List of Orthodox names for boys according to the church calendar

Saints are the source of male names endowed with special energy. Every mother wants a happy and easy life for her baby, so she carefully chooses a name for the newborn, turning to the church calendar for help. It is believed that a boy whose angel day (name day) coincides with his birth date will be a lucky and successful person who will always be protected by the saint after whom he was named.

Today, male names Roman, Artem, Vladimir, Maxim, Alexander and Alexey are the most popular. Often parents give their son an Orthodox name, which means victory: Victor, Nikita, Nikolai. Beautiful and rare male versions: Plato, Theodosius, Prokofiy, Varlaam, Benjamin, Vissarion, Hilarion. Original Russian male names: Vladislav, Mstislav, Yaroslav, Svyatoslav, Vyacheslav, Vsevolod, Boris, Stanislav, Rostislav.

How to name your son according to the calendar?

The child's name must be consistent with his patronymic and surname. The choice depends on the baby’s date of birth, as well as the preferences of the child’s mother and current trends.

Naming according to Christian canons occurs on the eighth day after the birth of the baby, but parents can be guided by the nearest dates if they do not like the names indicated on these numbers. You can name the boy after the heavenly patron who is most revered by the mother and father of the child.

The baptism of a newborn usually occurs on the fortieth day after birth, so the boy is given the name of the saint who is revered according to church canons on this day.

Parents should not only know the characteristics of the name they decided to name their son, but also carefully study the life history of the saint in whose honor they named the boy. The child will be connected by invisible ties with his heavenly patron and will be able to turn to him when the soul is especially hard and faith in God weakens. The saint will help a man in any situation and send down blessings and vital energy for further achievements.

Priests strongly do not recommend naming a child in honor of their relatives, whose death was tragic, since the boy will have a difficult life and he may repeat their fate. It is also not recommended to choose the names of the great martyrs, so as not to doom your son to a life full of suffering and deprivation.

Alphabetical list of names of the Orthodox month book, or calendar

Male names Avvakum - July 19, December 15. Augustine - June 28. Avdiy - September 18, December 2. Abel - on Sunday two weeks before the Nativity of Christ. Averky - June 8, October 4. Abraham - October 22 and Sunday 2 weeks before the Nativity of Christ. Autonomous - September 25. Agathon - March 5, 15, September 10. Haggai - December 29. Adam - January 27 and Sunday two weeks before the Nativity of Christ. Adrian - February 16, March 18, April 30, June 6, September 8, December 2. Alexander - February 7, March 22, 26, 28, 29, April 23, May 26, 29, June 2, 22, 23, July 6, 16, 22, 23, August 14, 23, 24, 25, September 12, October 11, November 4, 22, December 6. Alexy - February 25, March 30, May 7, June 2, July 6, October 11, 18, December 6. Alim - August 14. Ambrose - October 23, December 20. Anatoly - May 6, July 16, September 10, December 3. Andrey - April 28, May 31, June 5, 25, July 13, 17, September 1, October 4, 6, 15, 23, 30, November 9, December 13, 15. Andronik - January 17, May 14, June 26, August 12, October 22, 25. Antipas - April 24. Anthony - January 21, 30, February 25, March 14, April 27, July 7, 19, 23, August 16, 22, September 15, October 11, 30, December 20. Apollo - June 18. Ardalion - April 27. Aristarchus - January 17, April 28, October 10. Arkady - February 8, March 19, July 6, August 27, December 26. Arseny - February 1, March 15, May 21, June 25, July 6, the first Sunday after July 12, July 25, September 6, 12, November 10, December 26. Artemy - July 6, November 2. Arkhip - January 17, February 24, September 19, December 5. Afanasy - January 17, 31, March 21, 22, May 15, June 19, July 3, August 28, September 4, 10, 18, October 11, November 6, 8, December 1, 15. Afnnogen - July 29. African - March 17, April 23, November 10. Bogdan - March 4, 15, May 12, 31, June 20, July 17 (Theodotus), September 15, 28, November 20. Boris - May 15, July 6, August 6. Vadim - April 22. Valentine - May 7, July 19, August 12. Valerian - February 3, June 14, September 26, December 5. Valery - March 22, November 20. Varlaam - on the first Friday of Peter's Lent, July 2, October 11, November 19, December 2. Bartholomew - May 5, June 24, August 13, September 7. Vasily - January 14, February 12, March 13, 17, 20, April 4, 5, 8, 25, May 9, 12, 13, June 5, 21, 23, July 6, 16, 19, 28, 15, 24 August, October 11, December 11. Venedict - May 27. Benjamin - January 27, April 13, September 10, October 27 and a week before the Nativity of Christ. Vincent - November 24. Victor - February 13, March 23, April 2, 28, May 1, September 29, November 24. Vissarion - June 19. Vitaly - February 7, May 5, 11. Vladimir - June 4, July 6, 28, October 17. Vladislav - October 7. Vlasiy - February 7, 24. Boniface - January 1. Vsevolod - February 27, May 5, July 6, December 10. Vyacheslav - March 17, October 11. Gabriel - January 28, February 4, 24, April 8, May 3, 5, June 19, July 25, 27, September 12, November 21. Galaktion - July 5, October 7, November 18. Gennady - February 5, 22, June 5, September 13. Georgy - January 21, February 4,17, March 6, April 17, 20, May 2, 6, 27, 29, June 8,27, July 6,10, August 31, September 6, November 17, 23, December 9 . Gerasim - February 6, 11, March 17. Herman - February 8, May 25, July 6, August 12, September 15, 24. Gleb - May 15, July 3, August 6, September 18. Gregory - January 3, 18, 21, 23, February 7, 12, March 17, 25, May 3, June 28, August 21, September 10, 12, October 11, 13, November 18, 27, 3, 6,12 December. Gury - July 3, August 14, October 17, November 28, December 18. David - February 8, March 18, April 25, May 15, 20, 31, June 5, July 8, 9, August 6, September 18, 19, October 2, 15 Daniel - January 12, February 28, March 17, 20 April, June 5, July 6, 23, September 12, October 4, December 24, 30. Dimitri - February 24, May 28, June 5, 16, August 22, September 24, October 4, November 8, 10. Dorofey - January 12, June 19, September 19, 29, November 20. Evgeniy - February 3, 25, March 20, April 2, November 30, December 25. Evlampius - March 18, July 15, October 23. Evmeniy - September 21. Eusebius - January 23, February 27, May 7, 11, July 25, October 5. Eustathius - January 17, March 6, April 11, 27, questionnaire 10, 11, September 12, October 3, December 3. Euthymius - January 10, 12, 23, March 24, April 14, May 26, July 6, September 10, 15. Elisha - June 19, 27, November 5. Emilian - January 21, March 20, July 31, August 21,31. Epiphanius - May 25, November 20. Erasmus - March 9, May 17, 23, October 11. Erast - January 17, November 23. Ermogen - March 2, May 25, September 14, October 18, December 23. Ermolai - August 8. Ephraim - February 10, March 20, June 21, 28, September 12, October 9, 11. Zechariah - February 21, April 6, September 10, 18, December 18. Zinovy ​​- November 12. Zinon - January 12, March 16, April 23, 25, May 1, 11, July 5, September 16, 17, 30. Zosima - January 17, April 12,17,30, June 21, July 6, August 21, October 1,11, November 20. Jacob - January 17, 26, March 17, April 3, 23, 24, 28, May 18, June 13, August 22, September 12, October 22, November 14, December 10. Ignatius - January 4, February 11, May 13, 14, June 5, September 10, October 10. