doug (m) - St Daganus ([[August 18]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Drogo (m) - St Drogo, ascetic ([[April 2]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_d.htm]<br />
*Dustin (m) - St [[Dunstan of Canterbury]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dylan, Dillon (m/f) - St Dillon of Llandaff ([[February 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
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==E==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Easton (m) - St Eosterwine of Wearmouth ([[March 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Edward (m) - St [[Edward the Martyr|Edward the Passion-Bearer of England]] ([[March 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Edwin (m) - St Edwen, Patron saint of Llanedwen in Anglesey in Wales ([[November 6]] - '''Saint'''); St Edwin, King of Northumbria in England ([[October 12]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eileen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Elaine, Eleanor, Elena (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Electra (f) - ''see Amber'' ('''Meaning''': direct translation)<br />
*Eliana (f) - [[Prophet Elijah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Elijah, Eli (m) - [[Prophet Elijah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Elizabeth (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ella, Ellie (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive'')<br />
*Elliot, Elliott (m) - ''see Elijah'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Elsa, Elsie (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Elvin (m) - St Elwin of Cornwall ([[February 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Elvis (m) - St [[Ailbe of Emly]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Emily (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Emma (f) - St Imma of Karlburg ([[November 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eric, Erik (m) - St [[Erc of Slane]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Erica, Erika (f) - ''see Eric'' ('''Saint''', feminine form)<br />
*Ericson (m) - ''see Eric'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Erin (f) - St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland ('''Meaning'''); or, St [[Irene of Thessaloniki]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Estelle (f) - ''see Stella'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Ethan (m) - Ethan, great-grandson of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eugene (m) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]]<br />
*Eva (f) - Eve the First-Formed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Evan (m) - St [[John]] ('''Derivative of Saint'''); St Evan of Ayrshire ([[August 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Evelyn (f) - St Abel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
<br />
==F==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Faith (f) - St [[Faith]], daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint'''); St. Faith (''Foi, Foy''), a holy virgin-martyr burnt to death in France ([[October 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Finn (m) - ''see Alban'' ('''Meaning''': fair, white)<br />
*Flynn (m) - St Flannan of Killaloe ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Frances (f) - ''see Frank''<br />
*Francis (m) - ''see Frank''<br />
*Frank (m) - St Francoveus (Franchy), an ascetic ([[May 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_f.htm]<br />
*Frederick, Fred (m) - St Frederick of Utrecht ([[July 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==G==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Gabriel (m) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gabrielle, Gabriella (f) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gail (f) - ''see Abigail'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gavin (m) - St Gavinus, Protomartyr of Sardinia ([[May 30]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Garrett (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gemma (f) - St Gemma in Gurk, Austria ([[June 29]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Genesis (f) - ''closest is the [[Nativity|Nativity of Christ]] or the [[Nativity of the Theotokos]]'' ('''Meaning''')<br />
*Genevieve (f) - St Geneviève of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Geoffrey, Geoff (m) - St Geoffrey, Abbot of Wearmouth ('''Saint''')<br />
*Geordie (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*George (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gerald, Gerry (m) - St Gerald, Bishop of Mayo ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gertrude (f) - St Gertrude of Nivelles ([[March 17]] - '''Saint'''); St Gertrude of Remiremont ([[November 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Gertrude the Elder ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]<br />
*Gianna (f) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gilbert (m) - St Agilbert of Jouarre ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Gillian (f) - ''see Jillian''<br />
*Giselle (f) - St Gezelin (or Ghislain, Gisle or Joscelin), an Ascetic ([[August 6]] - '''Sound-alike'''); the Righteous Jesse ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Gina (f) - ''see Regina'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Giovanna (f) - ''see Gianna'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gloria (f) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Grace (f) - St Charis ([[January 28]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Grayson (m) - St Villicus of Metz ([[April 17]] - '''Meaning''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Gwen, Gwendoline (f) - St Gwen Teirborn of Britain ('''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==H==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Hadrian (m) - St [[Adrian]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Hailey, Hailee (f) - ''see Hayley'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Hanalei (m/f) - ''see Henry'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hank (m) - St [[John]] ('''Derivative''', from 'Hankin'); or, ''see Henry'' ('''Diminutive''').<br />
*Hannah (f) - St Anna, mother of the Theotokos; St Hannah, mother of the Prophet Samuel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Harlow (f) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Harper (f) - ''closest is St David the Prophet & King'' ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Meaning''': Harp-player)<br />
*Harrison (m) - ''see Harry'' ('''Derivative'''). Or, St [[Hariton]] ([[September 28]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Harry (m) - ''see Henry'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Harold'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Haydon (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hayley, Haylee (f) - ''see Leah'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Heather (f) - St Ethelburgh ([[September 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Helen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Henry (m) - St Henry of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre ([[June 24]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]<br />
*Heidi (f) - ''see Adelaide'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Hilda (f) - St [[Hilda of Whitby]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Holly (f) - [[Holy Cross]] ([[September 14]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, St Hellius the Martyr ([[July 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_h.htm]; or, St Olive the Virgin-Martyr ([[June 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hope (f) - St Hope, daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Hudson (m) - ''see Hugh or Richard'' ('''Diminutive''', via 'Hudde')<br />
*Hugh (m) - St Hugh of Rouen ([[April 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]<br />
*Hunter (m) - St Gunthiern in Brittany ([[July 3]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]<br />
<br />
==I==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Ian (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ida (f) - St Ita ([[January 15]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Indigo (f) - St [[Porphyrios (disambiguation)|Prophyrios]] ('''Meaning''': colour (indigo is similar to purple))<br />
*Isa (f) - ''see Isabel'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Isaac (m) - St [[Isaac]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Isabel, Isabella, Isabelle (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Isaiah (m) - Prophet [[Isaiah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==J==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Jace, Jase (m) - ''see Jason'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jack (m) - St [[John]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, ''see Jacob'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jackson, Jaxon, Jaxson (m) - ''see Jack'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jacob, Jake (m) - St Jacob (Son of Isaac - [[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''), St [[Jacob Netsvetov]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jacqueline (f) - St [[Jacob (disambiguation)|Jacob]] or St [[Apostle James the Just|James]] ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jade (f) - St Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jaira (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ('''Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)<br />
*Jairos, Jairus (m) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ('''Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)<br />
*James (m) - St [[James]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jamie (m/f) - ''see James'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jan, Jane (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Janet (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Janice (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jared (m) - ([[Sunday of the Fathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Jason (m) - St [[Jason]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jasmine (f) - St Jasimus, Ascetic & Wonderworker ([[February 4]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Javana (f) - ''see Giovanna'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jay, Jayce (m) - ''see James or Jason'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jayden, Jaydon (m) - St. Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jeff, Jeffrey (m) - ''see Geoffrey'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jenna (f) - ''see Jenny'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jennifer (f) - St Genevieve of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jenny (f) - ''see Jane'' ('''Diminutive'''); or, ''see Jennifer'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jeoire (m) - St [[George]] ([[April 23]] - '''Derivative''' from French)<br />
*Jeremiah, Jeremy (m) - Prophet [[Jeremiah]] ([[May 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Jerica (f) - St [[Gertrude of Nivelles]] ([[March 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Jerry (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jesse (m) - St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Jessie (f) - St [[Joanna]] ('''Saint'''); St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Jessica (f) - ''closest: see Jessie'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jillian (f) - St [[w:Julian of Antioch|Julian]]<br />
*Jo, Joan, Joanna, Joanne (f) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]] ('''Derivative''', feminine form)<br />
*Jocelyn, Joselyn (f) - St Judocus (Josse) of Brittany ([[December 13]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]<br />
*Jodie (f) - ''see Judith'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Joe (m) - ''see Joseph'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Joel (m) - [[Prophet Joel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*John (m) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jonathan, Jonty (m) - Jonathan, son of Saul [[Sunday of the Forefathers]] ('''Saint'''), or St [[Theodore]] ('''Meaning''': God has given)<br />
*Jordan, Jordana (m/f) - The [[Theophany of Christ]] ('''Derivative''', name of river)<br />
*Joseph (m) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Josephine (f) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Joost (m) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Joshua, Josh (m) - St Joshua the son of Nun ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Josiah (m) - [[Prophet Josiah]] ([[October 17]] - '''Saint'''); St Josiah of Cordoba ([[August 27]] - '''Saint'''); King Josiah ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Joyce (m/f) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Juno (f) - St Junia, Apostle of the 70 ([[May 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Judith, Judy (f) - St Judith, slayer of Holofernes ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]; St [[Apostle Jude|Jude the Apostle]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Julia, Julie (f) - St Julia of Corsica ([[July 16]] - '''Saint'''), St Julia of Troyes ([[July 21]] - '''Saint'''), or St Julia of Mérida ([[December 10]] - '''Saint'''). [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]<br />
*Julian (m) - St Julian of Homs ([[February 6]] - '''Saint'''); St Julian of Antioch ([[June 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==K==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Kaelyn (f) - ''see Kay'' ('''diminutive''')<br />
*Kai (m) - ''see Kay'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kaiden (m) - ''see Kayden'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Kaitlyn (f) - ''see Caitlyn'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kallum (m) - ''see Callum'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Karen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kateri (f) - ''see Katherine''<br />
*Katherine, Kathryn (f) - ''see Catherine'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kathleen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kay, Kayla, Kaylee, Kaylyn, Kaylynn (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive'''); St Kay in England ([[November 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Kayden (m) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kayse (f) - ''see Casey'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Keira (f) - St Kiara ([[January 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_k.htm]<br />
*Keith (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]] ('''Meaning''': Wood); or, St [[Nikifor]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Kelly (f) - St Ceallach of Killala ([[May 1]] - '''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kelsey (m/f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Ken, Kenneth (m) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]] - '''Saint'''); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Kennedy (f) - ''see Kenneth'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Kerrian (m/f) - St. [[w:Saint Piran|Piran of Cornwall]] ([[March 5]] - '''Diminutive'''), who in turn has been identified as the Irish saint [[w:Ciarán of Saigir|Ciarán of Saigir]] (also [[March 5]])<br />
*Kevin (m) - St [[Kevin of Glendalough]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Khaleesi (f) - St Kali the Ascetic ([[May 22]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Khloe (f) - ''see Chloe'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kieran, Kyran, Kiaran (m) - St. [[w:Ciarán of Saigir|Ciarán of Saigir]] (''Ciarán the Elder'', [[March 5]] - '''Saint'''); St [[Kieran of Clonmacnoise]] ([[September 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Kimberley, Kimberly, Kim (f) - St Cyneburgh, abbess in Northamptonshire ([[March 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Kittie (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kristen (f) - ''see Christina'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kruze (m) - ''see Cruz'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Krystal (f) - Celebrated on [[December 25]] ('''Sound-alike''': 'Chrystalla')<br />
*Kyle (m) - St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Kylie (f) - St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Kyrion (m) - Martyr Kyrion (''Cyrion, Quirio'') of the Holy 40 Martyrs of Sebaste ([[March 9]])<br />
<br />
==L==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Lance (m) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Landon (m) - St Landericus of Soignies ([[April 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Larry (m) - ''see Laurence'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Laura (f) - St Laura of Cordoba, martyred in Spain by the Moors ([[October 19]] - '''Saint'''); or, St [[Laurus]] ([[August 18]]).<br />
*Lauren (f) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Laurence (m) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Layla (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Leah, Lia (f) - St Leah, the wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''); St Lea, ascetic in Rome ([[March 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Lee (m) - ''see Leah'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Levi (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Leo (m) - St [[Leo the Great]] ([[February 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Leon (m) - ''see Leo''<br />
*Leonard (m) - St [[Leonid of Optina]]; St Leonard of Avranches ([[March 4]] - '''Saint'''), of Vandoeuvre ([[October 15]] - '''Saint''') or of Noblac ([[November 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; <br />
*Leslie (m/f) - St Lelia in Limerick ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lia (f) - ''see Leah'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Liam (m) - ''see William'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lila (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Liliana (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lillian (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lily (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lincoln (m) - All Saints of Lincolnshire ('''Meaning''': named for location) [http://www.allsaintslincs.org.uk/event-reader/events/patronal-festival-liturgy.html]<br />
*Linda (f) - St [[Linus]] of Rome ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Lindsey (f) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Linda'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Link (m) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lisa (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Logan (m) - St [[Longin the Centurion]] ([[October 16]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*London (f) - St Mellitus of London; St Sebbe, founder of Westminster; St Erconwald of London; St Ethelburgh, abbess of Barking; Sts Beocca & Hethor, martyrs of Chertsey; St Wulsin, renewer of St Peter's Monastery; St Dunstan of London; or St Alphege of Canterbury ('''Meaning''': named for location)<br />
*Lorna (f) - St Loarn, disciple of St Patrick ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lorraine (f) - ''see Laura'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Louis, Luis (m) - St Ludwin of Trier ([[September 29]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; or St Lewina of Seaford ([[July 24]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Louise, Lou (f) - St Ludwin of Trier ([[September 29]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; or St Lewina of Seaford ([[July 24]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lucas (m) - [[Apostle Luke]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Lucy (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ([[December 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Luke (m) - [[Apostle Luke]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Lydia (f) - St [[Lydia of Thyatira|Lydia of Phillipi]] ([[May 20]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Lynn (f) - [[Theophany]] ('''Meaning''': lake); or, ''see Linda'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
<br />
==M==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Mabel (f) - St Amabilis of Riome ([[November 1]] - '''Derivative'''), St Amabilis of Rouen ([[July 11]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Mackenzie (f) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]] - '''Derivative''': son of Kenneth); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]] - '''Derivative''': son of Kenneth)<br />
*Madelyn, Madeleine, Madeline (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ([[July 22]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Madison (f) - St Maud ([[March 14]] - '''Derivative''': son of Maud) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Maggie (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Makayla (f) - ''see Michaela'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Malcolm (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ([[June 9]])<br />
*Marcia (f) - St Marcia, martyred under Diocletian ([[July 2]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Margaret (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Marlow (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ('''Sound-alike of Derivative''')<br />
*Maria, Mariah (f) - [[Mary]] ('''Saint'''); St Mariah the sister of Moses ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]; St [[Maria (Skobtsova) | Maria of Paris]] ([[July 20]])<br />
*Marisa, Marissa (f) - ''see [[Theotokos|Mary]]; or, see Louis''<br />
*Marshall (m) - St Martial, bishop of Lomoges ([[June 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.htm?year=2017&today=9&month=10&trp=0] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Martial]; St Servatus of Tongres ([[May 13]] - '''Meaning''': servant) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Martin (m) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Martina, Martine (f) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Mary (f) - [[Mary]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Mason (m) - St Maysimus the Ascetic and Syrian ([[January 23]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Matthew (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Max (m) - St [[Maximos the Confessor]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Maximilian (m) - St Maximilian, one of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus ([[October 22]] - '''Saint''') [https://oca.org/saints/lives/2017/10/22/103024-st-maximilian-one-of-the-seven-sleepers-of-ephesus]<br />
*Maxwell (m) - St Magnus the founder of the Füssen monastery ([[September 6]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Maya (f) - St Magos (2nd century) ([[May 31]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Megan (f) - St [[Marina of Antioch|Margaret]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Mehmet (m) - St [[Demetrios the Neomartyr]] ([[April 14]] - '''see Life''')<br />
*Melanie (f) - St Melania the Ascetic & Elder ([[June 8]] - '''Saint'''); St Melania (Melanie) of Rome, Ascetic ([[December 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Melina (f) - ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative'''), or, ''see Milena'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Melinda (f) - St Ermelindis, hermitess ([[October 29]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Melissa or Melania'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Melissa, Milena (f) - St Melissinus the Martyr ([[March 6]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Merissa (f) - ''see Marissa''<br />
*Mhairi, Mhaire (f) - ''see Mary'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Mia (f) - ''see Maria'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Micah (m) - Prophet [[Micah]] ('''Saint'''); or, St [[Micah of Radonezh]] ([[May 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Michael (m) - ''[[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Michaela, Mikayla (f) - [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Michelle (f) - [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Mila (f) - St Milica of Serbia ('''Derivative of Saint''' - ''pronounced Mίlitsa'')<br />
*Milena (f) - ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Miles (m) - St Milo, hermit at Fontenelle ([[August 18]] - ''Saint'') or St Miles (''or Milos''), Bishop and Hieromartyr ([[10 November]] - ''Saint'') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_m.htm]<br />
*Milly (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]] - '''Diminutive'''); St Mildred of Minster-in-Thanet ([[July 13]] - '''Diminutive''')<br />
*Mitchell (m) - ''see Michael'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Molly (f) - ''see Mary'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Monica, Monique (f) - St [[Monica of Hippo]], mother of St Augustine ('''Saint''')<br />
*Monroe (f) - St Mun, Bishop & Ascetic on island in Lough Ree, Ireland ([[February 6]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Morgan (f) - St Maughold ([[December 28]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Modan ([[February 4]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Morwenna ([[July 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Mohammed, Muhammed, Muhammad (m) - St [[Demetrios the Neomartyr]] ([[April 14]] - '''see Life''')<br />
<br />
==N==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Nadine, Nadia, Nadya (f) - St Hope, daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''': Nadezhda)<br />
*Naomi (f) - [[Prophet Naum]] ([[December 1]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Natalie (f) - St [[Adrian and Natalia|Natalia]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Nathan (m) - Prophet Nathan ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Nathaniel (m) - [[Apostle Bartholomew]] (aka Nathaniel) ('''Saint''')<br />
*Nevaeh (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]] - '''Meaning''': 'heaven' in reverse)<br />
*Neil, Nigel (m) - St [[Nilus of Sora|Nil]] ([[May 7]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ngaire (f) - St Nereus ([[May 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsn.htm]<br />
*Nicholas (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Nicole (f) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Noah (m) - Righteous [[Noah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Noel (m/f) - The [[Nativity]] of Christ ('''Meaning''': Christmas)<br />
*Nolan (m) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]] ([[March 7]] - '''Meaning''': noble); St Paulinus of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Felix of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Maximus of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Arnold ('''Sound-alike'''), Maginold ('''Sound-alike'''), Reinold ('''Sound-alike''').<br />
*Nora (f) - St [[Helen]] ('''Diminutive''': Elanora)<br />
<br />
==O==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Oliver (m) - St Oliver of Ancona ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Olivia (f) - St [[Olivia of Palermo]] ([[June 10]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Onyx (f) - St Maurice ([[December 27]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Oren (m) - St Orentius of Loret ([[May 1]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Orentius of Auch ([[May 1]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintso.htm]<br />
*Oscar (m) - St Ansgar ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Owen (m) - St Eugene of Trebizond ([[January 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==P==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Paige (f) - St Pega of England ([[January 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm]<br />
*Paisley (f) - St [[Basil the Great]] ('''Meaning''': Paisley -> Basilica)<br />
*Parker (m) - St Phylax ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
*Patricia (f) - St [[Patrick of Ireland]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Penelope (f) - St Penelope the Virgin Martyr ([[September 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Peyton, Payton (f) - St Pega, anchoress in England ([[January 8]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm]<br />
*Phoenix (m/f) - St [[Felix of Byzantium|Felix]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Piper (f) - St Piperion ([[March 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
*Poppy (f) - St Poppo, Abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy in Belgium ([[January 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
<br />
==Q==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Quentin (m) - St Quentin of France ([[October 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Quinn - St Quintus, Quintius or Quintilla ([http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsq.htm Various namesdays] - '''Sound-alike''') <br />
<br />
==R==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Rachel (f) - St Rachel, wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Raine, Rain (f) - ''see Regina ('''Meaning''': queen)<br />
*Ralph (m) - St Ralph of Bourges ([[June 21]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Raymond (m) - St Rumon ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]; St Ebremund, Founder & Abbot of Fontenay-Louvet near Séez ([[June 10]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]; St [[Ammon]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St Amon of Toul ([[October 23]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]<br />
*Reagan, Regan (f) - St Reginus, Bishop of Skopel (February 25 - '''Sound-alike'''); St Reginus, Martyr of Cyprus (August 20 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_r.htm]<br />
*Rebecca (f) - St Rebecca, wife of Isaac ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Regina (f) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Meaning''': Queen); or, St Regina of Autun ([[September 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Reginald (m) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Meaning''': Queen).<br />
*Richard (m) - St Richard ([[February 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Rider (m) - ''see Ryder'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Rihanna (f) - St Basil the Great ('''Meaning''': basil), or St [[Anna]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Riley, Ryley (m/f) - St Reineldis ([[July 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*River (m) - [[Theophany]] ('''Meaning''': link between River and the River Jordan)<br />
*Robert (m) - ''see Rupert'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Robin (f) - St [[Photini]] ('''Meaning''': bright, shining)<br />
*Roderick, Rod (m) - St Rodericus, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[March 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Roger (m) - St Roger, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[September 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ronald (m) - St Reinold, martyr at Pantaleon Monastery in Germany ([[January 7]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Rosa, Rose, Rosy, Rosita (f) - St Triantafyllos ([[August 8]] - '''Meaning''') [http://www.greek-names.info/triantafyllos/]; St. Rose of Sardinia ('''Saint''') [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rublevpupil/494434905/]<br />
*Rosemary (f) - ''see Mary, or, see Rose'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Rowan (m) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Rowena (f) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Roxana, Roxanne, Roxy (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria]], or, ''see Aurora'' ('''Meaning''': Bright or Dawn)<br />
*Ruby (f) - St Maelrubius ([[April 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Rupert (m) - St [[w:Rupert of Salzburg|Rupert of Salzburg]] ([[March 27]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ruth (f) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ryan (m) - St Rhian, abbot ([[March 8]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, Emmanuel (being a translation referring to the infant Christ - '''Meaning''').<br />
*Ryder (m) - [[Synaxis of the Bodiless Powers]] ([[November 8]] - '''Meaning''': messenger); or, St Ruadan of Lothra ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm], St Ida of Nivelles ([[May 8]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Idea of Herzfeld ([[September 4]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Idus of Alt-Fadha in Leinster ([[July 14]] - '''Sound-alike''').<br />
<br />
==S==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Sadie (f) - ''see Sarah'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Sage (m) - Martyr Saïs ([[January 5]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Samantha, Sam (f) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Samuel, Sam (m) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Sarah, Sara (f) - [[Sarah]], wife of Abraham ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''); St [[w:Sarah of the Desert|Sarah of the Desert]] ([[July 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Savannah (f) - St Savina of Milan ([[January 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Scarlett, Scarlet (f) - St Scarthin ([[January 6]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Scott (m) - [[Apostle Andrew]], patron of Scotland ('''Meaning''': Scottish person); or St [[Columba]], enlightener of Scotland ('''Meaning''': Scottish person).<br />
*Scout (f) - St Escoos, a martyr ([[March 26]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]<br />
*Sean, Shaun (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Sebastian (m) - St Sebastian the Martyr ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Serenity (f) - St Galina of Corinth, martyr ([[April 16]] - '''Meaning''': Galina means serenity); Sts. Serenicus and Serenus, monastic brothers ([[May 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Serenus of Marseilles ([[August 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Serena (f) - Sts. Serenicus and Serenus, monastic brothers ([[May 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Serenus of Marseilles ([[August 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Shane (m) - St John ('''Saint''')<br />
*Shannon (m/f) - St Senan, founder of monasteries and churches ([[March 8]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Shantelle (f) - ''see Chantal'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Shardae, Sharday (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Sharon, Shari, Sharrie, Sharree (f) (''from Hebrew: Šārôn - 'plain; 1 Chronicles 5:16'; 1 Chronicles 27:29; Acts 9:35'') – ''variant of Sarah, Sarai ('''Saint''')''; St Charalambos of Magnesia ([[February 10]] - '''Sound-alike'''). <br />
*Shelby (f) - [[Apostle Silvan]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Sheldon (m) - St Elwin in Cornwall ([[February 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Sherry, Sheree, Sherri, Sherrie, Cherie (f) - ''see Cheryl''; ''also variant of Sharon'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Shiloh (f) - St Galina, martyr at Corinth (one on [[April 16]], another on [[March 10]] - '''Meaning''': tranquil)<br />
*Simone (f) - [[Apostle Simon]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Simpson (m) - St Acoustios ([[April 21]] - '''Meaning''': listening); or, St [[Sampson]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Siobhan (f) - ''see Jeanne'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Skye (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]] - '''Meaning''': Sky and Heavens)<br />
*Skylar, Skyler (f) - St Scholastica, sister of St Benedict ('''Meaning''': Skylar derived from Schuyler, meaning 'scholar')<br />
*Sloane (m) - St [[Silouan the Athonite]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Sophia, Sophie (f) - St Sophia (mother of Sts Faith, Hope & Love) ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Stella (f) - St [[Stylianos of Paphlagonia]] ([[November 26]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Stephanie (f) - St [[Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr|Stephen]] the Protomartyr ('''Saint''')<br />
*Summer (f) - St Sunaman, an ascetic and martyr ([[February 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_s.htm]; St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] - '''Meaning''': Summer) [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm]<br />
*Susanna (f) - St Susanna, martyred in Salerno ([[January 18]] - '''Saint'''); St Susanna the Just ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Sydney (f) - St [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] ([[October 3]] - '''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Dionysius (disambiguation)]]''; St Sidonius of Clermont ([[August 21]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Sidonius of Rouens ([[November 14]] - '''Sound-alike'''), or St Sedna of Ossory ([[March 10]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
<br />
==T==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Tabitha (f) - St. Tabitha ([[October 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Tania, Tanya (f) - ''see Tatiana'' ('''Diminutive'''); ''see Anthony'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tara (f) - St Tarsila, aunt of St Gregory the Great ([[December 24]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tatiana (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Taylor (f) - St Talarican in Scotland ([[October 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Teresa, Theresa, Therese (f) - St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] or [[August 5]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Tess (f) - ''see Teresa'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Theon (m) - St Theion, martyr ([[February 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Thierry (m) - ''see Derek'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Thomas (m) - [[Apostle Thomas]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Thor (m) - St Thorgyth the Ascetic ([[January 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm]<br />
*Tia (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, saints ending in '-tia' ('''Sound-alike'''); or, St Thais ([[May 10]] - '''Sound-alike''').<br />
*Tiana (f) - ''see Tatiana or Christiana'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tiffany (f) - The [[Theophany]] of our Lord ([[January 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Travis (m) - St Triverius of Dombes ([[January 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trevor (m) - St Triverius, hermit in Dombes ([[January 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trinity (f) - [[Pentecost]] ('''Feast Day''')<br />
*Tristan (m) - St Drostan (''or Drustan''), abbot in Aberdeenshire ([[July 11]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Troy (m) - St Troyen of Saintes ([[November 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trudy (f) - ''see Gertrude'' ('''Saint'''); or, St Tudy of Wales ([[January 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Ty (m) - ''see Tyler, Tyson or Tyrone'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tyler (m) - St Tillo of Belgium ([[January 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tyrone (m) - ''see Owen'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Tyrion (m) - St [[Tikhon]], St Tiridates of Armenia ([[November 29]]), St Taurion ([[November 7]]), Turiav ([[July 13]]) ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm] [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tyson (m) - St Dyfan of Britain ([[May 26]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
<br />
==U==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Ulla (f) - St Ulric of Einsiedeln, son of St Gerold ([[May 29]] - '''Derivative'''); St Ulric (or Uldaricus, Udalric), Bishop of Augsburg ([[July 4]] - '''Derivative'''); St Ulric the Ascetic & Martyr ([[April 9]] - '''Derivative''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_u.htm]<br />
*Unity (f) - St Uni of Bremen-Hamburg ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''': One) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsu.htm]<br />
*Uriel (m) - Archangel Uriel ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ursula (f) - St Ursula, Virgin-Martyr in Cologne ([[October 21]] - '''Saint''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_u.htm]<br />
*Usher (m) - ''see Asher'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
<br />
==V==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Valentina (f) - St [[Valentine]] [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Valerie (f) - St Valery of Leuconay ([[April 1]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]; St Valeria of Milan ([[April 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Valeria martyred in France ([[December 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Vanessa (f) - Esther (of the [[Book of Esther]] - '''Saint''': name invented, based on 'Esther')<br />
*Veronica (f) - St [[Veronica]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Victor (m) - St [[Victor]] ('''Saint''').<br />
*Victoria (f) - Virgin-Martyr Victoria ([[December 23]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Vincent (m) - St [[Vincent of Lerins]] ([[May 24]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Violet (f) - St Lydia, seller of purple ([[May 7]] - '''Meaning''': Violet & Purple)<br />
*Vivian (f) - St Vivian, martyred in Rome ([[December 2]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==W==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Walter (m) - St [[Vladimir]] ('''Meaning''')<br />
*Warren (m) - St Warren of France ([[August 25]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Wendall (m) - St Wendolinus ([[October 21]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Whitney (f) - St Wite in Dorset ([[June 1]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*William (m) - St [[William of Gellone]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Willow (f) - St Willa, an ascetic ([[October 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_w.htm]<br />
*Winnie (f) - St Winifred of Wales ([[November 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Winston (m) - St Wistan ([[June 1]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Wyatt (m/f) - ''see William''<br />
<br />
==X==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Xavier (m) - St Ava, Abbess of Denain ([[April 29]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Avy of Micy ([[June 17]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St [[Avitus]] ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm]<br />
*Xander (m) - ''see Alexander'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
<br />
==Y==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Yvette (f) - St Ywi, ascetic of Lindisfarne ([[October 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_y.htm]; or, ''see Eve or Janette'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
<br />
==Z==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Zachary, Zach (m) - St [[Zachariah]], father of St John the Baptist ('''Saint''')<br />
*Zeke (m) - Prophet [[Ezekiel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Zelda (f) - ''see Hilda'' ('''Diminutive, from Griselda''') [https://www.behindthename.com/name/griselda]<br />
*Zelie (f) - ''see Azalea'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Zhadee (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Zoe, Zoey (f) - [[Life-Giving Spring]] (Bright Friday); Exuperius and Zoe ([[May 2]]); Zoe of Rome ([[December 18]]) ('''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Western Saints before the AD 1054 Schism]]<br />
*[[Patron saint]]<br />
*[[Name day]]<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsint.htm The Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome]<br />
* [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/oespain.htm The Saints of Spain]<br />
* [http://suburbanbanshee.wordpress.com/category/saint-names/ Aliens in This World] Category: Saint Names<br />
* [http://www.oodegr.co/english/istorika/britain/British_saints.htm The Orthodox Saints of the Ancient Church in the British Isles and Ireland]<br />
* [http://www.namedays.gr/index_uk.php GREEK NAME DAYS for the year 2015 (source ©: www.namedays.gr)]<br />
* [http://www.roman-catholic-saints.com/catholic-saint-names.html Roman Catholic Saints]<br />
* [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_preface.htm When is my nameday?], compiled by Fr Christopher Klitou<br />
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[[Category:Church Life]]</div>
Pistevo
https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Seraphim_Slade&diff=126305
Seraphim Slade
2018-12-26T06:30:52Z
<p>Pistevo: </p>
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Rev. Fr '''Seraphim Raymond Slade''' was a priest in the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand in the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia]]. He was noted as the first Indigenous Australian ordained to the priesthood in the Orthodox Church, and as the founder of the Australian Indigenous Orthodox Mission.<br />
<br />
==Biographical Sketch==<br />
<br />
* Worked for many years as a radio broadcaster in regional communities.<br />
<br />
* Converted to Orthodoxy through reading the life and works of St [[John Maximovitch|John of Shanghai and San Francisco]].<br />
<br />
* Served as a Subdeacon within the ROCOR Diocese. He served in [[Holy Cross Russian Orthodox Church (Hobart, Tasmania)|Hobart]], leading reader services and supporting the parish, and in Melbourne at the [[Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Protection of the Mother of God (Melbourne, Victoria)|Protection Cathedral]].<br />
<br />
* 2004: Began working in Aboriginal prison ministry.<br />
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* 2008 March: Began missionary work among the Aboriginal people.<br />
<br />
* 2008 July 7: Ordained to the diaconate in [[Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St John the Baptist (Canberra, ACT)|Canberra]].<br />
* 2009 Jan 22: Ordained to the priesthood in [[Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Protection of the Mother of God (Melbourne, Victoria)|Melbourne]].<br />
<br />
* 2009: Established a chapel dedicated to St [[John Maximovitch|John of Shanghai and San Francisco]], which was blessed by Metropolitan Hilarion on 4 July. Served there and in [[Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St John the Baptist (Canberra, ACT)|Canberra]].<br />
<br />
* Particularly in his final years, Fr Seraphim had a long-standing illness. He underwent surgery in December 2018, but as a result of complications, he reposed on 25 December 2018. He was survived by his matushka, Helen.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
* [http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2009/7enmhganning.html New St John of Shanghai Church Consecrated for An Orthodox Aboriginal Community]<br />
* Unofficial obituaries posted on Facebook</div>
Pistevo
https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Seraphim_Slade&diff=126304
Seraphim Slade
2018-12-26T06:30:28Z
<p>Pistevo: </p>
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<div>{{orthodoxyinaustralia}}<br />
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Rev. Fr '''Seraphim Raymond Slade''' was a priest in the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand in the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia]]. He was noted as the first Indigenous Australian ordained to the priesthood in the Orthodox Church, and as the founder of the Australian Indigenous Orthodox Mission.<br />
<br />
==Biographical Sketch==<br />
<br />
* Married to Matushka Helen.<br />
<br />
* Worked for many years as a radio broadcaster in regional communities.<br />
<br />
* Converted to Orthodoxy through reading the life and works of St [[John Maximovitch|John of Shanghai and San Francisco]].<br />
<br />
* Served as a Subdeacon within the ROCOR Diocese. He served in [[Holy Cross Russian Orthodox Church (Hobart, Tasmania)|Hobart]], leading reader services and supporting the parish, and in Melbourne at the [[Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Protection of the Mother of God (Melbourne, Victoria)|Protection Cathedral]].<br />
<br />
* 2004: Began working in Aboriginal prison ministry.<br />
<br />
* 2008 March: Began missionary work among the Aboriginal people.<br />
<br />
* 2008 July 7: Ordained to the diaconate in [[Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St John the Baptist (Canberra, ACT)|Canberra]].<br />
* 2009 Jan 22: Ordained to the priesthood in [[Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Protection of the Mother of God (Melbourne, Victoria)|Melbourne]].<br />
<br />
* 2009: Established a chapel dedicated to St [[John Maximovitch|John of Shanghai and San Francisco]], which was blessed by Metropolitan Hilarion on 4 July. Served there and in [[Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St John the Baptist (Canberra, ACT)|Canberra]].<br />
<br />
* Particularly in his final years, Fr Seraphim had a long-standing illness. He underwent surgery in December 2018, but as a result of complications, he reposed on 25 December 2018. He was survived by his matushka, Helen.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
* [http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2009/7enmhganning.html New St John of Shanghai Church Consecrated for An Orthodox Aboriginal Community]<br />
* Unofficial obituaries posted on Facebook</div>
Pistevo
https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Seraphim_Slade&diff=126303
Seraphim Slade
2018-12-26T06:29:58Z
<p>Pistevo: Recently reposed clergyman of the ROCOR Diocese of Australia and New Zealand, who was also a significant figure. Memory eternal!</p>
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<div>{{orthodoxyinaustralia}}<br />
<br />
Rev. Fr '''Seraphim Raymond Slade''' was a priest in the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand in the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia]]. He was noted as the first Indigenous Australian ordained to the priesthood in the Orthodox Church, and as the founder of the Australian Indigenous Orthodox Mission.<br />
<br />
==Biographical Sketch==<br />
<br />
* Married to Matushka Helen.<br />
<br />
* Worked for many years as a radio broadcaster in regional communities.<br />
<br />
* Converted to Orthodoxy through reading the life and works of St [[John Maximovitch|John of Shanghai and San Francisco]].<br />
<br />
* Served as a Subdeacon within the ROCOR Diocese. He served in [[Holy Cross Russian Orthodox Church (Hobart, Tasmania)|Hobart]], leading reader services and supporting the parish, and in Melbourne at the [[Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Protection of the Mother of God (Melbourne, Victoria)|Protection Cathedral]].<br />
<br />
* 2004: Began working in Aboriginal prison ministry.<br />
<br />
* 2008 March: Began missionary work among the Aboriginal people.<br />
<br />
* 2008 July 7: Ordained to the diaconate in [[Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St John the Baptist (Canberra, ACT)|Canberra.<br />
* 2009 Jan 22: Ordained to the priesthood in [[Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Protection of the Mother of God (Melbourne, Victoria)|Melbourne]].<br />
<br />
* 2009: Established a chapel dedicated to St [[John Maximovitch|John of Shanghai and San Francisco]], which was blessed by Metropolitan Hilarion on 4 July. Served there and in [[Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St John the Baptist (Canberra, ACT)|Canberra]].<br />
<br />
* Particularly in his final years, Fr Seraphim had a long-standing illness. He underwent surgery in December 2018, but as a result of complications, he reposed on 25 December 2018. He was survived by his matushka, Helen.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
* [http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2009/7enmhganning.html New St John of Shanghai Church Consecrated for An Orthodox Aboriginal Community]<br />
* Unofficial obituaries posted on Facebook</div>
Pistevo
https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Baptismal_names&diff=125744
Baptismal names
2018-08-26T23:15:34Z
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<div>A '''baptismal name''' is a name given to a newly-baptised Orthodox Christian. For a lengthy time in Orthodox history, Orthodox Christians have been given the names of Orthodox saints.<br />
<br />
The following is a list of names who have:<br />
* Orthodox saints, perhaps unexpectedly, attached to either the original name (e.g. Theophany for Tiffany) or to a diminutive (e.g. Gerald for Jerry), or<br />
* Orthodox saints whose names mean the same thing (e.g. St Alban for Bianca [both mean 'white'], or St Maurice for Blake [both mean 'black']).<br />
* If these are not available, a 'closest match' may be given, where the name sounds similar to a saint's name (e.g. St Rumon for Raymond).<br />
<br />
However, this is not designed to be a list for existing matchups which have no relation (e.g. Panayiotis for Peter).<br />
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==A==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Aaliyah (f) - ''see Alia'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Aaron (m) - St Aaron the Priest ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Abigail, Abby (f) - Venerable Virgin-martyr Æbbe the Younger of Coldingham, Abbess of Coldingham Priory ([[April 2]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Adalyn, Adaline (f) - ''see Adele'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Adam (m) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Addison (f) - ''see Madison'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Adrian (m) - Saint [[Adrian]]<br />
*Adelaide (f) - St Adelaide of Rome; St Adelaide of Burgundy ([[December 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Adele, Adela (f) - St Adela, Abbess of Pfalzel ([[December 24]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Adrian (m) - St Adrian ([[August 26]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aidan, Aiden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Aimee (f) - ''see Amy'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alan, Allan, Allen (m) - St Alan of Lavaur ([[November 25]] - '''Saint'''); St Elian of Cornwall ([[January 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Alana, Alaina (f) - ''see Alan'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Albert (m) - St [[Albert]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alex (m/f) - ''see Alexis, Alexandra or Alexander'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alexa (f) - ''see Alexis or Alexandra'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alexander (m) - St [[Alexander]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alexandra (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]] - '''Saint'''); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Alexis (m/f) - St [[Alexios the Man of God|Alexis the Man of God]] ([[March 17]] - '''Saint'''); Tsarevich Alexei ('''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Alexis (disambiguation)]]'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alia (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, St [[Alexandra]] ('''Diminiutive''', from Russian).<br />
*Alice, Alicia, Alisha (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alison, Allison (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alvin (m) - ''see Elvin'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alyssa, Alissa (f) - ''see Alice'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Amanda (f) - St Amandus of Elnon ([[February 6]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Amber (f) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine'); St Ambelus in Sicily ([[November 20]] - '''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine'); St Ambelius of Milan ([[July 7]] - '''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine')<br />
*Amelia (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great. ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Amy (f) - St Agapi (daughter of Sophia) ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Anastasia, Anastacia (f) - St [[Anastasia the Roman]] ([[October 29]] - '''Saint'''), St [[Anastasia the Deliverer from Potions]] ([[December 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Andrew (m) - [[Apostle Andrew|St Andrew the First-called Apostle]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Anekah (f) - St Anacharius of Auxerre ([[September 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Angela (f) - Synaxis of Bodiless Powers ([[November 8]] - '''Meaning'''); [[Annunciation]] (or ''' ''Evangelismos'' ''') to the Theotokos ([[March 25]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Angus (m) - St [[Angus of Keld]] (''Óengus the Culdee, Óengus of Tallaght'') ([[March 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Anna (f) - St [[Anna]], mother of the Theotokos ('''Saint''')<br />
*Annabelle (f) - St Amabilis of Riome ('''Sound-alike'''); St Amabilis of Rouen ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Anthony (m) - St [[Anthony]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*April (f) - St Aprus of Toul ([[September 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Archibald, Archie (m) - Saint Erconwald, Bishop of London ([[April 30]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aria (f) - St Aria of Rome ([[August 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Arianna, Ariana (f) - St [[w:Ariadne of Phrygia|Ariadne of Phrygia]] ([[September 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ariel (f) - Martyr Arius ([[June 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') or Martyr Arrian ([[December 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm] <!-- Ariel is used as a form of Jerusalem --><br />
*Arnold (m) - St Arnold ([[July 8]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Arthur (m) - St Artemius ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Arya (m/f) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]] ([[March 7]] - '''Meaning''': noble)<br />
*Ash (m/f) - ''closest is: see Asher or Ashley'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Asher (m) - Asher, son of [[Jacob]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ashley (m/f) - St Leah ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Ava (f) - St Ava of Dinant, Abbess in Belgium ([[April 29]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Avery (f) - St [[Alfred the Great]] ([[October 26]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Aubrey, Aubree (f) - St Alberic of Stavelot-Malmédy ([[October 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Alberic of Utrecht ([[November 14]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Audrey (f) - St Audrey (''or Etheldred'') of Ely ([[June 23]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aurora (f) - St Aurora, martyr ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Austin, Austen (m) - St [[Augustine of Canterbury]] ([[May 26]] - '''Saint'''); St [[Augustine of Hippo]] ([[August 28]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Autumn (f) - St Autonomos ([[September 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://home.iprimus.com.au/xenos/autonomos.html]<br />
*Ava (f) - ''see Eve'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Avril (f) - ''see April'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ayden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ([[August 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Azalea, Azelie (f) - St Adelaide ([[December 16]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm], or, St Azarius, of the Three Holy Children ([[December 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm]<br />
<br />
==B==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Bailey (m) - St Balin ([[September 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Barry (m) - Prophet Baruch ([[September 28]] - '''Saint'''); Saint Finbarr of Cork (''Barrocus, Barry''), ([[September 25]] - '''Saint'''); Saint Barrog (''Barruc''), ([[September 27]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Beau (m) - St Kallistos of Constantinople (one on [[June 20]], the other on [[November 22]] - '''Meaning''': Beautiful)<br />
*Belinda (f) - St Berlinda, anchoress at Meerbeke ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Bella (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Benjamin, Ben (m) - Righteous Benjamin, son of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Bentley (m) - St [[Panteleimon]] ([[July 27]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Bert (m) - ''see Albert''<br />
*Bertrand (m) - St Bertrand ([[June 30]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Bess, Beth, Betty (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Bianca (f) - St [[Alban]], Protomartyr of Britain ([[June 22]] - '''Meaning''': white)<br />
*Blake (m) - St Maurice ([[December 27]] - '''Meaning''': black)<br />
*Bradley (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Braedon, Braydon (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Brandy (f) - St [[Brendan the Navigator]] ([[May 16]]) - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brendan, Brendon (m) - St [[Brendan the Navigator]] ([[May 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Brett (m) - St Brito (''or Britonius'') of Trier ([[May 5]] - '''Meaning''': a Briton) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Brian, Bryan (m) - St [[Eugene]] ('''Meaning''': noble); St Birinus of Dorchester ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brianna (f) - St Birinus of Dorchester ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brittany, Brittney, Britney (f) - St Brito (''or Britonius'') of Trier ([[May 5]] - '''Meaning''': a Briton) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Brody, Brodie (m) - St [[Ambrose of Milan]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brooke (f) - Prophet [[Baruch]] ([[September 28]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brooklyn (f) - St Raphael of Brooklyn ([[February 27]] - '''Saint''' based on name of place)<br />
*Bryce, Bryson (m) - St Brice of Tours ([[November 13]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
<br />
==C==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Caden, Cayden (m) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cadence (f) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Caleb (m) - St Elesbaan, King of Ethiopia ([[October 24]]) ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Callie (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive of Derivative''')<br />
*Callum (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Caitlyn, Caitlin (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ([[November 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Cameron (m) - St Camerinus, martyr under Diocletian ([[August 21]]) ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Camden (m) - St Kanten of Lianganten ([[November 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Camilla, Camila (f) - St Camilla, anchoress in France ([[March 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Candace, Candice, Candy (f) - St [[Candida]] ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
*Carl (m) - ''see Charles'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Carla (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Caroline (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Carson (m) - St Caron ([[March 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Carter (m) - ''see Arthur'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Casey (m) - St Vigilius of Trent ([[June 26]] - '''Meaning''': vigilant) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Cassandra (f) - St [[Kassiani the Hymnographer]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cecilia (f) - St Cecilia of Rome ([[November 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Chad (m) - St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Chantal, Chantel - [[Apostle Peter]] ([[June 29]] - '''Meaning''': stony)<br />
*Charity (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Charles, Charlie (m) - St [[Haralampus_of_Magnesia|Charalambos of Magnesia]] ('''Saint'''); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Charlotte, Charlie, Charley (f) - St [[Haralampus_of_Magnesia|Charalambos of Magnesia]] ('''Saint'''); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Chase (m) - St [[John Cassian]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Chaz''.<br />
*Chavez (m) - St [[Savas]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Chaz (m) - ''see Charles''<br />
*Chelsea (f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Cheryl (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''': love)<br />
*Chiarina (f) - ''see Claire''<br />
*Chloe (f) - St Chloe, commemorated in ancient Corinth together with holy apostles Titus, Crispus and Justus (the Sunday between [[February 13]] and [[February 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Christian (m) - St Christian of Auxerre ([[November 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Christine, Christina (f) - St [[Christina of Tyre]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Christopher, Chris (m) - St [[Christopher of Lycia]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Chryssa (f) - St [[Chrysanthus]] ([[March 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ciaran (m) - ''see Kieran'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Claire, Clara, Clare (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria|Photini the Samaritan Woman]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Cody (m) - St Boethius ([[December 7]] - '''Meaning''': helpful) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stddec.htm]<br />
*Cole (m) - ''see Maurice ('''Meaning''': dark) or Colin ('''Sound-alike''')''<br />
*Colin, Collin (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra|Nicholas]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Colton (m) - St [[Colman of Lindisfarne]] ([[February 18]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Connor (m) - St Conran ([[February 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Conogan ([[October 16]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cooper (m) - ''closest is St [[Cyprian of Carthage|Cyprian]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cora (f) - St Coralia the Virginmartyr ([[September 1]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Corey (m) - St Corentinus of Quimper ([[December 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Courtney (f) - ''see Curtis'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Crystal, Chrystal (f) - Celebrated on [[December 25]] (from 'Chrystalla')<br />
*Cruz (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]] ('''Meaning''': Cross)<br />
*Curtis (m) - Apostle [[Quartus]] ([[November 10]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Curnutus of Iconium ([[September 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
*Cynthia (f) - St Cyntianus of Seleucia ([[15 November]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Cyntianus (or Cyntion), Hieromartyr & Bishop of Chalcedon ([[29 April]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
<br />
==D==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Daenerys (f) - St Nirras, Martyr ([[January 20]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_n.htm] or St [[Daniel]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dane (m) - St Ansgar, Enlightener of Denmark ([[February 3]] - '''Meaning''': Dane, Danish people); St Deiniol of Wales ([[September 11]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Daniel (m) - St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Danielle (f) - St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Daphne (f) - Greek for laurel; [[Palm Sunday]], in remembrance of palms and laurels laid down for Jesus' entry into Jerusalem [http://www.greek-names.info/dafni-or-daphne/]<br />
*Daria (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Darlene (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Darren (m) - Prophet Aaron ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Darrell (m) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*David (m) - St [[David (disambiguation)|David]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Dawn (f) - ''see Aurora'' ('''Meaning''': dawn)<br />
*Deborah, Debra, Debbie (f) - St Deborah the Judge ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Declan (m) - St Declan of Ardmore ([[w:Declán of Ardmore|Wikipedia]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Dennis, Denis (m) - St [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] ([[October 3]] - '''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Dionysius (disambiguation)]]''.<br />
*Derek, Derrick (m) - St Theodoric of Mont d'Or ([[July 1]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Devin (m) - St [[Cosmas and Damian|Damian]] ('''Saint, Sound-alike''')<br />
*Diana (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dirk, Dietrich (m) - ''see Derek'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Dolly (f) - ''see Dorothy'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Dominic (m) - Hieromartyr Cyriacus (''Kyriakos''), Bishop of Jerusalem ([[October 18]] - '''Meaning''': Lord); St Kyriakos (''Cyriacus the Anchorite'') ([[September 29]] - '''Meaning''': Lord).<br />
*Donald (m) - St [[Donald of Ogilvy]] ([[July 15]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Donna (f) - [[Mary]] the Mother of God ('''Meaning''': 'Madonna', meaning 'My Lady'); ''sometimes: see Donald'' ('''Diminutive''').<br />
*Dorothy, Dora, Doreen, Doris (f) - St Dorothea of Caesarea ([[February 6]] - '''Saint'''); <br />
*Douglas, Doug (m) - St Daganus ([[August 18]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Drogo (m) - St Drogo, ascetic ([[April 2]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_d.htm]<br />
*Dustin (m) - St [[Dunstan of Canterbury]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dylan, Dillon (m/f) - St Dillon of Llandaff ([[February 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
<br />
==E==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Easton (m) - St Eosterwine of Wearmouth ([[March 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Edward (m) - St [[Edward the Martyr|Edward the Passion-Bearer of England]] ([[March 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Edwin (m) - St Edwen, Patron saint of Llanedwen in Anglesey in Wales ([[November 6]] - '''Saint'''); St Edwin, King of Northumbria in England ([[October 12]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eileen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Elaine, Eleanor, Elena (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Electra (f) - ''see Amber'' ('''Meaning''': direct translation)<br />
*Eliana (f) - [[Prophet Elijah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Elijah, Eli (m) - [[Prophet Elijah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Elizabeth (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ella, Ellie (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive'')<br />
*Elliot, Elliott (m) - ''see Elijah'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Elsa, Elsie (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Elvin (m) - St Elwin of Cornwall ([[February 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Elvis (m) - St [[Ailbe of Emly]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Emily (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Emma (f) - St Imma of Karlburg ([[November 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eric, Erik (m) - St [[Erc of Slane]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Erica, Erika (f) - ''see Eric'' ('''Saint''', feminine form)<br />
*Ericson (m) - ''see Eric'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Erin (f) - St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland ('''Meaning'''); or, St [[Irene of Thessaloniki]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Estelle (f) - ''see Stella'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Ethan (m) - Ethan, great-grandson of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eugene (m) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]]<br />
*Eva (f) - Eve the First-Formed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Evan (m) - St [[John]] ('''Derivative of Saint'''); St Evan of Ayrshire ([[August 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Evelyn (f) - St Abel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
<br />
==F==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Faith (f) - St [[Faith]], daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint'''); St. Faith (''Foi, Foy''), a holy virgin-martyr burnt to death in France ([[October 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Finn (m) - ''see Alban'' ('''Meaning''': fair, white)<br />
*Flynn (m) - St Flannan of Killaloe ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Frances (f) - ''see Frank''<br />
*Francis (m) - ''see Frank''<br />
*Frank (m) - St Francoveus (Franchy), an ascetic ([[May 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_f.htm]<br />
*Frederick, Fred (m) - St Frederick of Utrecht ([[July 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==G==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Gabriel (m) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gabrielle, Gabriella (f) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gail (f) - ''see Abigail'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gavin (m) - St Gavinus, Protomartyr of Sardinia ([[May 30]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Garrett (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gemma (f) - St Gemma in Gurk, Austria ([[June 29]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Genesis (f) - ''closest is the [[Nativity|Nativity of Christ]] or the [[Nativity of the Theotokos]]'' ('''Meaning''')<br />
*Genevieve (f) - St Geneviève of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Geoffrey, Geoff (m) - St Geoffrey, Abbot of Wearmouth ('''Saint''')<br />
*Geordie (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*George (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gerald, Gerry (m) - St Gerald, Bishop of Mayo ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gertrude (f) - St Gertrude of Nivelles ([[March 17]] - '''Saint'''); St Gertrude of Remiremont ([[November 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Gertrude the Elder ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]<br />
*Gianna (f) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gilbert (m) - St Agilbert of Jouarre ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Gillian (f) - ''see Jillian''<br />
*Giselle (f) - St Gezelin (or Ghislain, Gisle or Joscelin), an Ascetic ([[August 6]] - '''Sound-alike'''); the Righteous Jesse ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Gina (f) - ''see Regina'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Giovanna (f) - ''see Gianna'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gloria (f) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Grace (f) - St Charis ([[January 28]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Grayson (m) - St Villicus of Metz ([[April 17]] - '''Meaning''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Gwen, Gwendoline (f) - St Gwen Teirborn of Britain ('''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==H==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Hadrian (m) - St [[Adrian]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Hailey, Hailee (f) - ''see Hayley'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Hanalei (m/f) - ''see Henry'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hank (m) - St [[John]] ('''Derivative''', from 'Hankin'); or, ''see Henry'' ('''Diminutive''').<br />
*Hannah (f) - St Anna, mother of the Theotokos; St Hannah, mother of the Prophet Samuel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Harlow (f) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Harper (f) - ''closest is St David the Prophet & King'' ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Meaning''': Harp-player)<br />
*Harrison (m) - ''see Harry'' ('''Derivative'''). Or, St [[Hariton]] ([[September 28]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Harry (m) - ''see Henry'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Harold'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Haydon (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hayley, Haylee (f) - ''see Leah'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Heather (f) - St Ethelburgh ([[September 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Helen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Henry (m) - St Henry of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre ([[June 24]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]<br />
*Heidi (f) - ''see Adelaide'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Hilda (f) - St [[Hilda of Whitby]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Holly (f) - [[Holy Cross]] ([[September 14]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, St Hellius the Martyr ([[July 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_h.htm]; or, St Olive the Virgin-Martyr ([[June 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hope (f) - St Hope, daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Hudson (m) - ''see Hugh or Richard'' ('''Diminutive''', via 'Hudde')<br />
*Hugh (m) - St Hugh of Rouen ([[April 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]<br />
*Hunter (m) - St Gunthiern in Brittany ([[July 3]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]<br />
<br />
==I==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Ian (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ida (f) - St Ita ([[January 15]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Indigo (f) - St [[Porphyrios (disambiguation)|Prophyrios]] ('''Meaning''': colour (indigo is similar to purple))<br />
*Isa (f) - ''see Isabel'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Isaac (m) - St [[Isaac]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Isabel, Isabella, Isabelle (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Isaiah (m) - Prophet [[Isaiah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==J==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Jace, Jase (m) - ''see Jason'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jack (m) - St [[John]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, ''see Jacob'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jackson, Jaxon, Jaxson (m) - ''see Jack'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jacob, Jake (m) - St Jacob (Son of Isaac - [[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''), St [[Jacob Netsvetov]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jacqueline (f) - St [[Jacob (disambiguation)|Jacob]] or St [[Apostle James the Just|James]] ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jade (f) - St Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jaira (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ('''Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)<br />
*Jairos, Jairus (m) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ('''Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)<br />
*James (m) - St [[James]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jamie (m/f) - ''see James'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jan, Jane (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Janet (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Janice (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jared (m) - ([[Sunday of the Fathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Jason (m) - St [[Jason]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jasmine (f) - St Jasimus, Ascetic & Wonderworker ([[February 4]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Javana (f) - ''see Giovanna'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jay, Jayce (m) - ''see James or Jason'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jayden, Jaydon (m) - St. Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jeff, Jeffrey (m) - ''see Geoffrey'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jenna (f) - ''see Jenny'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jennifer (f) - St Genevieve of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jenny (f) - ''see Jane'' ('''Diminutive'''); or, ''see Jennifer'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jeoire (m) - St [[George]] ([[April 23]] - '''Derivative''' from French)<br />
*Jeremiah, Jeremy (m) - Prophet [[Jeremiah]] ([[May 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Jerica (f) - St [[Gertrude of Nivelles]] ([[March 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Jerry (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jesse (m) - St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Jessie (f) - St [[Joanna]] ('''Saint'''); St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Jessica (f) - ''closest: see Jessie'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jillian (f) - St [[w:Julian of Antioch|Julian]]<br />
*Jo, Joan, Joanna, Joanne (f) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]] ('''Derivative''', feminine form)<br />
*Jocelyn, Joselyn (f) - St Judocus (Josse) of Brittany ([[December 13]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]<br />
*Jodie (f) - ''see Judith'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Joe (m) - ''see Joseph'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Joel (m) - [[Prophet Joel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*John (m) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jonathan, Jonty (m) - Jonathan, son of Saul [[Sunday of the Forefathers]] ('''Saint'''), or St [[Theodore]] ('''Meaning''': God has given)<br />
*Jordan, Jordana (m/f) - The [[Theophany of Christ]] ('''Derivative''', name of river)<br />
*Joseph (m) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Josephine (f) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Joost (m) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Joshua, Josh (m) - St Joshua the son of Nun ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Josiah (m) - [[Prophet Josiah]] ([[October 17]] - '''Saint'''); St Josiah of Cordoba ([[August 27]] - '''Saint'''); King Josiah ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Joyce (m/f) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Juno (f) - St Junia, Apostle of the 70 ([[May 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Judith, Judy (f) - St Judith, slayer of Holofernes ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]; St [[Apostle Jude|Jude the Apostle]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Julia, Julie (f) - St Julia of Corsica ([[July 16]] - '''Saint'''), St Julia of Troyes ([[July 21]] - '''Saint'''), or St Julia of Mérida ([[December 10]] - '''Saint'''). [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]<br />
*Julian (m) - St Julian of Homs ([[February 6]] - '''Saint'''); St Julian of Antioch ([[June 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==K==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Kaelyn (f) - ''see Kay'' ('''diminutive''')<br />
*Kai (m) - ''see Kay'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kaiden (m) - ''see Kayden'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Kaitlyn (f) - ''see Caitlyn'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kallum (m) - ''see Callum'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Karen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kateri (f) - ''see Katherine''<br />
*Katherine, Kathryn (f) - ''see Catherine'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kathleen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kay, Kayla, Kaylee, Kaylyn, Kaylynn (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive'''); St Kay in England ([[November 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Kayden (m) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kayse (f) - ''see Casey'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Keira (f) - St Kiara ([[January 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_k.htm]<br />
*Keith (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]] ('''Meaning''': Wood); or, St [[Nikifor]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Kelly (f) - St Ceallach of Killala ([[May 1]] - '''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kelsey (m/f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Ken, Kenneth (m) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]] - '''Saint'''); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Kennedy (f) - ''see Kenneth'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Kerrian (m/f) - St. [[w:Saint Piran|Piran of Cornwall]] ([[March 5]] - '''Diminutive'''), who in turn has been identified as the Irish saint [[w:Ciarán of Saigir|Ciarán of Saigir]] (also [[March 5]])<br />
*Kevin (m) - St [[Kevin of Glendalough]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Khaleesi (f) - St Kali the Ascetic ([[May 22]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Khloe (f) - ''see Chloe'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kieran, Kyran, Kiaran (m) - St. [[w:Ciarán of Saigir|Ciarán of Saigir]] (''Ciarán the Elder'', [[March 5]] - '''Saint'''); St [[Kieran of Clonmacnoise]] ([[September 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Kimberley, Kimberly, Kim (f) - St Cyneburgh, abbess in Northamptonshire ([[March 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Kittie (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kristen (f) - ''see Christina'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kruze (m) - ''see Cruz'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Krystal (f) - Celebrated on [[December 25]] ('''Sound-alike''': 'Chrystalla')<br />
*Kyle (m) - St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Kylie (f) - St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
<br />
==L==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Lance (m) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Landon (m) - St Landericus of Soignies ([[April 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Larry (m) - ''see Laurence'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Laura (f) - St Laura of Cordoba, martyred in Spain by the Moors ([[October 19]] - '''Saint'''); or, St [[Laurus]] ([[August 18]]).<br />
*Lauren (f) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Laurence (m) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Layla (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Leah, Lia (f) - St Leah, the wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''); St Lea, ascetic in Rome ([[March 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Lee (m) - ''see Leah'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Levi (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Leo (m) - St [[Leo the Great]] ([[February 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Leon (m) - ''see Leo''<br />
*Leonard (m) - St [[Leonid of Optina]]; St Leonard of Avranches ([[March 4]] - '''Saint'''), of Vandoeuvre ([[October 15]] - '''Saint''') or of Noblac ([[November 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; <br />
*Leslie (m/f) - St Lelia in Limerick ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lia (f) - ''see Leah'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Liam (m) - ''see William'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lila (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Liliana (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lillian (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lily (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lincoln (m) - All Saints of Lincolnshire ('''Meaning''': named for location) [http://www.allsaintslincs.org.uk/event-reader/events/patronal-festival-liturgy.html]<br />
*Linda (f) - St [[Linus]] of Rome ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Lindsey (f) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Linda'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Link (m) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lisa (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Logan (m) - St [[Longin the Centurion]] ([[October 16]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*London (f) - St Mellitus of London; St Sebbe, founder of Westminster; St Erconwald of London; St Ethelburgh, abbess of Barking; Sts Beocca & Hethor, martyrs of Chertsey; St Wulsin, renewer of St Peter's Monastery; St Dunstan of London; or St Alphege of Canterbury ('''Meaning''': named for location)<br />
*Lorna (f) - St Loarn, disciple of St Patrick ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lorraine (f) - ''see Laura'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Louis, Luis (m) - St Ludwin of Trier ([[September 29]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; or St Lewina of Seaford ([[July 24]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Louise, Lou (f) - St Ludwin of Trier ([[September 29]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; or St Lewina of Seaford ([[July 24]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lucas (m) - [[Apostle Luke]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Lucy (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ([[December 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Luke (m) - [[Apostle Luke]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Lydia (f) - St [[Lydia of Thyatira|Lydia of Phillipi]] ([[May 20]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Lynn (f) - [[Theophany]] ('''Meaning''': lake); or, ''see Linda'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
<br />
==M==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Mabel (f) - St Amabilis of Riome ([[November 1]] - '''Derivative'''), St Amabilis of Rouen ([[July 11]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Mackenzie (f) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]] - '''Derivative''': son of Kenneth); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]] - '''Derivative''': son of Kenneth)<br />
*Madelyn, Madeleine, Madeline (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ([[July 22]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Madison (f) - St Maud ([[March 14]] - '''Derivative''': son of Maud) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Maggie (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Makayla (f) - ''see Michaela'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Malcolm (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ([[June 9]])<br />
*Marcia (f) - St Marcia, martyred under Diocletian ([[July 2]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Margaret (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Marlow (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ('''Sound-alike of Derivative''')<br />
*Maria, Mariah (f) - [[Mary]] ('''Saint'''); St Mariah the sister of Moses ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]; St [[Maria (Skobtsova) | Maria of Paris]] ([[July 20]])<br />
*Marisa, Marissa (f) - ''see [[Theotokos|Mary]]; or, see Louis''<br />
*Marshall (m) - St Martial, bishop of Lomoges ([[June 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.htm?year=2017&today=9&month=10&trp=0] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Martial]; St Servatus of Tongres ([[May 13]] - '''Meaning''': servant) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Martin (m) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Martina, Martine (f) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Mary (f) - [[Mary]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Mason (m) - St Maysimus the Ascetic and Syrian ([[January 23]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Matthew (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Max (m) - St [[Maximos the Confessor]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Maximilian (m) - St Maximilian, one of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus ([[October 22]] - '''Saint''') [https://oca.org/saints/lives/2017/10/22/103024-st-maximilian-one-of-the-seven-sleepers-of-ephesus]<br />
*Maxwell (m) - St Magnus the founder of the Füssen monastery ([[September 6]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Maya (f) - St Magos (2nd century) ([[May 31]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Megan (f) - St [[Marina of Antioch|Margaret]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Mehmet (m) - St [[Demetrios the Neomartyr]] ([[April 14]] - '''see Life''')<br />
*Melanie (f) - St Melania the Ascetic & Elder ([[June 8]] - '''Saint'''); St Melania (Melanie) of Rome, Ascetic ([[December 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Melina (f) - ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative'''), or, ''see Milena'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Melinda (f) - St Ermelindis, hermitess ([[October 29]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Melissa or Melania'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Melissa, Milena (f) - St Melissinus the Martyr ([[March 6]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Merissa (f) - ''see Marissa''<br />
*Mhairi, Mhaire (f) - ''see Mary'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Mia (f) - ''see Maria'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Micah (m) - Prophet [[Micah]] ('''Saint'''); or, St [[Micah of Radonezh]] ([[May 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Michael (m) - ''[[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Michaela, Mikayla (f) - [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Michelle (f) - [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Mila (f) - St Milica of Serbia ('''Derivative of Saint''' - ''pronounced Mίlitsa'')<br />
*Milena (f) - ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Miles (m) - St Milo, hermit at Fontenelle ([[August 18]] - ''Saint'') or St Miles (''or Milos''), Bishop and Hieromartyr ([[10 November]] - ''Saint'') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_m.htm]<br />
*Milly (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]] - '''Diminutive'''); St Mildred of Minster-in-Thanet ([[July 13]] - '''Diminutive''')<br />
*Mitchell (m) - ''see Michael'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Molly (f) - ''see Mary'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Monica, Monique (f) - St [[Monica of Hippo]], mother of St Augustine ('''Saint''')<br />
*Monroe (f) - St Mun, Bishop & Ascetic on island in Lough Ree, Ireland ([[February 6]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Morgan (f) - St Maughold ([[December 28]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Modan ([[February 4]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Morwenna ([[July 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Mohammed, Muhammed, Muhammad (m) - St [[Demetrios the Neomartyr]] ([[April 14]] - '''see Life''')<br />
<br />
==N==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Nadine, Nadia, Nadya (f) - St Hope, daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''': Nadezhda)<br />
*Naomi (f) - [[Prophet Naum]] ([[December 1]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Natalie (f) - St [[Adrian and Natalia|Natalia]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Nathan (m) - Prophet Nathan ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Nathaniel (m) - [[Apostle Bartholomew]] (aka Nathaniel) ('''Saint''')<br />
*Nevaeh (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]] - '''Meaning''': 'heaven' in reverse)<br />
*Neil, Nigel (m) - St [[Nilus of Sora|Nil]] ([[May 7]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ngaire (f) - St Nereus ([[May 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsn.htm]<br />
*Nicholas (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Nicole (f) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Noah (m) - Righteous [[Noah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Noel (m/f) - The [[Nativity]] of Christ ('''Meaning''': Christmas)<br />
*Nolan (m) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]] ([[March 7]] - '''Meaning''': noble); St Paulinus of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Felix of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Maximus of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Arnold ('''Sound-alike'''), Maginold ('''Sound-alike'''), Reinold ('''Sound-alike''').<br />
*Nora (f) - St [[Helen]] ('''Diminutive''': Elanora)<br />
<br />
==O==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Oliver (m) - St Oliver of Ancona ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Olivia (f) - St [[Olivia of Palermo]] ([[June 10]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Onyx (f) - St Maurice ([[December 27]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Oren (m) - St Orentius of Loret ([[May 1]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Orentius of Auch ([[May 1]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintso.htm]<br />
*Oscar (m) - St Ansgar ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Owen (m) - St Eugene of Trebizond ([[January 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==P==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Paige (f) - St Pega of England ([[January 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm]<br />
*Paisley (f) - St [[Basil the Great]] ('''Meaning''': Paisley -> Basilica)<br />
*Parker (m) - St Phylax ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
*Patricia (f) - St [[Patrick of Ireland]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Penelope (f) - St Penelope the Virgin Martyr ([[September 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Peyton, Payton (f) - St Pega, anchoress in England ([[January 8]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm]<br />
*Phoenix (m/f) - St [[Felix of Byzantium|Felix]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Piper (f) - St Piperion ([[March 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
*Poppy (f) - St Poppo, Abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy in Belgium ([[January 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
<br />
==Q==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Quentin (m) - St Quentin of France ([[October 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Quinn - St Quintus, Quintius or Quintilla ([http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsq.htm Various namesdays] - '''Sound-alike''') <br />
<br />
==R==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Rachel (f) - St Rachel, wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Raine, Rain (f) - ''see Regina ('''Meaning''': queen)<br />
*Ralph (m) - St Ralph of Bourges ([[June 21]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Raymond (m) - St Rumon ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]; St Ebremund, Founder & Abbot of Fontenay-Louvet near Séez ([[June 10]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]; St [[Ammon]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St Amon of Toul ([[October 23]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]<br />
*Reagan, Regan (f) - St Reginus, Bishop of Skopel (February 25 - '''Sound-alike'''); St Reginus, Martyr of Cyprus (August 20 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_r.htm]<br />
*Rebecca (f) - St Rebecca, wife of Isaac ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Regina (f) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Meaning''': Queen); or, St Regina of Autun ([[September 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Reginald (m) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Meaning''': Queen).<br />
*Richard (m) - St Richard ([[February 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Rider (m) - ''see Ryder'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Rihanna (f) - St Basil the Great ('''Meaning''': basil), or St [[Anna]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Riley, Ryley (m/f) - St Reineldis ([[July 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*River (m) - [[Theophany]] ('''Meaning''': link between River and the River Jordan)<br />
*Robert (m) - ''see Rupert'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Robin (f) - St [[Photini]] ('''Meaning''': bright, shining)<br />
*Roderick, Rod (m) - St Rodericus, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[March 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Roger (m) - St Roger, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[September 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ronald (m) - St Reinold, martyr at Pantaleon Monastery in Germany ([[January 7]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Rosa, Rose, Rosy, Rosita (f) - St Triantafyllos ([[August 8]] - '''Meaning''') [http://www.greek-names.info/triantafyllos/]; St. Rose of Sardinia ('''Saint''') [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rublevpupil/494434905/]<br />
*Rosemary (f) - ''see Mary, or, see Rose'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Rowan (m) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Rowena (f) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Roxana, Roxanne, Roxy (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria]], or, ''see Aurora'' ('''Meaning''': Bright or Dawn)<br />
*Ruby (f) - St Maelrubius ([[April 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Rupert (m) - St [[w:Rupert of Salzburg|Rupert of Salzburg]] ([[March 27]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ruth (f) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ryan (m) - St Rhian, abbot ([[March 8]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, Emmanuel (being a translation referring to the infant Christ - '''Meaning''').<br />
*Ryder (m) - [[Synaxis of the Bodiless Powers]] ([[November 8]] - '''Meaning''': messenger); or, St Ruadan of Lothra ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm], St Ida of Nivelles ([[May 8]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Idea of Herzfeld ([[September 4]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Idus of Alt-Fadha in Leinster ([[July 14]] - '''Sound-alike''').<br />
<br />
==S==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Sadie (f) - ''see Sarah'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Sage (m) - Martyr Saïs ([[January 5]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Samantha, Sam (f) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Samuel, Sam (m) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Sarah, Sara (f) - [[Sarah]], wife of Abraham ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''); St [[w:Sarah of the Desert|Sarah of the Desert]] ([[July 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Savannah (f) - St Savina of Milan ([[January 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Scarlett, Scarlet (f) - St Scarthin ([[January 6]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Scott (m) - [[Apostle Andrew]], patron of Scotland ('''Meaning''': Scottish person); or St [[Columba]], enlightener of Scotland ('''Meaning''': Scottish person).<br />
*Scout (f) - St Escoos, a martyr ([[March 26]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]<br />
*Sean, Shaun (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Sebastian (m) - St Sebastian the Martyr ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Serenity (f) - St Galina of Corinth, martyr ([[April 16]] - '''Meaning''': Galina means serenity); Sts. Serenicus and Serenus, monastic brothers ([[May 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Serenus of Marseilles ([[August 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Serena (f) - Sts. Serenicus and Serenus, monastic brothers ([[May 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Serenus of Marseilles ([[August 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Shane (m) - St John ('''Saint''')<br />
*Shannon (m/f) - St Senan, founder of monasteries and churches ([[March 8]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Shantelle (f) - ''see Chantal'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Shardae, Sharday (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Shelby (f) - [[Apostle Silvan]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Sheldon (m) - St Elwin in Cornwall ([[February 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Shiloh (f) - St Galina, martyr at Corinth (one on [[April 16]], another on [[March 10]] - '''Meaning''': tranquil)<br />
*Simone (f) - [[Apostle Simon]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Simpson (m) - St Acoustios ([[April 21]] - '''Meaning''': listening); or, St [[Sampson]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Siobhan (f) - ''see Jeanne'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Skye (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]] - '''Meaning''': Sky and Heavens)<br />
*Skylar, Skyler (f) - St Scholastica, sister of St Benedict ('''Meaning''': Skylar derived from Schuyler, meaning 'scholar')<br />
*Sloane (m) - St [[Silouan the Athonite]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Sophia, Sophie (f) - St Sophia (mother of Sts Faith, Hope & Love) ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Stella (f) - St [[Stylianos of Paphlagonia]] ([[November 26]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Stephanie (f) - St [[Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr|Stephen]] the Protomartyr ('''Saint''')<br />
*Summer (f) - St Sunaman, an ascetic and martyr ([[February 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_s.htm]; St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] - '''Meaning''': Summer) [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm]<br />
*Susanna (f) - St Susanna, martyred in Salerno ([[January 18]] - '''Saint'''); St Susanna the Just ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Sydney (f) - St Sidonius of Clermont ([[August 21]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Sidonius of Rouens ([[November 14]] - '''Sound-alike'''), or St Sedna of Ossory ([[March 10]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
<br />
==T==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Tabitha (f) - St. Tabitha ([[October 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Tania, Tanya (f) - ''see Tatiana'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tara (f) - St Tarsila, aunt of St Gregory the Great ([[December 24]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tatiana (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Taylor (f) - St Talarican in Scotland ([[October 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Teresa, Theresa, Therese (f) - St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Tess (f) - ''see Teresa'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Theon (m) - St Theion, martyr ([[February 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Thierry (m) - ''see Derek'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Thomas (m) - [[Apostle Thomas]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Tia (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, saints ending in '-tia' ('''Sound-alike'''); or, St Thais ([[May 10]] - '''Sound-alike''').<br />
*Tiana (f) - ''see Tatiana or Christiana'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tiffany (f) - The [[Theophany]] of our Lord ([[January 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Travis (m) - St Triverius of Dombes ([[January 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trevor (m) - St Triverius, hermit in Dombes ([[January 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trinity (f) - [[Pentecost]] ('''Feast Day''')<br />
*Tristan (m) - St Drostan (''or Drustan''), abbot in Aberdeenshire ([[July 11]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Troy (m) - St Troyen of Saintes ([[November 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trudy (f) - ''see Gertrude'' ('''Saint'''); or, St Tudy of Wales ([[January 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Ty (m) - ''see Tyler, Tyson or Tyrone'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tyler (m) - St Tillo of Belgium ([[January 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tyrone (m) - ''see Owen'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Tyrion (m) - St [[Tikhon]], St Tiridates of Armenia ([[November 29]]), St Taurion ([[November 7]]), Turiav ([[July 13]]) ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm] [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tyson (m) - St Dyfan of Britain ([[May 26]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
<br />
==U==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Ulla (f) - St Ulric of Einsiedeln, son of St Gerold ([[May 29]] - '''Derivative'''); St Ulric (or Uldaricus, Udalric), Bishop of Augsburg ([[July 4]] - '''Derivative'''); St Ulric the Ascetic & Martyr ([[April 9]] - '''Derivative''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_u.htm]<br />
*Unity (f) - St Uni of Bremen-Hamburg ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''': One) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsu.htm]<br />
*Uriel (m) - Archangel Uriel ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ursula (f) - St Ursula, Virgin-Martyr in Cologne ([[October 21]] - '''Saint''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_u.htm]<br />
*Usher (m) - ''see Asher'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
<br />
==V==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Valentina (f) - St [[Valentine]] [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Valerie (f) - St Valery of Leuconay ([[April 1]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]; St Valeria of Milan ([[April 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Valeria martyred in France ([[December 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Vanessa (f) - Esther (of the [[Book of Esther]] - '''Saint''': name invented, based on 'Esther')<br />
*Veronica (f) - St [[Veronica]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Victor (m) - St [[Victor]] ('''Saint''').<br />
*Victoria (f) - Virgin-Martyr Victoria ([[December 23]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Vincent (m) - St [[Vincent of Lerins]] ([[May 24]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Violet (f) - St Lydia, seller of purple ([[May 7]] - '''Meaning''': Violet & Purple)<br />
*Vivian (f) - St Vivian, martyred in Rome ([[December 2]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==W==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Walter (m) - St [[Vladimir]] ('''Meaning''')<br />
*Warren (m) - St Warren of France ([[August 25]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Wendall (m) - St Wendolinus ([[October 21]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Whitney (f) - St Wite in Dorset ([[June 1]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*William (m) - St [[William of Gellone]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Willow (f) - St Willa, an ascetic ([[October 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_w.htm]<br />
*Winnie (f) - St Winifred of Wales ([[November 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Winston (m) - St Wistan ([[June 1]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Wyatt (m/f) - ''see William''<br />
<br />
==X==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Xavier (m) - St Ava, Abbess of Denain ([[April 29]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Avy of Micy ([[June 17]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St [[Avitus]] ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm]<br />
*Xander (m) - ''see Alexander'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
<br />
==Y==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Yvette (f) - St Ywi, ascetic of Lindisfarne ([[October 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_y.htm]; or, ''see Eve or Janette'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
<br />
==Z==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Zachary, Zach (m) - St [[Zachariah]], father of St John the Baptist ('''Saint''')<br />
*Zeke (m) - Prophet [[Ezekiel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Zelda (f) - ''see Hilda'' ('''Diminutive, from Griselda''') [https://www.behindthename.com/name/griselda]<br />
*Zelie (f) - ''see Azalea'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Zhadee (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Zoe, Zoey (f) - [[Life-Giving Spring]] (Bright Friday); Exuperius and Zoe ([[May 2]]); Zoe of Rome ([[December 18]]) ('''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Western Saints before the AD 1054 Schism]]<br />
*[[Patron saint]]<br />
*[[Name day]]<br />
<br />
==Bibliography==<br />
* [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsint.htm The Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome]<br />
* [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/oespain.htm The Saints of Spain]<br />
* [http://suburbanbanshee.wordpress.com/category/saint-names/ Aliens in This World] Category: Saint Names<br />
* [http://www.oodegr.co/english/istorika/britain/British_saints.htm The Orthodox Saints of the Ancient Church in the British Isles and Ireland]<br />
* [http://www.namedays.gr/index_uk.php GREEK NAME DAYS for the year 2015 (source ©: www.namedays.gr)]<br />
* [http://www.roman-catholic-saints.com/catholic-saint-names.html Roman Catholic Saints]<br />
* [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_preface.htm When is my nameday?], compiled by Fr Christopher Klitou<br />
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Baptismal names
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<div>A '''baptismal name''' is a name given to a newly-baptised Orthodox Christian. For a lengthy time in Orthodox history, Orthodox Christians have been given the names of Orthodox saints.<br />
<br />
The following is a list of names who have:<br />
* Orthodox saints, perhaps unexpectedly, attached to either the original name (e.g. Theophany for Tiffany) or to a diminutive (e.g. Gerald for Jerry), or<br />
* Orthodox saints whose names mean the same thing (e.g. St Alban for Bianca [both mean 'white'], or St Maurice for Blake [both mean 'black']).<br />
* If these are not available, a 'closest match' may be given, where the name sounds similar to a saint's name (e.g. St Rumon for Raymond).<br />
<br />
However, this is not designed to be a list for existing matchups which have no relation (e.g. Panayiotis for Peter).<br />
<br />
==A==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Aaliyah (f) - ''see Alia'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Aaron (m) - St Aaron the Priest ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Abigail, Abby (f) - Venerable Virgin-martyr Æbbe the Younger of Coldingham, Abbess of Coldingham Priory ([[April 2]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Adalyn, Adaline (f) - ''see Adele'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Adam (m) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Addison (f) - ''see Madison'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Adrian (m) - Saint [[Adrian]]<br />
*Adelaide (f) - St Adelaide of Rome; St Adelaide of Burgundy ([[December 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Adele, Adela (f) - St Adela, Abbess of Pfalzel ([[December 24]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Adrian (m) - St Adrian ([[August 26]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aidan, Aiden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Aimee (f) - ''see Amy'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alan, Allan, Allen (m) - St Alan of Lavaur ([[November 25]] - '''Saint'''); St Elian of Cornwall ([[January 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Alana, Alaina (f) - ''see Alan'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Albert (m) - St [[Albert]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alex (m/f) - ''see Alexis, Alexandra or Alexander'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alexa (f) - ''see Alexis or Alexandra'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alexander (m) - St [[Alexander]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alexandra (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]] - '''Saint'''); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Alexis (m/f) - St [[Alexios the Man of God|Alexis the Man of God]] ([[March 17]] - '''Saint'''); Tsarevich Alexei ('''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Alexis (disambiguation)]]'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alia (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, St [[Alexandra]] ('''Diminiutive''', from Russian).<br />
*Alice, Alicia, Alisha (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alison, Allison (f) - St Alexandra ([[April 21]]); Tsaritsa Alexandra ([[July 4]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Alvin (m) - ''see Elvin'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Alyssa, Alissa (f) - ''see Alice'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Amanda (f) - St Amandus of Elnon ([[February 6]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Amber (f) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine'); St Ambelus in Sicily ([[November 20]] - '''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine'); St Ambelius of Milan ([[July 7]] - '''Sound-alike meaning''': 'Ambelos', meaning 'vine')<br />
*Amelia (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great. ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Amy (f) - St Agapi (daughter of Sophia) ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Anastasia, Anastacia (f) - St [[Anastasia the Roman]] ([[October 29]] - '''Saint'''), St [[Anastasia the Deliverer from Potions]] ([[December 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Andrew (m) - [[Apostle Andrew|St Andrew the First-called Apostle]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Anekah (f) - St Anacharius of Auxerre ([[September 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Angela (f) - Synaxis of Bodiless Powers ([[November 8]] - '''Meaning'''); [[Annunciation]] (or ''' ''Evangelismos'' ''') to the Theotokos ([[March 25]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Angus (m) - St [[Angus of Keld]] (''Óengus the Culdee, Óengus of Tallaght'') ([[March 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Anna (f) - St [[Anna]], mother of the Theotokos ('''Saint''')<br />
*Annabelle (f) - St Amabilis of Riome ('''Sound-alike'''); St Amabilis of Rouen ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Anthony (m) - St [[Anthony]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*April (f) - St Aprus of Toul ([[September 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Archibald, Archie (m) - Saint Erconwald, Bishop of London ([[April 30]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aria (f) - St Aria of Rome ([[August 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Arianna, Ariana (f) - St [[w:Ariadne of Phrygia|Ariadne of Phrygia]] ([[September 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ariel (f) - Martyr Arius ([[June 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') or Martyr Arrian ([[December 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm] <!-- Ariel is used as a form of Jerusalem --><br />
*Arnold (m) - St Arnold ([[July 8]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Arthur (m) - St Artemius ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Arya (m/f) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]] ([[March 7]] - '''Meaning''': noble)<br />
*Ash (m/f) - ''closest is: see Asher or Ashley'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Asher (m) - Asher, son of [[Jacob]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ashley (m/f) - St Leah ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Ava (f) - St Ava of Dinant, Abbess in Belgium ([[April 29]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Avery (f) - St [[Alfred the Great]] ([[October 26]]) ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Aubrey, Aubree (f) - St Alberic of Stavelot-Malmédy ([[October 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Alberic of Utrecht ([[November 14]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm]<br />
*Audrey (f) - St Audrey (''or Etheldred'') of Ely ([[June 23]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Aurora (f) - St Aurora, martyr ([[July 4]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Austin, Austen (m) - St [[Augustine of Canterbury]] ([[May 26]] - '''Saint'''); St [[Augustine of Hippo]] ([[August 28]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Autumn (f) - St Autonomos ([[September 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://home.iprimus.com.au/xenos/autonomos.html]<br />
*Ava (f) - ''see Eve'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Avril (f) - ''see April'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ayden (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ([[August 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Azalea, Azelie (f) - St Adelaide ([[December 16]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsa.htm], or, St Azarius, of the Three Holy Children ([[December 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm]<br />
<br />
==B==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Bailey (m) - St Balin ([[September 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Barry (m) - Prophet Baruch ([[September 28]] - '''Saint'''); Saint Finbarr of Cork (''Barrocus, Barry''), ([[September 25]] - '''Saint'''); Saint Barrog (''Barruc''), ([[September 27]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Beau (m) - St Kallistos of Constantinople (one on [[June 20]], the other on [[November 22]] - '''Meaning''': Beautiful)<br />
*Belinda (f) - St Berlinda, anchoress at Meerbeke ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Bella (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Benjamin, Ben (m) - Righteous Benjamin, son of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Bentley (m) - St [[Panteleimon]] ([[July 27]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Bert (m) - ''see Albert''<br />
*Bertrand (m) - St Bertrand ([[June 30]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Bess, Beth, Betty (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Bianca (f) - St [[Alban]], Protomartyr of Britain ([[June 22]] - '''Meaning''': white)<br />
*Blake (m) - St Maurice ([[December 27]] - '''Meaning''': black)<br />
*Bradley (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Braedon, Braydon (m) - St Bradon, venerated on the Isle of Man ([[October 20]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Brandy (f) - St [[Brendan the Navigator]] ([[May 16]]) - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brendan, Brendon (m) - St [[Brendan the Navigator]] ([[May 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Brett (m) - St Brito (''or Britonius'') of Trier ([[May 5]] - '''Meaning''': a Briton) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Brian, Bryan (m) - St [[Eugene]] ('''Meaning''': noble); St Birinus of Dorchester ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brianna (f) - St Birinus of Dorchester ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brittany, Brittney, Britney (f) - St Brito (''or Britonius'') of Trier ([[May 5]] - '''Meaning''': a Briton) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
*Brody, Brodie (m) - St [[Ambrose of Milan]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brooke (f) - Prophet [[Baruch]] ([[September 28]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Brooklyn (f) - St Raphael of Brooklyn ([[February 27]] - '''Saint''' based on name of place)<br />
*Bryce, Bryson (m) - St Brice of Tours ([[November 13]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsb.htm]<br />
<br />
==C==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Caden, Cayden (m) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cadence (f) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Caleb (m) - St Elesbaan, King of Ethiopia ([[October 24]]) ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Callie (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive of Derivative''')<br />
*Callum (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Caitlyn, Caitlin (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ([[November 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Cameron (m) - St Camerinus, martyr under Diocletian ([[August 21]]) ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Camden (m) - St Kanten of Lianganten ([[November 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Camilla, Camila (f) - St Camilla, anchoress in France ([[March 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Candace, Candice, Candy (f) - St [[Candida]] ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
*Carl (m) - ''see Charles'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Carla (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Caroline (f) - ''see Charlotte'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Carson (m) - St Caron ([[March 5]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Carter (m) - ''see Arthur'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Casey (m) - St Vigilius of Trent ([[June 26]] - '''Meaning''': vigilant) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Cassandra (f) - St [[Kassiani the Hymnographer]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cecilia (f) - St Cecilia of Rome ([[November 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Chad (m) - St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Chantal, Chantel - [[Apostle Peter]] ([[June 29]] - '''Meaning''': stony)<br />
*Charity (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Charles, Charlie (m) - St [[Haralampus_of_Magnesia|Charalambos of Magnesia]] ('''Saint'''); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Charlotte, Charlie, Charley (f) - St [[Haralampus_of_Magnesia|Charalambos of Magnesia]] ('''Saint'''); St Carloman (King of Austrasia and monk, [[August 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Chase (m) - St [[John Cassian]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St [[Chad of Lichfield]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Chaz''.<br />
*Chavez (m) - St [[Savas]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Chaz (m) - ''see Charles''<br />
*Chelsea (f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Cheryl (f) - St Charity (''Agapi'' or ''Lyubov''), daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''': love)<br />
*Chiarina (f) - ''see Claire''<br />
*Chloe (f) - St Chloe, commemorated in ancient Corinth together with holy apostles Titus, Crispus and Justus (the Sunday between [[February 13]] and [[February 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Christian (m) - St Christian of Auxerre ([[November 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Christine, Christina (f) - St [[Christina of Tyre]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Christopher, Chris (m) - St [[Christopher of Lycia]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Chryssa (f) - St [[Chrysanthus]] ([[March 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ciaran (m) - ''see Kieran'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Claire, Clara, Clare (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria|Photini the Samaritan Woman]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Cody (m) - St Boethius ([[December 7]] - '''Meaning''': helpful) [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stddec.htm]<br />
*Cole (m) - ''see Maurice ('''Meaning''': dark) or Colin ('''Sound-alike''')''<br />
*Colin, Collin (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra|Nicholas]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Colton (m) - St [[Colman of Lindisfarne]] ([[February 18]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Connor (m) - St Conran ([[February 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Conogan ([[October 16]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cooper (m) - ''closest is St [[Cyprian of Carthage|Cyprian]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Cora (f) - St Coralia the Virginmartyr ([[September 1]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Corey (m) - St Corentinus of Quimper ([[December 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Courtney (f) - ''see Curtis'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Crystal, Chrystal (f) - Celebrated on [[December 25]] (from 'Chrystalla')<br />
*Cruz (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]] ('''Meaning''': Cross)<br />
*Curtis (m) - Apostle [[Quartus]] ([[November 10]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Curnutus of Iconium ([[September 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
*Cynthia (f) - St Cyntianus of Seleucia ([[15 November]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Cyntianus (or Cyntion), Hieromartyr & Bishop of Chalcedon ([[29 April]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_c.htm]<br />
<br />
==D==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Daenerys (f) - St Nirras, Martyr ([[January 20]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_n.htm] or St [[Daniel]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dane (m) - St Ansgar, Enlightener of Denmark ([[February 3]] - '''Meaning''': Dane, Danish people); St Deiniol of Wales ([[September 11]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Daniel (m) - St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Danielle (f) - St [[Daniel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Daphne (f) - Greek for laurel; [[Palm Sunday]], in remembrance of palms and laurels laid down for Jesus' entry into Jerusalem [http://www.greek-names.info/dafni-or-daphne/]<br />
*Daria (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Darlene (f) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Darren (m) - Prophet Aaron ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Darrell (m) - St [[Daria]] ([[March 19]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Darerca, sister of St Patrick ([[March 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*David (m) - St [[David (disambiguation)|David]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Dawn (f) - ''see Aurora'' ('''Meaning''': dawn)<br />
*Deborah, Debra, Debbie (f) - St Deborah the Judge ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Declan (m) - St Declan of Ardmore ([[w:Declán of Ardmore|Wikipedia]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Dennis, Denis (m) - St [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] ([[October 3]] - '''Saint'''); ''see also: [[Dionysius (disambiguation)]]''.<br />
*Derek, Derrick (m) - St Theodoric of Mont d'Or ([[July 1]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Devin (m) - St [[Cosmas and Damian|Damian]] ('''Saint, Sound-alike''')<br />
*Diana (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dirk, Dietrich (m) - ''see Derek'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Dolly (f) - ''see Dorothy'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Dominic (m) - Hieromartyr Cyriacus (''Kyriakos''), Bishop of Jerusalem ([[October 18]] - '''Meaning''': Lord); St Kyriakos (''Cyriacus the Anchorite'') ([[September 29]] - '''Meaning''': Lord).<br />
*Donald (m) - St [[Donald of Ogilvy]] ([[July 15]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Donna (f) - [[Mary]] the Mother of God ('''Meaning''': 'Madonna', meaning 'My Lady'); ''sometimes: see Donald'' ('''Diminutive''').<br />
*Dorothy, Dora, Doreen, Doris (f) - St Dorothea of Caesarea ([[February 6]] - '''Saint'''); <br />
*Douglas, Doug (m) - St Daganus ([[August 18]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Drogo (m) - St Drogo, ascetic ([[April 2]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_d.htm]<br />
*Dustin (m) - St [[Dunstan of Canterbury]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Dylan, Dillon (m/f) - St Dillon of Llandaff ([[February 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
<br />
==E==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Easton (m) - St Eosterwine of Wearmouth ([[March 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Edward (m) - St [[Edward the Martyr|Edward the Passion-Bearer of England]] ([[March 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Edwin (m) - St Edwen, Patron saint of Llanedwen in Anglesey in Wales ([[November 6]] - '''Saint'''); St Edwin, King of Northumbria in England ([[October 12]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eileen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Elaine, Eleanor, Elena (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Electra (f) - ''see Amber'' ('''Meaning''': direct translation)<br />
*Eliana (f) - [[Prophet Elijah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Elijah, Eli (m) - [[Prophet Elijah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Elizabeth (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ella, Ellie (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive'')<br />
*Elliot, Elliott (m) - ''see Elijah'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Elsa, Elsie (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Elvin (m) - St Elwin of Cornwall ([[February 22]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Elvis (m) - St [[Ailbe of Emly]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Emily (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Emma (f) - St Imma of Karlburg ([[November 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eric, Erik (m) - St [[Erc of Slane]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Erica, Erika (f) - ''see Eric'' ('''Saint''', feminine form)<br />
*Ericson (m) - ''see Eric'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Erin (f) - St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland ('''Meaning'''); or, St [[Irene of Thessaloniki]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Estelle (f) - ''see Stella'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Ethan (m) - Ethan, great-grandson of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Eugene (m) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]]<br />
*Eva (f) - Eve the First-Formed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Evan (m) - St [[John]] ('''Derivative of Saint'''); St Evan of Ayrshire ([[August 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Evelyn (f) - St Abel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
<br />
==F==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Faith (f) - St [[Faith]], daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint'''); St. Faith (''Foi, Foy''), a holy virgin-martyr burnt to death in France ([[October 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Finn (m) - ''see Alban'' ('''Meaning''': fair, white)<br />
*Flynn (m) - St Flannan of Killaloe ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Frances (f) - ''see Frank''<br />
*Francis (m) - ''see Frank''<br />
*Frank (m) - St Francoveus (Franchy), an ascetic ([[May 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_f.htm]<br />
*Frederick, Fred (m) - St Frederick of Utrecht ([[July 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==G==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Gabriel (m) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gabrielle, Gabriella (f) - St [[Gabriel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gail (f) - ''see Abigail'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gavin (m) - St Gavinus, Protomartyr of Sardinia ([[May 30]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Garrett (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gemma (f) - St Gemma in Gurk, Austria ([[June 29]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Genesis (f) - ''closest is the [[Nativity|Nativity of Christ]] or the [[Nativity of the Theotokos]]'' ('''Meaning''')<br />
*Genevieve (f) - St Geneviève of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Geoffrey, Geoff (m) - St Geoffrey, Abbot of Wearmouth ('''Saint''')<br />
*Geordie (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*George (m) - St [[George]] the Trophy-Bearer ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gerald, Gerry (m) - St Gerald, Bishop of Mayo ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gertrude (f) - St Gertrude of Nivelles ([[March 17]] - '''Saint'''); St Gertrude of Remiremont ([[November 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Gertrude the Elder ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]<br />
*Gianna (f) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Gilbert (m) - St Agilbert of Jouarre ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Gillian (f) - ''see Jillian''<br />
*Giselle (f) - St Gezelin (or Ghislain, Gisle or Joscelin), an Ascetic ([[August 6]] - '''Sound-alike'''); the Righteous Jesse ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Gina (f) - ''see Regina'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Giovanna (f) - ''see Gianna'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Gloria (f) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Grace (f) - St Charis ([[January 28]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Grayson (m) - St Villicus of Metz ([[April 17]] - '''Meaning''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Gwen, Gwendoline (f) - St Gwen Teirborn of Britain ('''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==H==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Hadrian (m) - St [[Adrian]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Hailey, Hailee (f) - ''see Hayley'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Hanalei (m/f) - ''see Henry'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hank (m) - St [[John]] ('''Derivative''', from 'Hankin'); or, ''see Henry'' ('''Diminutive''').<br />
*Hannah (f) - St Anna, mother of the Theotokos; St Hannah, mother of the Prophet Samuel ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Harlow (f) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Harper (f) - ''closest is St David the Prophet & King'' ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Meaning''': Harp-player)<br />
*Harrison (m) - ''see Harry'' ('''Derivative'''). Or, St [[Hariton]] ([[September 28]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Harry (m) - ''see Henry'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Harold'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Haydon (m) - St [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hayley, Haylee (f) - ''see Leah'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Heather (f) - St Ethelburgh ([[September 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm]<br />
*Helen (f) - St [[Helen]] ([[May 21]] - '''Saint'''); [[Helen of Caernarfon]] ([[May 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Henry (m) - St Henry of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre ([[June 24]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]<br />
*Heidi (f) - ''see Adelaide'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Hilda (f) - St [[Hilda of Whitby]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Holly (f) - [[Holy Cross]] ([[September 14]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, St Hellius the Martyr ([[July 14]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_h.htm]; or, St Olive the Virgin-Martyr ([[June 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Hope (f) - St Hope, daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Hudson (m) - ''see Hugh or Richard'' ('''Diminutive''', via 'Hudde')<br />
*Hugh (m) - St Hugh of Rouen ([[April 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsh.htm]<br />
*Hunter (m) - St Gunthiern in Brittany ([[July 3]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsg.htm]<br />
<br />
==I==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Ian (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Ida (f) - St Ita ([[January 15]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Indigo (f) - St [[Porphyrios (disambiguation)|Prophyrios]] ('''Meaning''': colour (indigo is similar to purple))<br />
*Isa (f) - ''see Isabel'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Isaac (m) - St [[Isaac]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Isabel, Isabella, Isabelle (f) - St [[Elizabeth (disambiguation)|Elizabeth]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Isaiah (m) - Prophet [[Isaiah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==J==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Jace, Jase (m) - ''see Jason'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jack (m) - St [[John]] ('''Diminutive'''); or, ''see Jacob'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jackson, Jaxon, Jaxson (m) - ''see Jack'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jacob, Jake (m) - St Jacob (Son of Isaac - [[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''), St [[Jacob Netsvetov]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jacqueline (f) - St [[Jacob (disambiguation)|Jacob]] or St [[Apostle James the Just|James]] ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jade (f) - St Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jaira (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ('''Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)<br />
*Jairos, Jairus (m) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ('''Meaning''': He shines/God enlightens)<br />
*James (m) - St [[James]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jamie (m/f) - ''see James'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jan, Jane (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Janet (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Janice (f) - St Joanna ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jared (m) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Jason (m) - St [[Jason]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jasmine (f) - St Jasimus, Ascetic & Wonderworker ([[February 4]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Javana (f) - ''see Giovanna'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jay, Jayce (m) - ''see James or Jason'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jayden, Jaydon (m) - St. Jader (Iader) of Sigum, Bishop in Numidia ([[September 10]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jeff, Jeffrey (m) - ''see Geoffrey'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jenna (f) - ''see Jenny'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jennifer (f) - St Genevieve of Paris ([[January 3]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jenny (f) - ''see Jane'' ('''Diminutive'''); or, ''see Jennifer'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Jeoire (m) - St [[George]] ([[April 23]] - '''Derivative''' from French)<br />
*Jeremiah, Jeremy (m) - Prophet [[Jeremiah]] ([[May 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Jerica (f) - St [[Gertrude of Nivelles]] ([[March 17]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Jerry (m) - ''see Gerald'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Jesse (m) - St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Jessie (f) - St [[Joanna]] ('''Saint'''); St Jesse, son of Obed ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Jessica (f) - ''closest: see Jessie'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Jillian (f) - St [[w:Julian of Antioch|Julian]]<br />
*Jo, Joan, Joanna, Joanne (f) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]] ('''Derivative''', feminine form)<br />
*Jocelyn, Joselyn (f) - St Judocus (Josse) of Brittany ([[December 13]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]<br />
*Jodie (f) - ''see Judith'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Joe (m) - ''see Joseph'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Joel (m) - [[Prophet Joel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*John (m) - St [[John (disambiguation)|John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Jonathan, Jonty (m) - Jonathan, son of Saul [[Sunday of the Forefathers]] ('''Saint'''), or St [[Theodore]] ('''Meaning''': God has given)<br />
*Jordan, Jordana (m/f) - The [[Theophany of Christ]] ('''Derivative''', name of river)<br />
*Joseph (m) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Josephine (f) - St [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Joost (m) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Joshua, Josh (m) - St Joshua the son of Nun ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Josiah (m) - [[Prophet Josiah]] ([[October 17]] - '''Saint'''); St Josiah of Cordoba ([[August 27]] - '''Saint'''); King Josiah ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Joyce (m/f) - St [[Judoc of Brittany]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Juno (f) - St Junia, Apostle of the 70 ([[May 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Judith, Judy (f) - St Judith, slayer of Holofernes ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]; St [[Apostle Jude|Jude the Apostle]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Julia, Julie (f) - St Julia of Corsica ([[July 16]] - '''Saint'''), St Julia of Troyes ([[July 21]] - '''Saint'''), or St Julia of Mérida ([[December 10]] - '''Saint'''). [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsj.htm]<br />
*Julian (m) - St Julian of Homs ([[February 6]] - '''Saint'''); St Julian of Antioch ([[June 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==K==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Kaelyn (f) - ''see Kay'' ('''diminutive''')<br />
*Kai (m) - ''see Kay'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kaiden (m) - ''see Kayden'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Kaitlyn (f) - ''see Caitlyn'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kallum (m) - ''see Callum'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Karen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kateri (f) - ''see Katherine''<br />
*Katherine, Kathryn (f) - ''see Catherine'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kathleen (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kay, Kayla, Kaylee, Kaylyn, Kaylynn (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive'''); St Kay in England ([[November 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Kayden (m) - ''see Aidan'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kayse (f) - ''see Casey'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Keira (f) - St Kiara ([[January 5]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_k.htm]<br />
*Keith (m) - [[Elevation of the Holy Cross]] ('''Meaning''': Wood); or, St [[Nikifor]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Kelly (f) - St Ceallach of Killala ([[May 1]] - '''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kelsey (m/f) - St Celsus of Rome ([[November 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Ken, Kenneth (m) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]] - '''Saint'''); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Kennedy (f) - ''see Kenneth'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Kerrian (m/f) - St. [[w:Saint Piran|Piran of Cornwall]] ([[March 5]] - '''Diminutive'''), who in turn has been identified as the Irish saint [[w:Ciarán of Saigir|Ciarán of Saigir]] (also [[March 5]])<br />
*Kevin (m) - St [[Kevin of Glendalough]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Khaleesi (f) - St Kali the Ascetic ([[May 22]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Khloe (f) - ''see Chloe'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Kieran, Kyran, Kiaran (m) - St. [[w:Ciarán of Saigir|Ciarán of Saigir]] (''Ciarán the Elder'', [[March 5]] - '''Saint'''); St [[Kieran of Clonmacnoise]] ([[September 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Kimberley, Kimberly, Kim (f) - St Cyneburgh, abbess in Northamptonshire ([[March 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm]<br />
*Kittie (f) - St [[Catherine of Alexandria]] ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kristen (f) - ''see Christina'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Kruze (m) - ''see Cruz'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Krystal (f) - Celebrated on [[December 25]] ('''Sound-alike''': 'Chrystalla')<br />
*Kyle (m) - St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
*Kylie (f) - St Kilian, abbot of Inishcaltra island, Ireland ([[July 29]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsk.htm]<br />
<br />
==L==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Lance (m) - '''as yet unknown'''<br />
*Landon (m) - St Landericus of Soignies ([[April 17]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Larry (m) - ''see Laurence'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Laura (f) - St Laura of Cordoba, martyred in Spain by the Moors ([[October 19]] - '''Saint'''); or, St [[Laurus]] ([[August 18]]).<br />
*Lauren (f) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Laurence (m) - St [[Laurence]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Layla (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Leah, Lia (f) - St Leah, the wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''); St Lea, ascetic in Rome ([[March 22]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Lee (m) - ''see Leah'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Levi (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Leo (m) - St [[Leo the Great]] ([[February 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Leon (m) - ''see Leo''<br />
*Leonard (m) - St [[Leonid of Optina]]; St Leonard of Avranches ([[March 4]] - '''Saint'''), of Vandoeuvre ([[October 15]] - '''Saint''') or of Noblac ([[November 6]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; <br />
*Leslie (m/f) - St Lelia in Limerick ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lia (f) - ''see Leah'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Liam (m) - ''see William'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lila (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Liliana (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lillian (f) - ''see Elizabeth; or, see Lily'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lily (f) - St Lelia ([[August 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lincoln (m) - All Saints of Lincolnshire ('''Meaning''': named for location) [http://www.allsaintslincs.org.uk/event-reader/events/patronal-festival-liturgy.html]<br />
*Linda (f) - St [[Linus]] of Rome ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Lindsey (f) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Derivative'''); or, ''see Linda'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Link (m) - ''see Lincoln'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Lisa (f) - ''see Elizabeth'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Logan (m) - St [[Longin the Centurion]] ([[October 16]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*London (f) - St Mellitus of London; St Sebbe, founder of Westminster; St Erconwald of London; St Ethelburgh, abbess of Barking; Sts Beocca & Hethor, martyrs of Chertsey; St Wulsin, renewer of St Peter's Monastery; St Dunstan of London; or St Alphege of Canterbury ('''Meaning''': named for location)<br />
*Lorna (f) - St Loarn, disciple of St Patrick ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lorraine (f) - ''see Laura'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Louis, Luis (m) - St Ludwin of Trier ([[September 29]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; or St Lewina of Seaford ([[July 24]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Louise, Lou (f) - St Ludwin of Trier ([[September 29]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]; or St Lewina of Seaford ([[July 24]]) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm]<br />
*Lucas (m) - [[Apostle Luke]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Lucy (f) - St [[Lucy of Syracuse]] ([[December 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Luke (m) - [[Apostle Luke]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Lydia (f) - St [[Lydia of Thyatira|Lydia of Phillipi]] ([[May 20]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Lynn (f) - [[Theophany]] ('''Meaning''': lake); or, ''see Linda'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
<br />
==M==<br />
{{baptismal names}}<br />
*Mabel (f) - St Amabilis of Riome ([[November 1]] - '''Derivative'''), St Amabilis of Rouen ([[July 11]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Mackenzie (f) - St Kenneth of Wales ([[August 1]] - '''Derivative''': son of Kenneth); St [[w:Cainnech of Aghaboe|Cainnech of Aghaboe]] ([[October 11]] - '''Derivative''': son of Kenneth)<br />
*Madelyn, Madeleine, Madeline (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ([[July 22]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Madison (f) - St Maud ([[March 14]] - '''Derivative''': son of Maud) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Maggie (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Makayla (f) - ''see Michaela'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Malcolm (m) - St [[Columba of Iona]] ([[June 9]])<br />
*Marcia (f) - St Marcia, martyred under Diocletian ([[July 2]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Margaret (f) - St [[Marina]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Marlow (f) - St [[Mary Magdalene]] ('''Sound-alike of Derivative''')<br />
*Maria, Mariah (f) - [[Mary]] ('''Saint'''); St Mariah the sister of Moses ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Marisa, Marissa (f) - ''see [[Theotokos|Mary]]; or, see Louis''<br />
*Marshall (m) - St Martial, bishop of Lomoges ([[June 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.htm?year=2017&today=9&month=10&trp=0] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Martial]; St Servatus of Tongres ([[May 13]] - '''Meaning''': servant) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Martin (m) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Martina, Martine (f) - St [[Martin of Tours]] ([[November 11]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Mary (f) - [[Mary]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Mason (m) - St Maysimus the Ascetic and Syrian ([[January 23]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Matthew (m) - [[Apostle Matthew]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Max (m) - St [[Maximos the Confessor]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Maximilian (m) - St Maximilian, one of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus ([[October 22]] - '''Saint''') [https://oca.org/saints/lives/2017/10/22/103024-st-maximilian-one-of-the-seven-sleepers-of-ephesus]<br />
*Maxwell (m) - St Magnus the founder of the Füssen monastery ([[September 6]] - '''Derivative''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Maya (f) - St Magos (2nd century) ([[May 31]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Megan (f) - St [[Marina of Antioch|Margaret]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Mehmet (m) - St [[Demetrios the Neomartyr]] ([[April 14]] - '''see Life''')<br />
*Melanie (f) - St Melania the Ascetic & Elder ([[June 8]] - '''Saint'''); St Melania (Melanie) of Rome, Ascetic ([[December 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Melina (f) - ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative'''), or, ''see Milena'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Melinda (f) - St Ermelindis, hermitess ([[October 29]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, ''see Melissa or Melania'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Melissa, Milena (f) - St Melissinus the Martyr ([[March 6]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Merissa (f) - ''see Marissa''<br />
*Mhairi, Mhaire (f) - ''see Mary'' ('''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Mia (f) - ''see Maria'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Micah (m) - Prophet [[Micah]] ('''Saint'''); or, St [[Micah of Radonezh]] ([[May 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Michael (m) - ''[[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Michaela, Mikayla (f) - [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Derivative of Saint''')<br />
*Michelle (f) - [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Mila (f) - St Milica of Serbia ('''Derivative of Saint''' - ''pronounced Mίlitsa'')<br />
*Milena (f) - ''see Melissa'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Miles (m) - St Milo, hermit at Fontenelle ([[August 18]] - ''Saint'') or St Miles (''or Milos''), Bishop and Hieromartyr ([[10 November]] - ''Saint'') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_m.htm]<br />
*Milly (f) - St [[Emily|Emily of Caesarea]], mother of St Basil the Great ([[January 1]] or [[May 30]] - '''Diminutive'''); St Mildred of Minster-in-Thanet ([[July 13]] - '''Diminutive''')<br />
*Mitchell (m) - ''see Michael'' ('''Derivative''')<br />
*Molly (f) - ''see Mary'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Monica, Monique (f) - St [[Monica of Hippo]], mother of St Augustine ('''Saint''')<br />
*Monroe (f) - St Mun, Bishop & Ascetic on island in Lough Ree, Ireland ([[February 6]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Morgan (f) - St Maughold ([[December 28]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Modan ([[February 4]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Morwenna ([[July 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Mohammed, Muhammed, Muhammad (m) - St [[Demetrios the Neomartyr]] ([[April 14]] - '''see Life''')<br />
<br />
==N==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Nadine, Nadia, Nadya (f) - St Hope, daughter of St Sophia ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''': Nadezhda)<br />
*Naomi (f) - [[Prophet Naum]] ([[December 1]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Natalie (f) - St [[Adrian and Natalia|Natalia]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Nathan (m) - Prophet Nathan ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Nathaniel (m) - [[Apostle Bartholomew]] (aka Nathaniel) ('''Saint''')<br />
*Nevaeh (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]] - '''Meaning''': 'heaven' in reverse)<br />
*Neil, Nigel (m) - St [[Nilus of Sora|Nil]] ([[May 7]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ngaire (f) - St Nereus ([[May 12]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsn.htm]<br />
*Nicholas (m) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Nicole (f) - St [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Noah (m) - Righteous [[Noah]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Noel (m/f) - The [[Nativity]] of Christ ('''Meaning''': Christmas)<br />
*Nolan (m) - St [[Eugene of Cherson|Eugene]] ([[March 7]] - '''Meaning''': noble); St Paulinus of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Felix of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Maximus of Nola ('''Sound-alike''' of placename), St Arnold ('''Sound-alike'''), Maginold ('''Sound-alike'''), Reinold ('''Sound-alike''').<br />
*Nora (f) - St [[Helen]] ('''Diminutive''': Elanora)<br />
<br />
==O==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Oliver (m) - St Oliver of Ancona ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Olivia (f) - St [[Olivia of Palermo]] ([[June 10]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Onyx (f) - St Maurice ([[December 27]] - '''Meaning''')<br />
*Oren (m) - St Orentius of Loret ([[May 1]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Orentius of Auch ([[May 1]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintso.htm]<br />
*Oscar (m) - St Ansgar ([[February 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Owen (m) - St Eugene of Trebizond ([[January 21]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==P==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Paige (f) - St Pega of England ([[January 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm]<br />
*Paisley (f) - St [[Basil the Great]] ('''Meaning''': Paisley -> Basilica)<br />
*Parker (m) - St Phylax ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
*Patricia (f) - St [[Patrick of Ireland]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Penelope (f) - St Penelope the Virgin Martyr ([[September 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Peyton, Payton (f) - St Pega, anchoress in England ([[January 8]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsp.htm]<br />
*Phoenix (m/f) - St [[Felix of Byzantium|Felix]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Piper (f) - St Piperion ([[March 11]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
*Poppy (f) - St Poppo, Abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy in Belgium ([[January 25]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_p.htm]<br />
<br />
==Q==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Quentin (m) - St Quentin of France ([[October 31]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Quinn - St Quintus, Quintius or Quintilla ([http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsq.htm Various namesdays] - '''Sound-alike''') <br />
<br />
==R==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Rachel (f) - St Rachel, wife of Jacob ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Raine, Rain (f) - ''see Regina ('''Meaning''': queen)<br />
*Ralph (m) - St Ralph of Bourges ([[June 21]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Raymond (m) - St Rumon ([[August 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]; St Ebremund, Founder & Abbot of Fontenay-Louvet near Séez ([[June 10]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]; St [[Ammon]] ('''Sound-alike'''); St Amon of Toul ([[October 23]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]<br />
*Reagan, Regan (f) - St Reginus, Bishop of Skopel (February 25 - '''Sound-alike'''); St Reginus, Martyr of Cyprus (August 20 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_r.htm]<br />
*Rebecca (f) - St Rebecca, wife of Isaac ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Regina (f) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Meaning''': Queen); or, St Regina of Autun ([[September 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Reginald (m) - [[Theotokos|Mary, the Mother of God]] ('''Meaning''': Queen).<br />
*Richard (m) - St Richard ([[February 7]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*Rider (m) - ''see Ryder'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Rihanna (f) - St Basil the Great ('''Meaning''': basil), or St [[Anna]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Riley, Ryley (m/f) - St Reineldis ([[July 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm]<br />
*River (m) - [[Theophany]] ('''Meaning''': link between River and the River Jordan)<br />
*Robert (m) - ''see Rupert'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Robin (f) - St [[Photini]] ('''Meaning''': bright, shining)<br />
*Roderick, Rod (m) - St Rodericus, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[March 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Roger (m) - St Roger, one of the 48 Martyrs of Cordoba ([[September 16]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ronald (m) - St Reinold, martyr at Pantaleon Monastery in Germany ([[January 7]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Rosa, Rose, Rosy, Rosita (f) - St Triantafyllos ([[August 8]] - '''Meaning''') [http://www.greek-names.info/triantafyllos/]; St. Rose of Sardinia ('''Saint''') [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rublevpupil/494434905/]<br />
*Rosemary (f) - ''see Mary, or, see Rose'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Rowan (m) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Rowena (f) - St Ruadhán of Lorrha ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Roxana, Roxanne, Roxy (f) - St [[Photine of Samaria]], or, ''see Aurora'' ('''Meaning''': Bright or Dawn)<br />
*Ruby (f) - St Maelrubius ([[April 21]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsm.htm]<br />
*Rupert (m) - St [[w:Rupert of Salzburg|Rupert of Salzburg]] ([[March 27]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ruth (f) - ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ryan (m) - St Rhian, abbot ([[March 8]] - '''Sound-alike'''); or, Emmanuel (being a translation referring to the infant Christ - '''Meaning''').<br />
*Ryder (m) - [[Synaxis of the Bodiless Powers]] ([[November 8]] - '''Meaning''': messenger); or, St Ruadan of Lothra ([[April 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm], St Ida of Nivelles ([[May 8]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Idea of Herzfeld ([[September 4]] - '''Sound-alike''') or St Idus of Alt-Fadha in Leinster ([[July 14]] - '''Sound-alike''').<br />
<br />
==S==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Sadie (f) - ''see Sarah'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Sage (m) - Martyr Saïs ([[January 5]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Samantha, Sam (f) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Samuel, Sam (m) - Prophet [[Samuel]] ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Sarah, Sara (f) - [[Sarah]], wife of Abraham ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint'''); St [[w:Sarah of the Desert|Sarah of the Desert]] ([[July 13]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Savannah (f) - St Savina of Milan ([[January 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Scarlett, Scarlet (f) - St Scarthin ([[January 6]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Scott (m) - [[Apostle Andrew]], patron of Scotland ('''Meaning''': Scottish person); or St [[Columba]], enlightener of Scotland ('''Meaning''': Scottish person).<br />
*Scout (f) - St Escoos, a martyr ([[March 26]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_e.htm]<br />
*Sean, Shaun (m) - St [[John]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Sebastian (m) - St Sebastian the Martyr ([[December 18]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Serenity (f) - St Galina of Corinth, martyr ([[April 16]] - '''Meaning''': Galina means serenity); Sts. Serenicus and Serenus, monastic brothers ([[May 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Serenus of Marseilles ([[August 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Serena (f) - Sts. Serenicus and Serenus, monastic brothers ([[May 7]] - '''Saint'''); St Serenus of Marseilles ([[August 9]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Shane (m) - St John ('''Saint''')<br />
*Shannon (m/f) - St Senan, founder of monasteries and churches ([[March 8]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
*Shantelle (f) - ''see Chantal'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Shardae, Sharday (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Shelby (f) - [[Apostle Silvan]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Sheldon (m) - St Elwin in Cornwall ([[February 22]] - '''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Shiloh (f) - St Galina, martyr at Corinth (one on [[April 16]], another on [[March 10]] - '''Meaning''': tranquil)<br />
*Simone (f) - [[Apostle Simon]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Simpson (m) - St Acoustios ([[April 21]] - '''Meaning''': listening); or, St [[Sampson]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Siobhan (f) - ''see Jeanne'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Skye (f) - St Ourania of the Forty Virgin-martyrs in Thrace ([[September 1]] - '''Meaning''': Sky and Heavens)<br />
*Skylar, Skyler (f) - St Scholastica, sister of St Benedict ('''Meaning''': Skylar derived from Schuyler, meaning 'scholar')<br />
*Sloane (m) - St [[Silouan the Athonite]] ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
*Sophia, Sophie (f) - St Sophia (mother of Sts Faith, Hope & Love) ([[September 17]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Stella (f) - St [[Stylianos of Paphlagonia]] ([[November 26]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Stephanie (f) - St [[Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr|Stephen]] the Protomartyr ('''Saint''')<br />
*Summer (f) - St Sunaman, an ascetic and martyr ([[February 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_s.htm]; St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] - '''Meaning''': Summer) [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm]<br />
*Susanna (f) - St Susanna, martyred in Salerno ([[January 18]] - '''Saint'''); St Susanna the Just ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/12/synaxarion-for-sunday-before-nativity.html]<br />
*Sydney (f) - St Sidonius of Clermont ([[August 21]] - '''Sound-alike'''), St Sidonius of Rouens ([[November 14]] - '''Sound-alike'''), or St Sedna of Ossory ([[March 10]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintss.htm]<br />
<br />
==T==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Tabitha (f) - St. Tabitha ([[October 25]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Tania, Tanya (f) - ''see Tatiana'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tara (f) - St Tarsila, aunt of St Gregory the Great ([[December 24]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tatiana (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Taylor (f) - St Talarican in Scotland ([[October 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Teresa, Theresa, Therese (f) - St Therissus (or Thyrsus), bishop of Karpasia, Cyprus ([[July 23]] - '''Derivative''')<br />
*Tess (f) - ''see Teresa'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Theon (m) - St Theion, martyr ([[February 1]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Thierry (m) - ''see Derek'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Thomas (m) - [[Apostle Thomas]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Tia (f) - St [[Tatiana of Rome]] ('''Sound-alike'''); or, saints ending in '-tia' ('''Sound-alike'''); or, St Thais ([[May 10]] - '''Sound-alike''').<br />
*Tiana (f) - ''see Tatiana or Christiana'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tiffany (f) - The [[Theophany]] of our Lord ([[January 6]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Travis (m) - St Triverius of Dombes ([[January 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trevor (m) - St Triverius, hermit in Dombes ([[January 16]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trinity (f) - [[Pentecost]] ('''Feast Day''')<br />
*Tristan (m) - St Drostan (''or Drustan''), abbot in Aberdeenshire ([[July 11]] - '''Saint''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsd.htm]<br />
*Troy (m) - St Troyen of Saintes ([[November 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Trudy (f) - ''see Gertrude'' ('''Saint'''); or, St Tudy of Wales ([[January 30]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Ty (m) - ''see Tyler, Tyson or Tyrone'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Tyler (m) - St Tillo of Belgium ([[January 7]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tyrone (m) - ''see Owen'' ('''Saint''')<br />
*Tyrion (m) - St [[Tikhon]], St Tiridates of Armenia ([[November 29]]), St Taurion ([[November 7]]), Turiav ([[July 13]]) ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_t.htm] [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
*Tyson (m) - St Dyfan of Britain ([[May 26]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintst.htm]<br />
<br />
==U==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Ulla (f) - St Ulric of Einsiedeln, son of St Gerold ([[May 29]] - '''Derivative'''); St Ulric (or Uldaricus, Udalric), Bishop of Augsburg ([[July 4]] - '''Derivative'''); St Ulric the Ascetic & Martyr ([[April 9]] - '''Derivative''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_u.htm]<br />
*Unity (f) - St Uni of Bremen-Hamburg ([[September 17]] - '''Meaning''': One) [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsu.htm]<br />
*Uriel (m) - Archangel Uriel ([[November 8]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Ursula (f) - St Ursula, Virgin-Martyr in Cologne ([[October 21]] - '''Saint''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_u.htm]<br />
*Usher (m) - ''see Asher'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
<br />
==V==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Valentina (f) - St [[Valentine]] [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Valerie (f) - St Valery of Leuconay ([[April 1]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]; St Valeria of Milan ([[April 28]] - '''Saint'''); St Valeria martyred in France ([[December 9]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Vanessa (f) - Esther (of the [[Book of Esther]] - '''Saint''': name invented, based on 'Esther')<br />
*Veronica (f) - St [[Veronica]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Victor (m) - St [[Victor]] ('''Saint''').<br />
*Victoria (f) - Virgin-Martyr Victoria ([[December 23]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Vincent (m) - St [[Vincent of Lerins]] ([[May 24]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsv.htm]<br />
*Violet (f) - St Lydia, seller of purple ([[May 7]] - '''Meaning''': Violet & Purple)<br />
*Vivian (f) - St Vivian, martyred in Rome ([[December 2]] - '''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==W==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Walter (m) - St [[Vladimir]] ('''Meaning''')<br />
*Warren (m) - St Warren of France ([[August 25]] - '''Saint''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Wendall (m) - St Wendolinus ([[October 21]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Whitney (f) - St Wite in Dorset ([[June 1]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*William (m) - St [[William of Gellone]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Willow (f) - St Willa, an ascetic ([[October 15]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_w.htm]<br />
*Winnie (f) - St Winifred of Wales ([[November 3]] - '''Saint''')<br />
*Winston (m) - St Wistan ([[June 1]] - '''Soundalike''') [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm]<br />
*Wyatt (m/f) - ''see William''<br />
<br />
==X==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Xavier (m) - St Ava, Abbess of Denain ([[April 29]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St Avy of Micy ([[June 17]] - '''Sound-alike'''); St [[Avitus]] ('''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_an_az.htm]<br />
*Xander (m) - ''see Alexander'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
<br />
==Y==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Yvette (f) - St Ywi, ascetic of Lindisfarne ([[October 8]] - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_y.htm]; or, ''see Eve or Janette'' ('''Sound-alike''')<br />
<br />
==Z==<br />
{{Baptismal names}}<br />
*Zachary, Zach (m) - St [[Zachariah]], father of St John the Baptist ('''Saint''')<br />
*Zeke (m) - Prophet [[Ezekiel]] ('''Saint''')<br />
*Zelda (f) - ''see Hilda'' ('''Diminutive, from Griselda''') [https://www.behindthename.com/name/griselda]<br />
*Zelie (f) - ''see Azalea'' ('''Diminutive''')<br />
*Zhadee (f) - St Jader of Numidia in North Africa (September 10 - '''Sound-alike''') [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_j.htm]<br />
*Zoe, Zoey (f) - [[Life-Giving Spring]] (Bright Friday); Exuperius and Zoe ([[May 2]]); Zoe of Rome ([[December 18]]) ('''Saint''')<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Western Saints before the AD 1054 Schism]]<br />
*[[Patron saint]]<br />
*[[Name day]]<br />
<br />
==Bibliography==<br />
* [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsint.htm The Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome]<br />
* [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/oespain.htm The Saints of Spain]<br />
* [http://suburbanbanshee.wordpress.com/category/saint-names/ Aliens in This World] Category: Saint Names<br />
* [http://www.oodegr.co/english/istorika/britain/British_saints.htm The Orthodox Saints of the Ancient Church in the British Isles and Ireland]<br />
* [http://www.namedays.gr/index_uk.php GREEK NAME DAYS for the year 2015 (source ©: www.namedays.gr)]<br />
* [http://www.roman-catholic-saints.com/catholic-saint-names.html Roman Catholic Saints]<br />
* [http://www.christopherklitou.com/when_is_my_nameday_preface.htm When is my nameday?], compiled by Fr Christopher Klitou<br />
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Pistevo
https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Dismas_the_thief&diff=125534
Dismas the thief
2018-07-03T21:52:17Z
<p>Pistevo: double repetition</p>
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<div>[[Image:Goodthief.jpg|thumb|right|200px|St. Dismas (Moscow school, XVIth century)]]<br />
Saint '''Dismas''' (sometimes spelled ''Dysmas'' or only ''Dimas'', or even ''Dumas''), also known as the '''Good Thief''' or the ''Penitent Thief'', is the "good thief" described in the Gospel of Luke. This unnamed thief, is crucified alongside [[Christ]] repenting of his sins, and asking Jesus Christ to remember him in his kingdom. The name Dismas for this thief dates back to the 12th century, and various traditions have assigned him other names. The church has never canonised Dismas, though he is regarded as a saint by virtue of Christ informing him that he would be the first in Paradise. Commemorated [[March 25]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
According to the [[Holy Scripture|Scriptures]], [[Christ]] crucified along with two others yet none of the gospel's actually name them. The [[Gospel of Luke]] describes one of these thiefs as "penitent", who was later assigned the name '''Dismas''' in the [[Gospel of Nicodemus]]. The name of "Dismas" was adapted from a Greek word meaning "sunset" or "death." The other thief's name is given as Gestas. The apocryphal Arabic Infancy Gospel calls the two thieves "Titus and Dumachus", and adds a tale about how Titus (the good one) prevented the other thieves in his company from robbing Mary and Joseph during their Flight into Egypt. In the Russian tradition the Good Thief's name is ''Rakh''.<br />
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Patriarch [[Theophilus of Alexandria]] (385-412) wrote a Homily on the Crucifixion and the Good Thief, which is classic Coptic literature. In the Eastern Orthodox Church one of the hymns of Good Friday, commemorating the Crucifixion of [[Jesus Christ]] and his death at [[Golgotha]], is entitled, The Good Thief (or The Wise Thief, Church Slavonic: ''Razboinika blagorazumnago''), and speaks of how Christ granted Dismas Paradise. There are also several moving compositions of this hymn which are used by the [[Church of Russia|Russians]] and form one of the highlights of the Matins service on Good Friday.<br />
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==Hymns==<br />
:''"The Wise Thief didst Thou make worthy of Paradise, in a single moment, O Lord. By the wood of thy Cross illumine me as well, and save me."''<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*[http://fatherjohn.blogspot.com/2007/04/wise-thief.html The Wise Thief] -hymn, posted Friday, April 20, 2007 by Fr. John Whiteford.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.skete.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&product_id=686 Icon of St. Dismas the Good Thief], 20th c. (late), St. Paraskeva Church, Vladimir Region, Russia - Hosted on Skete.com, Product #S365.<br />
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His Eminence '''Myron (Ktistakis)''' is the [[Metropolitan]] of the [[Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand]].<br />
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==Biographical Timeline==<br />
* 1969: Born.<br />
* Graduated from the Agricultural University of Athens.<br />
* Completed Postgraduate studies at the Mediterranean Agnonomic Institue in Chania.<br />
* Tonsured a monk at the Monastery of Agarathos, in Crete.<br />
* Elevated to [[archimandrite]].<br />
* Graduated from the Theological School of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens.<br />
* Graduated from the Medical School of the University of Crete.<br />
* 2002: Present in New Zealand as an envoy for the enthronement of Metropolitan Joseph.<br />
* 2018 May: Consecrated to the episcopacy.<br />
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name=Parishes in Australia|<br />
jurisdiction=[[Orthodox Church in America|OCA]]|<br />
type=Administrative District|<br />
founded=1971|<br />
bishop=n/a|<br />
see=n/a|<br />
hq=[[Chancery office of the Orthodox Church in America|Syosset, New York State, USA]]|<br />
territory=formerly Sydney and Brisbane, Australia|<br />
language=Slavonic and English|<br />
music=[[Russian Chant]]|<br />
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|<br />
population=unknown|<br />
website=[http://oca.org/PDF/DOC-PUB/SB/2006/06.13oca-australian.parishes.pdf Listing in 2006 Sourcebook & Church Directory]<br />
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The '''Orthodox Church in America - Parishes in Australia''' was the name applied to the [[church]]es who, [[ROCOR and OCA#1970: Autocephaly for the OCA|in 1971]], left [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|ROCOR]] and asked to be taken under the [[Orthodox Church in America|OCA]]'s protection. For most of its history, the parishes were administered directly by the [[metropolitan]] of the [[OCA]].<br />
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There are presently no parishes in Australia that are under the omophorion of the Orthodox Church in America.<br />
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== History ==<br />
In 1971, in a split from [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|ROCOR]], a group of Orthodox faithful applied to the Orthodox Church in America for acceptance. <br />
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St Nicholas Parish in Bankstown, NSW, was formed in 1959 and worshipped in premises the parishioners built on land leased from NSW Government Railways. In 1971, it was under the rectorship of [[Archimandrite]] [[Veniamin (Garshin)]] who had resigned as dean of the ROCOR Cathedral in Sydney and departed from that [[jurisdiction]]. At that time they petitioned OCA for their acceptance under the [[omophorion]] of the OCA Metropolitan. Their petition was quickly granted. <br />
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A second [[parish]] in Brisbane, Holy Annunciation Church, was formed under the rectorship of Fr. [[Gregory Malisheff]] and, following the example of the Bankstown parish, petitioned the OCA and was also quickly accepted.<br />
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In 1977, a third group, later named the Australian Orthodox Fraternity of St Michael, was formed in metropolitan Sydney for the purpose of purchasing and organising another parish, under the rectorship of Fr [[Michael Mersher]]. In November of that year, Mr Verjbitsky contacted the Uniting Church and was offered a surplus Presbyterian church in Homebush. The building was made suitable for Orthodox worship, including an [[iconostasis]], on [[January 26]], 1978. Fr Michael was the [[rector]] from 1978-80, Fr [[Theodore Michaluk]] from 1980-86, Fr Leopold in 1986, and Fr [[Igor Chlabicz]] from 1987.<br />
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Following the repose of Archimandrite Veniamin in 1994, the Orthodox Church in America was unable to supply a replacement [[priest]] for the Bankstown parish. The parish council of St. Nicholas approached Bishop [[Gibran (Ramlawey) of Australia and New Zealand|Gibran]], then Antiochian Orthodox Bishop for Australia and New Zealand, and asked if he was able to supply a [[priest]] who could celebrate in Slavonic. Hieromonk [[Andrew (Vujisic)|Andrija (Zoran Vujisić)]] and, later, Fr [[Nicholas Gan]] assisted on a temporary basis until Fr [[Mitko Machevski]] commenced services at St. Nicholas on [[August 10]], 1996. The parish later formally changed jurisdictions to the [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]]. Fr. Mitko was appointed rector of the parish, which continues to use Church Slavonic and follow the [[Julian Calendar]].<br />
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In Brisbane, Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church found itself without a rector after Fr [[Ian Bojko]] retired in 2005. In 2009, the parish requested permission to enter the ROCOR [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]] as an English-language parish; this was accomplished by the mutual consensus of Metropolitans [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington|Jonah]] and [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion]] and the transfer was finalised in May 2009.<br />
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After the rectorate of Fr. Igor Chlabicz, the Australian Orthodox Fraternity of St. Michael was served by Rev. Fr. [[John Vesic]], a priest of the [[Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand|Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]. In March 2011, the parish received the blessing of Metropolitan Jonah of the OCA to join the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand, with Bishop [[Irinej (Dobrijevic) of Australia and New Zealand|Irinej of Sydney]] placing a new antimens in the church on Forgiveness Sunday, 2011. This parish is also designated an English-language parish - at the time of its transfer, the only one in the Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand.<br />
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==Current status of parishes==<br />
The OCA Parishes in Australia is now a defunct administrative grouping, having existed from 1971 to 2011.<br />
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The following parishes, who originally formed the grouping, moved to:<br />
*St Nicholas Orthodox Church, Bankstown, New South Wales; now in the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines]].<br />
*Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church, Woolloongabba, Queensland; now in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]].<br />
*St Michael Orthodox Church, Homebush, New South Wales; now in the [[Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand]].<br />
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The final OCA presence in Australia concluded with the repose of Fr Ian Bojko in Jan 2013.<br />
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== Episcopacy ==<br />
* His Eminence [[Sylvester (Haruns) of Montreal|Sylvester (Haruns)]], Archbishop of Montreal and Canada; administrator of the parishes in Australia, 1972-1981.<br />
* His Beatitude [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]], Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada; administrator of the parishes in Australia, 1981-2002.<br />
* His Beatitude [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]], Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada; administrator of the parishes in Australia, 2002-2008.<br />
* His Beatitude [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington|Jonah (Paffhausen)]], Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada; administrator of the parishes in Austraila, 2008-2011.<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://oca.org/CAdioceseAU.asp?SID=8 Website of the Parishes in Australia] (on the OCA website)<br />
* [https://www.stmichaelshomebush.org.au/ St Michael's, Homebush] (previously, Australian Orthodox Fraternity of St Michael)<br />
* [http://www.antiochianarch.org.au/NSW.aspx#nsw007 Parish listing for Antiochian Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas, Bankstown] (former parish in this grouping)<br />
* [http://www.holyannunciation.net Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church]<br />
* [http://www.spc.rs/sr/nova_parohija_spc_u_sidneju "New Parish of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Sydney"]<br />
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name=Parishes in Australia|<br />
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type=Administrative District|<br />
founded=1971|<br />
bishop=n/a|<br />
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hq=[[Chancery office of the Orthodox Church in America|Syosset, New York State, USA]]|<br />
territory=formerly Sydney and Brisbane, Australia|<br />
language=Slavonic and English|<br />
music=[[Russian Chant]]|<br />
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|<br />
population=unknown|<br />
website=[http://oca.org/PDF/DOC-PUB/SB/2006/06.13oca-australian.parishes.pdf Listing in 2006 Sourcebook & Church Directory]<br />
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The '''Orthodox Church in America - Parishes in Australia''' was the name applied to the [[church]]es who, [[ROCOR and OCA#1970: Autocephaly for the OCA|in 1971]], left [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|ROCOR]] and asked to be taken under the [[Orthodox Church in America|OCA]]'s protection. For most of its history, the parishes were administered directly by the [[metropolitan]] of the [[OCA]].<br />
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There are presently no parishes in Australia that are under the omophorion of the Orthodox Church in America.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
In 1971, in a split from [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|ROCOR]], a group of Orthodox faithful applied to the Orthodox Church in America for acceptance. <br />
<br />
St Nicholas Parish in Bankstown, NSW, was formed in 1959 and worshipped in premises the parishioners built on land leased from NSW Government Railways. In 1971, it was under the rectorship of [[Archimandrite]] [[Veniamin (Garshin)]] who had resigned as dean of the ROCOR Cathedral in Sydney and departed from that [[jurisdiction]]. At that time they petitioned OCA for their acceptance under the [[omophorion]] of the OCA Metropolitan. Their petition was quickly granted. <br />
<br />
A second [[parish]] in Brisbane, Holy Annunciation Church, was formed under the rectorship of Fr. [[Gregory Malisheff]] and, following the example of the Bankstown parish, petitioned the OCA and was also quickly accepted.<br />
<br />
In 1977, a third group, later named the Australian Orthodox Fraternity of St Michael, was formed in metropolitan Sydney for the purpose of purchasing and organising another parish, under the rectorship of Fr. [[Michael Mersher]]. In November of that year, Mr Verjbitsky contacted the Uniting Church and was offered a surplus Presbyterian church in Homebush. The building was made suitable for Orthodox worship, including an [[iconostasis]], on [[January 26]], 1978. Fr. Michael was the [[rector]] from 1978-80, Fr. [[Theodore Michaluk]] from 1980-86, Fr. Leopold in 1986, and Fr. [[Igor Chlabicz]] from 1987.<br />
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Following the repose of Archimandrite Veniamin in 1994, the Orthodox Church in America was unable to supply a replacement [[priest]] for the Bankstown parish. The parish council of St. Nicholas approached Bishop [[Gibran (Ramlawey) of Australia and New Zealand|Gibran]], then Antiochian Orthodox Bishop for Australia and New Zealand, and asked if he was able to supply a [[priest]] who could celebrate in Slavonic. Hieromonk [[Andrija (Vujisic)|Andrija (Zoran Vujisić)]] and, later, Fr. [[Nicholas Gan]] assisted on a temporary basis until Fr. [[Mitko Machevski]] commenced services at St. Nicholas on [[August 10]], 1996. The parish later formally changed jurisdictions to the [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]]. Fr. Mitko was appointed rector of the parish, which continues to use Church Slavonic and follow the [[Julian Calendar]].<br />
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In Brisbane, Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church found itself without a rector after Fr [[Ian Bojko]] retired in 2005. In 2009, the parish requested permission to enter the ROCOR [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]] as an English-language parish; this was accomplished by the mutual consensus of Metropolitans [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington|Jonah]] and [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion]] and the transfer was finalised in May 2009.<br />
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After the rectorate of Fr. Igor Chlabicz, the Australian Orthodox Fraternity of St. Michael was served by Rev. Fr. [[John Vesic]], a priest of the [[Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand|Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]. In March 2011, the parish received the blessing of Metropolitan Jonah of the OCA to join the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand, with Bishop [[Irinej (Dobrijevic) of Australia and New Zealand|Irinej of Sydney]] placing a new antimens in the church on Forgiveness Sunday, 2011. This parish is also designated an English-language parish - at the time of its transfer, the only one in the Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand.<br />
<br />
==Current status of parishes==<br />
The OCA Parishes in Australia is now a defunct administrative grouping, having existed from 1971 to 2011.<br />
<br />
The following parishes, who originally formed the grouping, moved to:<br />
*St Nicholas Orthodox Church, Bankstown, New South Wales; now in the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines]].<br />
*Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church, Woolloongabba, Queensland; now in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]].<br />
*St Michael Orthodox Church, Homebush, New South Wales; now in the [[Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand]].<br />
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The final OCA presence in Australia concluded with the repose of Fr Ian Bojko in Jan 2013.<br />
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== Episcopacy ==<br />
* His Eminence [[Sylvester (Haruns) of Montreal|Sylvester (Haruns)]], Archbishop of Montreal and Canada; administrator of the parishes in Australia, 1972-1981.<br />
* His Beatitude [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]], Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada; administrator of the parishes in Australia, 1981-2002.<br />
* His Beatitude [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]], Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada; administrator of the parishes in Australia, 2002-2008.<br />
* His Beatitude [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington|Jonah (Paffhausen)]], Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada; administrator of the parishes in Austraila, 2008-2011.<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://oca.org/CAdioceseAU.asp?SID=8 Website of the Parishes in Australia] (on the OCA website)<br />
* [https://www.stmichaelshomebush.org.au/ St Michael's, Homebush] (previously, Australian Orthodox Fraternity of St Michael)<br />
* [http://www.antiochianarch.org.au/NSW.aspx#nsw007 Parish listing for Antiochian Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas, Bankstown] (former parish in this grouping)<br />
* [http://www.holyannunciation.net Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church]<br />
* [http://www.spc.rs/sr/nova_parohija_spc_u_sidneju "New Parish of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Sydney"]<br />
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==New South Wales==<br />
*V. Rev. Fr. '''[[Nicholas Shehadie]]''', [[exarch]] of Australia and New Zealand, 1913-1934.<br />
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*V. Rev. Fr. '''[[Michael Shehadie]]''', [[parish]] [[priest]] of St. George Church, Redfern, 1934-51.<br />
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V. Rev. Exarch '''''Malatius Hussney''''' was from Tripoli Mina, Lebanon. Assisted by his [[Presbytera|Khourieh]] Adele and their family, he was [[rector]] of St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, Redfern, NSW, Australia, from February 1953 until his repose on [[October 29]], 1956. He was the father of Essay Hussney, [[ordination|ordained]] as Fr. Malatius (Essam) Hussney.<br />
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During his time as rector, the foundation stone of the parish of St George was laid in October 1953 by [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia|Greek Orthodox]] [[Archbishop]] [[Theophylactos (Papathanasopoulos) of Australia and New Zealand|Theophylactos]], and the first services in the as-yet unfinished [[church]] were the [[Pascha]] services of 1954. The [[iconostasis]] of Queensland maple was finished in 1956, before his repose.<br />
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Rt. Rev. [[Archimandrite|Archim.]] '''''Anthony (Woolf)''''' was the [[rector]] of St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church Redfern, NSW, and Patriarchal Exarch to Australia, arriving [[April 6]], 1957 Under his guidance the [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand|Antiochian Orthodox Church in Australia]] was active in the Australian Council of Churches. <br />
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He was described as 'very popular with young people because [with him] they understood what was happening. Most of all he would take them out on trips, such as to Luna Park. When he came to visit, families felt proud of themselves because he parked his big American car outside. He would sit with all the children in the kitchen.' (''St George Cathedral and its People'', 2004, p. 40)<br />
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Having left for Damascus on [[February 12]], 1961, Archim. Anthony reposed en route at Cairo in April 1961.<br />
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Rev. Fr. '''''Stephen Godley''''' was a priest of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]]. He was a [[deacon]] by 1982[http://www.antiochian.org.nz/spotlight/spot80-83.html], and was ordained to the priesthood. In 1987, he was listed as being the parish priest of St Mary's in Mays Hill during their move from Granville to Merrylands[http://www.antiochianarch.org.au/HistoryofAntiochianOrthodoxyinAustralasia.aspx]. In 1996, he authored ''The Eastern Orthodox in Australia'', which was published by the Australian Government Publishing Service. By 2000, he had retired from active service in the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese. In 2010, he liturgised at the briefly-established Nowra mission of the Antiochian Archdiocese. He had a long career on ABC Radio[http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2015/01/23/4167229.htm], and presented at the 1995 [[St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|SAGOTC]] Retreat[http://www.greekorthodox.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/VoO_Aug_1995.pdf].<br />
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Rev. Fr. '''''John Shehadie''''', born 1908, was the second son of Rev. [[Exarch]] [[Nicholas Shehadie]] to be ordained priest. Part of Bp. [[Gibran (Ramlawey) of Australia and New Zealand|Gibran]]'s plans when he came to Australia included the building of a new church in the western suburbs of Sydney, and so, St. Nicholas Church was built in Punchbowl, a suburb once referred to as 'little Lebanon' (in the same way as Redfern was once referred to as 'little Syria'). Fr. John served here from 1973 until his retirement in 1987. Among the Arabic-speaking community, he was usually known as 'Fr. Hanna' (being the abbreviation of his originally-Arabic name)<br />
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V. Rev. Fr. '''''Nicolas Mansour''''' was the Exarch of the Church of Antioch for Australia and New Zealand, and was the Rector of St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, and then Dean of St. George Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral, 1962-2005.<br />
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*Rt. Rev. Archim. '''[[Nabil (Kachab)]]''', vicar-general of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand, 2005-present.<br />
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*V. Rev. Protopresbyter '''[[Mitko Machevski]]''', parish priest of St Nicholas Church, Bankstown, 1997-present.<br />
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{{succession|<br />
before=[[Michael Shehadie]]|<br />
title=V. Rev. Malatius Hussney<br>Exarch of Australia (in Sydney), ([[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand|Church of Antioch]])|<br />
years=1953-1956|<br />
after=Anthony Woolf}}<br />
{{succession|<br />
before=Malatius Hussney, Sr|<br />
title=Archim. Anthony (Woolf)<br>Exarch of Australia (in Sydney), (Church of Antioch)|<br />
years=1957-1961|<br />
after=[[Nicolas Mansour]]}}<br />
{{succession|<br />
before=Sydney: [[Anthony (Woolf)]] <br> Melbourne: [[George Haydar]]|<br />
title=V. Rev. Fr Nicolas Mansour<br>Patriarchal Exarch of Australia and New Zealand<br>(Church of Antioch)|<br />
years=1962-1969|<br />
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title=V. Rev. Fr Nicolas Mansour<br>Vicar General, [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand|Antiochian Orthodox]]<br>Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand|<br />
years=1969-2006|<br />
after=[[Nabil (Kachab)]]}}<br />
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==Melbourne==<br />
*Rt. Rev. Fr. '''[[Antonious (Mobayed)]]''', was representative of the Church of Antioch to the [[Church of Russia]], 1914-1929, and the founding priest of St. Nicholas Church, East Melbourne, 1931-1943.<br />
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V. Rev. Fr. '''''George Haydar''''' was a priest who served in Melbourne, Australia, between 1948 and 1962, and also as Exarch of the Church of Antioch from his arrival until the arrival of Fr Malatius Hussney in Sydney.<br />
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title=V. Rev. Fr. George Haydar<br>Exarch of Australia, ([[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand|Church of Antioch]])|<br />
years=1948-1953|<br />
after=[[Malatius (Essam) Hussney|Malatius Hussney]] (Senior)}}<br />
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Rev. Fr. '''''Malatius (Essam) Hussney''''' was born Essam Hussney, son of Rev. Exarch Malatius Hussney; he was ordained after his father's repose and given the name 'Malatius' in honour of his father. He served at St. Nicholas Church, East Melbourne, between 1968-77, and then served parishes in the USA.<br />
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==New Zealand==<br />
Rev. Hmk. '''''Nicholas (Manovitch)''''' was the founding priest of St Michael Orthodox Church, Dunedin. He appears to have received ordination from a [[bishop]] in Canada that was outside the Orthodox Church, then went to New Zealand where he encouraged the Orthodox Syrians to found St Michael's, pastoring it between 1913-16, and went to Australia where he had close ties to the Bolshevik group in Brisbane. He was arrested for extortion, demanding outrageous amounts of money for [[baptism]]s and weddings, and disappeared from the religious scene when Fr. [[Paul Korchinsky]] came to Australia, at the request of the Russian Imperial Consul-General. He died in 1925 and is buried in Queensland.<br />
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''Source'': V. Rev. Fr. [[Michael Protopopov]], ''[http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp87.09042006/02whole.pdf The Russian Orthodox Presence in Australia]'', p24-35.<br />
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*V. Rev. Fr. '''[[Jack Witbrock]]''' is the Dean of New Zealand, 2003-present, and the first New Zealander ordained to the priesthood, serving St. Michael's Orthodox Church, Dunedin, 1971-87 and Ss. Simon and Jude, Ashley, from 1987 until his repose.<br />
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*V. Rev. Fr. '''[[Ilyan Eades]]''' was an archpriest in the Deanery of New Zealand and served at St. Michael's Orthodox Church, Dunedin, from 1987 until his repose.<br />
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*V. Rev. Fr. '''[[Ian Nield]]''' is rector of the Antiochian Orthodox missionary parish in Wellington, 2003-present, and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Archdiocese, 2000-present. Fr Ian was ordained to the priesthood in January 2003 (the seventh Antiochian priest to be ordained for New Zealand), deemed worthy of the privilege of being a Confessor and granted the [[epigonation]] in May 2006. He was elevated to Archpriest in May 2009.<br />
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Rev. Fr. '''''Michael Elder''''' is rector of the domestic [[chapel]] in Diamond Harbour, New Zealand[http://www.antiochian.org.nz/parishes/Dhb/chapel_frame.htm]. Born in the 1920s, he was ordained to the diaconate in the 1990s. At the first New Zealand [[clergy]] conference for the Deanery of New Zealand in January 2003, he was ordained to the priesthood, and in 2004 he was awarded the [[epigonation]] by Met. Abp. Paul, making him a Confessor[http://www.antiochian.org.nz/spotlight/spot04b.html]. He has also written an article, entitled ''[http://www.antiochian.org.nz/brite/ Byzantine Rite Worship in the Holy Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Church]''.<br />
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==Related articles==<br />
*[[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]]<br />
*[[Gibran (Rimlawi) of Australia and New Zealand]]<br />
*[[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand]]<br />
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[[Category:Orthodoxy in Australia]]<br />
[[Category:Orthodoxy in New Zealand]]<br />
[[Category:Priests]]</div>
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Myron (Ktistakis) of New Zealand
2018-06-06T06:39:17Z
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<div>{{orthodoxyinnewzealand}}<br />
His Eminence '''Myron (Ktistakis)''' is the [[Metropolitan]]-elect of the [[Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand]].<br />
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==Biographical Timeline==<br />
* 1969: Born.<br />
* Graduated from the Agricultural University of Athens.<br />
* Completed Postgraduate studies at the Mediterranean Agnonomic Institue in Chania.<br />
* Tonsured a monk at the Monastery of Agarathos, in Crete.<br />
* Elevated to [[archimandrite]].<br />
* Graduated from the Theological School of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens.<br />
* Graduated from the Medical School of the University of Crete.<br />
* 2002: Present in New Zealand as an envoy for the enthronement of Metropolitan Joseph.<br />
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Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand
2018-06-06T06:31:01Z
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<div>{{diocese|<br />
name=Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand|<br />
jurisdiction=[[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]]|<br />
type=Metropolis|<br />
founded=1970|<br />
bishop=Met. [[Amphilochios (Tsoukos) of New Zealand|Amphilochios]]|<br />
see=Wellington|<br />
hq=Wellington, New Zealand|<br />
territory=New Zealand|<br />
language=Greek, English|<br />
music=[[Byzantine Chant]]|<br />
calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]]|<br />
population=~9,588 (2001 Census, all Orthodox included)|<br />
website=[http://www.imnz.org.nz Greek Metropolis]<br />
}}<br />
The '''Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand''', headquartered in Wellington, is an [[eparchy]] of the [[Church of Constantinople]]. Fr [[Myron (Ktistakis) of New Zealand|Myron Ktistakis)]] has been elected as [[Metropolitan]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
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: ''For more detailed history before 1970, See [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]]''.<br />
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Before 1908 New Zealand, along with the rest of the Greek 'diaspora,' was under the omophorion of the [[Church of Jerusalem]]; but, in 1908, jurisdiction over New Zealand was transferred to the newly-recognised [[Church of Greece]]. In 1924, the parishes of Australia and New Zealand - by now Greek in character as well as in name - were formed into a metropolis under the [[Church of Constantinople]]. In 1959, the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Australia and New Zealand was elevated to Archdiocese, and Metropolitan [[Ezekiel (Tsoukalas) of Pisidia|Ezekiel]] elevated to Archbishop with it. In 1970, due to the growing size and needs of the Archdiocese, Australia and New Zealand were split into the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]] under Archbishop Ezekiel, and the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand under the newly-elevated Metropolitan [[Dionysios (Psiahas) of Proussa|Dionysios]].<br />
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In 2003, Dionysios was promoted to the Metropolis of Proussa, promoting [[Joseph (Harkiolakis) of New Zealand|Joseph]] to be the second metropolitan of New Zealand. In 2004, the decision was made to separate the exarchate of Korea from New Zealand and to make it a metropolis of its own, leaving Metropolitan Joseph the sole hierarch in the Metropolis of New Zealand. In August 2005, Metropolitan Joseph resigned from his see, and has left New Zealand to reside in Greece. In October 2005, [[Amphilochios (Tsoukos) of New Zealand|Amphilochios]] was promoted to Metropolitan of New Zealand.<br />
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== Organisation ==<br />
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The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand is a single metropolis with seven churches. The central church, the Archdiocesan Church of St Andrew the First-called, Miramar, is the headquarters of the Metropolis.<br />
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== The Episcopacy ==<br />
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===Current Episcopacy===<br />
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* Metropolitan-elect [[Myron (Ktistakis) of New Zealand|Myron]] of New Zealand, 2018-present.<br />
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=== Previous Bishops of the Metropolis ===<br />
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* [[Dionysios (Psiahas) of Proussa|Dionysios (Psiahas)]], Metropolitan of New Zealand, 1970-2003; Exarch of India, Korea and Japan, 1970-1996; Exarch of Korea and Japan, 1996-2003.<br />
* [[Sotirios (Trambas) of Korea|Sotirios (Trambas)]] of Zela (auxiliary bishop in [[Orthodox Metropolis of Korea|Korea]]), 1993-2004.<br />
* Metropolitan [[Joseph (Harkiolakis) of New Zealand|Joseph (Harkiolakis)]] of New Zealand, 2003-2005.<br />
* Metropolitan [[Amphilochios (Tsoukos) of New Zealand|Amphilochios]] of New Zealand, Oct 2005-May 2018.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[List of parishes in the North Island (NZ)]]<br />
* [[List of parishes in the South Island (NZ)]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [http://www.imnz.org.nz Official Website of the Metropolis]<br />
* [http://www.patriarchate.org/ Official Website of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople]<br />
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[[Category:Jurisdictions]]<br />
[[Category:Orthodoxy in New Zealand]]<br />
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Orthodoxy in Australasia
2018-06-06T06:23:42Z
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<div>{{orthodoxyinaustralasia}}From the first [[Divine Liturgy]] celebrated at Kirribilli Point (Sydney) in 1820, New Zealand's first [[priest]] in 1910, Australia's first Exarch in 1913, and Australia and New Zealand's first [[bishop]] in 1924, right to the present day, '''Orthodoxy in Australasia''' has a short history that is extremely undocumented and, therefore, largely unseen.<br />
<br />
Previously, this article was a clearinghouse of information and links regarding the history and state of [[Orthodox Christianity]] in Australia and New Zealand; however, this article is now focused on Orthodoxy and any things that affect both Australia and New Zealand, and on any information on Orthodoxy in Oceania.<br />
<br />
==Sub-series==<br />
*[[Orthodoxy in Australia]]<br />
*[[Orthodoxy in New Zealand]]<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
*[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]] - The forerunner to the present Greek Orthodox structures in [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia|Australia]] and [[Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand|New Zealand]].<br />
*[[History of Antiochian Orthodoxy in Australasia]]<br />
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==Jurisdictions==<br />
===With Local Bishop===<br />
*[[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]]<br />
*[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]]<br />
*[[Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand]]<br />
*[[Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand]]<br />
*[[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] - [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]<br />
*[[Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Australian and New Zealand]]<br />
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===Without Local Bishop===<br />
*[[Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia|Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|Australia]]. There is one parish in [http://www.pageone.net.au/%7Erilski/index.htm Sydney], one in [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=26 Melbourne] and one in [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=27 Adelaide].<br />
*[[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia]]; with one parish each in Sydney and Melbourne.<br />
*[[Orthodox Church in America]] - [[Parishes in Australia (OCA)|Parishes in Australia]]; with one parish in Sydney.<br />
*[[Church of Poland|Polish Orthodox Church]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia]] - began at [[Timeline of Orthodoxy in Australia|1971 schism]] in ROCOR.<br />
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===Oriental Orthodox jurisdictions===<br />
{{oriental}}<br />
*[[Church of India|Indian Orthodox Church]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia]]; with one [[parish]] each in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland.<br />
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===With an irregular status===<br />
*[[Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]: As part of the [[Macedonian Orthodox Church]], this is not in full communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches, and is headed by His Grace Petar, Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand.<br />
*[[Autocephalic Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia]]: Formed out of a schism with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia with the Greek Orthodox Community of South Australia (GOCSA). This entity is not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. The parishes affiliated with the 'Greek Orthodox Communities of South Australia' (GOCSA) are in this church.<br />
*[[Holy Orthodox Metropolis of Australia & Oceania (Serapheimite)]]: Originally parishes who went into schism from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia. This entity currently contains the 6 Australian parishes (and 2 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) who are under the omophorion of Abp Serapheim of Athens (assisted by auxiliary Metropolitan Christodoulos of Neon Patron). This entity is not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches.<br />
*[[Holy Synod in Resistance]] - [[Diocese of Sydney and New South Wales (Cyprianite)|Diocese of Sydney and New South Wales]]: This entity, under Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili, is not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. Previously headed by His Eminence [[Chrysostomos (Alemangos) of Sydney|Chrysostomos]], Bishop of Sydney and New South Wales & Exarch of Australia, the current locum tenens is Bp Ambrose of Methone, and consists of four parishes and one monastery. This diocese is not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches.<br />
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==People==<br />
===Current Hierarchs===<br />
*His Eminence [[Basilios (Kodseie) of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines|Basilios]], Metropolitan of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines (Antiochian Orthodox).<br />
*His Eminence [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney|Hilarion]], Metropolitan of New York and First Hierarch of ROCOR, and Archbishop of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR).<br />
**His Grace [[George (Schaefer) of Canberra|George]], vicar bishop to Metropolitan Hilarion in Australia and New Zealand.<br />
*His Grace [[Mihail (Filimon) of Australia and New Zealand|Mihail]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Romanian Orthodox).<br />
*His Eminence [[Myron (Ktistakis) of New Zealand|Myron]], Metropolitan of New Zealand (Greek Orthodox).<br />
*His Grace [[Siluan (Mrakic) of Australia and New Zealand|Irinej]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Serbian Orthodox).<br />
*His Eminence [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia|Stylianos]], Archbishop of Australia (Greek Orthodox).<br />
**His Grace [[Ezekiel of Dervis]], [[auxiliary bishop]] to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in Victoria|Melbourne]].<br />
**His Grace [[Seraphim (Ginis) of Apollonias]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in New South Wales|Sydney]].<br />
**His Grace [[Nikandros (Palyvos) of Dorileou]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in South Australia|Adelaide]] and for [[List of parishes in Western Australia|Perth]].<br />
**His Grace [[Iakovos (Tsigounis) of Militoupolis]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in Victoria|Melbourne]].<br />
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==Organizations and Institutions==<br />
===Pan-Jurisdictional===<br />
*[[Episcopal Assembly of Oceania]]<br />
*[[Eastern Hierarchs]]<br />
*[[Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Churches in Australia]]<br />
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==Lists==<br />
*[[List_of_Western-Rite_parishes_in_Australasia|Parishes in Australasia celebrating the Western Rite]]<br />
*[[List of bishops in Australasia|Complete list of bishops in Australasia]], past and present (includes auxiliary bishops).<br />
{{Parishes of Australasia and Oceania}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.antiochian.org.au Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]<br />
**[http://www.antiochian.org.nz Deanery of New Zealand]<br />
*[http://www.bulgariandiocese.org Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia]<br />
*[http://home.it.com.au/~jgrapsas/pages/main.htm Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]<br />
**[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~goawa/index.html Fifth Archdiocesan District of Western Australia]<br />
*[http://www.imnz.org.nz Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand]<br />
*[http://www.oca.org/CAdioceseAU.asp?SID=8 Orthodox Church in America - Parishes in Australia]<br />
*[http://www.crez.org Romanian Churches in Australia] (unofficial site)<br />
*[http://www.rocor.org.au Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]<br />
*[http://www.soc.org.au Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand] (in Serbian)<br />
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[[Category:Featured Articles]]<br />
[[Category:Jurisdictions]]<br />
[[Category:Orthodoxy in Australia]]<br />
[[Category:Orthodoxy in New Zealand]]<br />
[[Category:Australian Monasteries]]<br />
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[[ro:Ortodoxia în Australasia]]</div>
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https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Orthodoxy_in_Australasia&diff=125373
Orthodoxy in Australasia
2018-06-06T06:23:11Z
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<div>{{orthodoxyinaustralasia}}From the first [[Divine Liturgy]] celebrated at Kirribilli Point (Sydney) in 1820, New Zealand's first [[priest]] in 1910, Australia's first Exarch in 1913, and Australia and New Zealand's first [[bishop]] in 1924, right to the present day, '''Orthodoxy in Australasia''' has a short history that is extremely undocumented and, therefore, largely unseen.<br />
<br />
Previously, this article was a clearinghouse of information and links regarding the history and state of [[Orthodox Christianity]] in Australia and New Zealand; however, this article is now focused on Orthodoxy and any things that affect both Australia and New Zealand, and on any information on Orthodoxy in Oceania.<br />
<br />
==Sub-series==<br />
*[[Orthodoxy in Australia]]<br />
*[[Orthodoxy in New Zealand]]<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
*[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]] - The forerunner to the present Greek Orthodox structures in [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia|Australia]] and [[Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand|New Zealand]].<br />
*[[History of Antiochian Orthodoxy in Australasia]]<br />
<br />
==Jurisdictions==<br />
===With Local Bishop===<br />
*[[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]]<br />
*[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]]<br />
*[[Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand]]<br />
*[[Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand]]<br />
*[[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] - [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]<br />
*[[Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Australian and New Zealand]]<br />
<br />
===Without Local Bishop===<br />
*[[Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia|Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|Australia]]. There is one parish in [http://www.pageone.net.au/%7Erilski/index.htm Sydney], one in [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=26 Melbourne] and one in [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=27 Adelaide].<br />
*[[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia]]; with one parish each in Sydney and Melbourne.<br />
*[[Orthodox Church in America]] - [[Parishes in Australia (OCA)|Parishes in Australia]]; with one parish in Sydney.<br />
*[[Church of Poland|Polish Orthodox Church]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia]] - began at [[Timeline of Orthodoxy in Australia|1971 schism]] in ROCOR.<br />
<br />
===Oriental Orthodox jurisdictions===<br />
{{oriental}}<br />
*[[Church of India|Indian Orthodox Church]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia]]; with one [[parish]] each in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland.<br />
<br />
===With an irregular status===<br />
*[[Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]: As part of the [[Macedonian Orthodox Church]], this is not in full communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches, and is headed by His Grace Petar, Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand.<br />
*[[Autocephalic Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia]]: Formed out of a schism with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia with the Greek Orthodox Community of South Australia (GOCSA). This entity is not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. The parishes affiliated with the 'Greek Orthodox Communities of South Australia' (GOCSA) are in this church.<br />
*[[Holy Orthodox Metropolis of Australia & Oceania (Serapheimite)]]: Originally parishes who went into schism from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia. This entity currently contains the 6 Australian parishes (and 2 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) who are under the omophorion of Abp Serapheim of Athens (assisted by auxiliary Metropolitan Christodoulos of Neon Patron). This entity is not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches.<br />
*[[Holy Synod in Resistance]] - [[Diocese of Sydney and New South Wales (Cyprianite)|Diocese of Sydney and New South Wales]]: This entity, under Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili, is not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. Previously headed by His Eminence [[Chrysostomos (Alemangos) of Sydney|Chrysostomos]], Bishop of Sydney and New South Wales & Exarch of Australia, the current locum tenens is Bp Ambrose of Methone, and consists of four parishes and one monastery. This diocese is not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches.<br />
<br />
==People==<br />
===Current Hierarchs===<br />
*His Eminence [[Basilios (Kodseie) of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines|Basilios]], Metropolitan of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines (Antiochian Orthodox).<br />
*His Eminence [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney|Hilarion]], Metropolitan of New York and First Hierarch of ROCOR, and Archbishop of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR).<br />
**His Grace [[George (Schaefer) of Canberra|George]], appointed to be vicar bishop to Metropolitan Hilarion in Australia and New Zealand.<br />
*His Grace [[Mihail (Filimon) of Australia and New Zealand|Mihail]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Romanian Orthodox).<br />
*His Eminence [[Myron (Ktistakis) of New Zealand|Myron]], Metropolitan of New Zealand (Greek Orthodox).<br />
*His Grace [[Siluan (Mrakic) of Australia and New Zealand|Irinej]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Serbian Orthodox).<br />
*His Eminence [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia|Stylianos]], Archbishop of Australia (Greek Orthodox).<br />
**His Grace [[Ezekiel of Dervis]], [[auxiliary bishop]] to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in Victoria|Melbourne]].<br />
**His Grace [[Seraphim (Ginis) of Apollonias]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in New South Wales|Sydney]].<br />
**His Grace [[Nikandros (Palyvos) of Dorileou]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in South Australia|Adelaide]] and for [[List of parishes in Western Australia|Perth]].<br />
**His Grace [[Iakovos (Tsigounis) of Militoupolis]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in Victoria|Melbourne]].<br />
<br />
==Organizations and Institutions==<br />
===Pan-Jurisdictional===<br />
*[[Episcopal Assembly of Oceania]]<br />
*[[Eastern Hierarchs]]<br />
*[[Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Churches in Australia]]<br />
<br />
==Lists==<br />
*[[List_of_Western-Rite_parishes_in_Australasia|Parishes in Australasia celebrating the Western Rite]]<br />
*[[List of bishops in Australasia|Complete list of bishops in Australasia]], past and present (includes auxiliary bishops).<br />
{{Parishes of Australasia and Oceania}}<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.antiochian.org.au Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]<br />
**[http://www.antiochian.org.nz Deanery of New Zealand]<br />
*[http://www.bulgariandiocese.org Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia]<br />
*[http://home.it.com.au/~jgrapsas/pages/main.htm Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]<br />
**[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~goawa/index.html Fifth Archdiocesan District of Western Australia]<br />
*[http://www.imnz.org.nz Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand]<br />
*[http://www.oca.org/CAdioceseAU.asp?SID=8 Orthodox Church in America - Parishes in Australia]<br />
*[http://www.crez.org Romanian Churches in Australia] (unofficial site)<br />
*[http://www.rocor.org.au Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]<br />
*[http://www.soc.org.au Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand] (in Serbian)<br />
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https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Antiochian_Orthodox_Archdiocese_of_Australia,_New_Zealand_and_the_Philippines&diff=125358
Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines
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<div>{{diocese|<br />
name=Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand|<br />
jurisdiction=[[Church of Antioch|Antioch]]|<br />
type=[[Archdiocese]]|<br />
founded=1969|<br />
bishop=Metr. [[Basilios (Kodseie) of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines]]|<br />
see=Sydney|<br />
hq=Sydney, New South Wales, Australia|<br />
territory=Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines|<br />
language=Arabic, English, Filipino (others as needed)|<br />
music=[[Byzantine Chant|Byzantine]], ''et al''|<br />
calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]] (normatively)|<br />
population=43,500 to 123,000|<br />
website=[http://www.antiochianarch.org.au Antiochian Archdiocese]<br />
}}<br />
The '''Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines''', with headquarters in Sydney, is an [[archdiocese]] of the [[Church of Antioch]]. Since 2017, the Archdiocese has been led by Metropolitan [[Basilios (Kodseie)]].<br />
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==History==<br />
:''Expanded in: [[History of Antiochian Orthodoxy in Australasia]]''<br />
The first wave of Syrian (now Lebanese) immigration was in the 1880-1890s, where work was found in hawking and peddling goods in the country areas of the eastern states of Australia. The first places of worship were in Sydney and Melbourne, with a Greek speaking priest who also spoke Arabic and, sometimes, Russian. The Antiochian Orthodox faithful took part in the construction of both Holy Trinity, Sydney, and Holy Annunciation, Melbourne.<br />
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Due to the problems concerning the election of an Arab Patriarch of Antioch in 1899 and the decision of the [[Church of Constantinople]] to appropriate jurisdiction of parishes in the diaspora to the [[Church of Greece]] with the sole use of Ecclesiastical Greek, these churches were effectively closed off from the Arab Orthodox, aside from the sacraments. However, these faithful would not be denied Orthodoxy in their language and culture, and founded three Antiochian Orthodox churches in Australasia: St George, Sydney (founded by Fr [[Nicholas Shehadie]], exarch); St Nicholas, Melbourne (founded by Archim. [[Antonious (Mobayed)|Antonious]]); and St Michael, Dunedin (founded by Hmk [[Nicholas (Manovitch)|Nicholas]]. These churches, founded in the 1920s and 1930s, continued to be the only Antiochian Orthodox parishes in Australasia through the period of the Exarchate.<br />
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In 1969, the Church of Antioch sent Archimandrite Gibran (Ramlawey) to Australia as Patriarchal Exarch to find the best way to solve problems caused by two priests having to serve every Antiochian Orthodox in Australia. On his recommendations, the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand was created, and Archimandrite Gibran was elected as [[Patriarchal Vicar]]. Two parishes were created very soon after his arrival - St Nicholas, Punchbowl, NSW was created as a result of Bp [[Gibran (Ramlawey) of Australia and New Zealand|Gibran]]'s directive, and St George, Thornbury, Vic. was created as a result of tensions caused by differing waves of immigrants.<br />
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The late 1980s saw some growth in parishes. In 1985, a parish was created in Mays Hill, NSW; 1989 saw the first parish committee for a church in Brisbane, Qld. The mid-1990s saw the first instance of growth by group conversion as a result of the Anglican Church of Australia's decision to ordain females, which gave the Diocese four parishes, a monastery and five priests, mostly parish priests who were assigned to pastor the flock that they had guided into Orthodoxy.<br />
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In 1999, Bp Gibran reposed. The Holy Synod of Antioch, having raised Australia and New Zealand to an Archdiocese, consecrated Archim. Paul (Saliba), the Antiochian Orthodox parish priest of St. George Church in Washington DC, as the Metropolitan Archbishop of the new Archdiocese. His tenure has seen a rapid growth of parishes, clergy and the use of English in the Divine Liturgy of Antiochian Orthodox parishes.<br />
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From ten parishes at his enthronement in late 1999, the total at the end of eight years of Met. Abp Paul's tenure, at the close of 2007, stands at approximately 34 parishes or missions and 1 monastery, including three English-language parishes in Sydney, Melbourne and the Gold Coast, served by 42 clergymen, including two university [[chaplain]]s in Melbourne and the first Orthodox military chaplain in Australia.<br />
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In 2008, a "historic moment in the history of...the Archdiocese" occurred, with the Archdiocese accepting two denominations in the Philippines, including over 30 religious leaders and 32 churches with ~6000 adherents, forming two vicariates in the Philippines (based in Davao and Manila, one for each former denomination). This event was especially marked by a change in the name of the Archdiocese to include 'Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines', with Met. Abp Paul as primate [http://www.antiochianarch.org.au/NewsItem.aspx?i=38]. Soon after, the Davao Vicariate would leave the Antiochian Archdiocese for [[ROCOR]] (as [[Western Rite]] parishes) before leaving the Church altogether.<br />
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In July 2017, Metr. Paul reposed. Archimandrite Basilios (Kodseie) was appointed as Patriarchal Vicar[http://www.antiochianarch.org.au/NewsItem.aspx?i=776] before being elected Metropolitan of the Archdiocese on 4 October[http://antiochian.org/axios-axios-holy-synod-antioch-elects-two-new-metropolitans], being subsequently consecrated and enthroned.<br />
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==Organisation==<br />
The Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese is a single archdiocese spanning a number of countries. The Archbishop resides in Australia, and there is a Deanery for New Zealand and a Vicariate in the Philippines. There are 25 [[parish]]es and missions across Australia, 8 parishes and missions in the Deanery of New Zealand and 32 parishes and missions in the Philippines; the Archdiocese estimates (2005) indicate ~37,490 active congregants in Australia and New Zealand, there are ~3,000 adherants in the Philippines. <br />
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The Archdiocese also had one female monastery of [[St. Anna Convent (Preston, Victoria)|St Anna]] in Victoria, co-founded the multi-jurisdictional [[Melbourne Institute of Orthodox Christian Studies]] and runs the [[St. Paul's Theological Course of Studies|St Paul's Theological Course of Studies]]. Many students of theology have been sponsored by the Archdiocese to study at Balamand University, at [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St Vladimir's Seminary]], USA, or through the St Stephen's Course of Studies in Orthodox Theology via the [[Antiochian House of Studies]].<br />
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The Antiochian Orthodox Diocese of Australasia (as it was then called) was a founding member of the [[Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Churches in Australia]], and the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines is now a part of the [[Episcopal Assembly of Oceania|Episcopal Assembly of Orthodox Bishops in Oceania]] that first met in 2010 in response to the Chambesy meeting.<br />
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==Administration==<br />
===Current===<br />
* His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan [[Basilios (Kodseie) of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines]]<br />
**Vicar-General of Archdiocese: Right Reverend [[Archimandrite]] [[Nabil (Kachab)]].<br />
**Dean of Australia: [[Archpriest]] [[George Nasr]].<br />
**[[Deanery of New Zealand (Antiochian)|Dean of New Zealand]]: [[Archpriest]] [[Ian Nield]].<br />
**Vicar of Manila: Archpriest Pascualito Monsato<br />
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===Bishops of Australia and New Zealand===<br />
* Bishop [[Gibran (Ramlawey) of Australia and New Zealand|Gibran (Ramlawey)]], Patriarchal Vicar of Australia and New Zealand, 1969-1999.<br />
* Metropolitan Archbishop [[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand|Paul (Saliba)]], 1999-2017.<br />
* Metropolitan [[Basilios (Kodseie) of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines|Basilios (Kodseie)]], 2017-present.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
*[[Orthodoxy in Australia]]<br />
*[[Orthodoxy in New Zealand]]<br />
*[[Orthodoxy in the Philippines]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.antiochian.org.au Official website of the Archdiocese]<br />
* [http://www.antiochian.org.nz Official website of the New Zealand Deanery]<br />
* [http://www.antiochpat.org Official website of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch]<br />
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Talk:Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines
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<div>==Parish Listing==<br />
I'm not entirely sure that a listing of parishes on this page is entirely appropriate. First, such a listing is already available on the antiochian.org.au (and antiochian.org.nz websites), and it seems unnecessary to have it here. Second, it doesn't seem to talk about the archdiocese, and seems big enough to have it's own article (perhaps at [[Antiochian parishes in Australasia]] or something similar) - one could not do a similar thing with the Greek archdiocese, nor (most likely) with the Serbian dioceses. Third, there is already a number of listings of parishes, albeit by state. Perhaps you'd be able to elucidate on what the parish listing contributes? cheers, --{{User:Pistevo/sig}} 02:25, February 7, 2006 (CST)<br />
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:His Eminence invited me to add it. I did. If you as editor don't want it, then I have no control over that. At least I can inform HE that I did as he asked, but was overruled. The other thing is, there is another jurisdiction which has an article on Orthodoxwiki discussing the Antiochian parishes in Australasia and severely understating the number. This listing gives the correct number and location in contravention to that erroneous listing. -- Chrisg 2006 Feb 07 19:50 EAST<br />
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::Not that I am officially an editor, but in this area especially, I would be inclined to follow the person who has official standing in the archdiocese (ie, in this case, your self), particularly under an archepiscopal request.<br />
::Another concern (although mild, and none of my business) was that it would, if anything, show how small the jurisdiction was: previously, the only jurisdictions that have parish listings on their page are bishopless jurisdictions.<br />
::Regarding the other jurisdiction, I'm not sure where you're referring to, but I would be happy for you to fix it (and since it was quite possibly my fault anyway...). However, something to keep in mind: the census 2001 figures are quite handy to have, if only as a comparison (since, for example, I'm quite certain that there are far more than 300,000 Greeks in Australia). -- {{User:Pistevo/sig}} 05:40, February 7, 2006 (CST)<br />
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==Statistics==<br />
Thanks for fixing up the internal link to the new archdiocesan name.<br />
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I don't remember precisely where the false figures were. I think it was in the history of Orthodoxy in Australia. I'll look again when I get some more time. <br />
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Thanx again<br />
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Chris<br />
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:I'm not sure, but you could have been referring to the statistics article - I tried to clear that one up, removing all confusion, but keeping all detail, hope it worked... -- {{User:Pistevo/sig}} 15:43, February 7, 2006 (CST)<br />
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==Sidebox==<br />
Regarding the sidebox - going through the parish listings, none of the churches use Belarus, Bulgarian, Greek (modern or Byzantine), Russian, Serbian or Ukrainian.<br />
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Also, what is the [[Eastern Hierarchs]] organisation alluded to in the article? Haven't heard of them. Are they a pseudo-SCCOCA group, or any eastern tradition (eg. Uniates and Oriental Orthodox)? Also, I tried to make the History sections link better; perhaps more can be fleshed out later. Thanks, {{User:Pistevo/sig}} 04:42, March 9, 2006 (CST)<br />
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Dear Pistevo<br />
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I'm sorry. I would like to change some parish listings but they cannot always reflect all that happens. <br />
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Part of the problem is that the priests using these languages do so when needed, and in differing parishes. Two priests speak Bulgarian, four priests speak Russian, two priests speak Serbian, three priests speak modern Greek and two of them and one other can serve in Church Greek. One priest speaks Belarus, and three priests speak Ukrainian. They all use these languages during different services at different places when pastoral situations indicate it is appropriate.<br />
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Plus some deacons and subdeacons serve in these languages as well. <br />
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Three clergy use Latin during some services. One uses Coptic on occasion. One priest uses Swahili when in Australia. Although we do not advertise these, they flow naturally when the spirituality of the congregation will be uplifted by their use. <br />
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Whether [[Eastern Hierarchs]] want a listing in OrthodoxWiki is a matter for them. At this stage they appear to want to work quietly and effectively, and without any fanfare. <br />
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For the clean-up of the history box and the other files, many thanks<br />
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chrisg 2006-03-10 0241 AEDT<br />
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==Article name==<br />
The article name may have one or two problems - firstly, this is the only place that has the 'and all Oceania' bit (ie it's not on the official webpage, nor on any of the parish sites that I frequent); secondly, I would have assumed that the final comma was an americanisation (commas before an 'and', as you no doubt are aware, are the standard in America but not the most of the commonwealth). --{{User:Pistevo/sig}} 10:24, May 7, 2006 (CDT)<br />
::The New South Wales Parliament has adopted as standard the comma before the separating 'and' in any string. We have adopted the NSW parliamentary standard. I don't know what the other members of the Commonwealth are doing. <br />
::My webtech seems to think it is more important for him to pass his university exams than to update the banner on the archdiocesan website. Until I can get the banner updated, the rest of the sites will not be updated. It took three years to get most of the parishes to drop the 'Christian' they insisted on putting in the archdiocesan title. They wanted to follow the North American example. The 'and All Oceania' bit should not take that long. Hopefully....<br />
::Thanks for the work you are putting into the OrthodoxWiki Australia and New Zealand project<br />
::chrisg 2006-05-08 : 0215 EAST<br />
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==History==<br />
IMHO, the history section is getting rather large. I would think that a brief summary, headed by a link to a seperate article, would be best. Thoughts? &mdash; ''[[User:Pistevo|Pι]]''[[Special:Listusers/sysop|s]]'''[[User talk:Pistevo|τ]]'''[[Special:Contributions/Pistevo|é]]''[[User:Pistevo|vο]]'', at 07:46, May 24, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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:Sounds like a good plan to me. —[[User:Magda|<b>magda</b>]] ([[User_talk:Magda|talk]]) 08:23, May 24, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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::done chrisg 2006-05-25-0016 EAST<br />
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:::Hm. I thought the intention was an internal link to a separate OrthodoxWiki article... With, you know, a brief summary in this article? —[[User:Magda|<b>magda</b>]] ([[User_talk:Magda|talk]]) 10:23, May 24, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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:::: I've created a separate article with the text from the main article: [[History of Antiochian Orthodoxy in Australasia]]. All that's in the main article now is a link, but perhaps one of our Australasian experts could write a summary. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 16:05, May 24, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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==Washington==<br />
If you could list the names of the Antiochian Orthodox parishes in Washington DC, that would be much appreciated thanks. chrisg 2006-06-06-2323 EAST<br />
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: St. George and St. Gregory are in DC proper, while Ss. Peter & Paul is in Potomac, MD, and Holy Cross is in Linthicum, MD.<br />
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: In any event, though, assuming this is in reference to my recent reversion, the wording of the edit did not specify Antiochian parishes only, but simply used the phrase "the parish priest of Washington, D.C." There are in fact seven Orthodox parishes in DC proper, and another two dozen or so in the DC metropolitan area. The wording as it was made it seem that Metr. Paul was the only parish priest in the whole area. If a reference to the particular parish (presumably St. George Antiochian) were given, this confusion would be avoided. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 08:59, June 6, 2006 (CDT)<br />
How come St Gregory is not listed on the North American website? (Antiochian). chrisg 2006-06-07-0023 EAST<br />
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: I don't know. I found it via the [http://www.orthodoxyinamerica.org/ orthodoxyinamerica.org site]. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 09:32, June 6, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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The then Archimandrite Paul Saliba says he was an Antiochian Orthodox priest. He says he was THE parish priest of Washington DC. Because he was an Antiochian Orthodox priest, he assumes Orthodox people would also assume he was referring to his own jurisdiction. <br />
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Metropolitan Philip (Antiochian Orthodox, North America), appointed him as THE parish priest of Washington DC. <br />
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If you like, you could say he was the Antiochian Orthodox parish priest of Washington DC. He says there was no other Antiochian Orthodox parish priest of Washington DC. He was THE parish priest of Washington DC (within his own jurisdiction). <br />
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The State of Maryland is a separate state outside the District of Columbia. I am instructed to say the capital city of Washington is in the District of Columbia, not in Maryland. <br />
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A matter for you as editor, of course. chrisg 2006-06-07-0959 EAST<br />
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: It is true that Maryland is outside DC proper, but metropolitan Washington, DC, extends into multiple states, including Maryland (and thus includes parishes in Metr. Philip's diocese, even if those states may individually belong to other Antiochian dioceses). In any event, I'm not sure why this needs to be made an issue, just that it should be made clear in the article that he wasn't the only Orthodox parish priest in the city (which is what the change from "a" to "the" seems to imply). (OrthodoxWiki articles do not usually assume only one jurisdiction in areas where multiple ones exist.) Anyhow, I've changed the wording to try to be more specific. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 20:14, June 6, 2006 (CDT)<br />
::Not professing to know terribly much about Orthodoxy in the USA, I don't want to intrude terribly much; but, the terminology of being the parish priest of a particular area seems...strange, at least to me. Priests, to me, are priests ''of'' a church that is ''in'' a location. That being said, I don't want to edit to reflect this as it may not reflect either Antiochian practise or universal English usage. &mdash; edited by [[User:Pistevo|<font color="red">Pι</font>]][[Special:Listusers/sysop|s]][[User talk:Pistevo|<font color="yellow">τ</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Pistevo|é]][[User:Pistevo|<font color="blue">vο</font>]] at 21:47, June 6, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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::: It is not customary for Orthodox priests here to be referred to as "of [place]," but rather as you say, "of" a church that is "in" a place. I'm honestly somewhat baffled here. :/ &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 07:57, June 7, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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::::That being the case, this could be just a question of standard English usage, and as such, 'in' must override 'of'. (That also avoids irritating - but leading to no less than the same conclusion - questions of church hierarchy and the place of bishops and their priests) &mdash; edited by [[User:Pistevo|<font color="red">Pι</font>]][[Special:Listusers/sysop|s]][[User talk:Pistevo|<font color="yellow">τ</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Pistevo|é]][[User:Pistevo|<font color="blue">vο</font>]] at 17:48, June 7, 2006 (CDT)<br />
==More on Status, Title, and Territory==<br />
The question of status, title, and territory has been clarified. Please delete the reference to "and All Oceania" from the title for this article. Thanks<br />
[[User:Chrisg|Chrisg]] 18:48, March 27, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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: Fixed! I'm curious as to what occurred in this regard. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> 04:23, March 28, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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Indeed! A lot of people are curious. Item 4 at http://www.antiochian.net/content/view/602/6/ is somewhat pertinent, as is http://www.orthodox.org.ph/ . More to follow in the next few weeks. Thanks for the fix. [[User:Chrisg|Chrisg]] 06:03, March 28, 2007 (PDT)</div>
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Talk:Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines
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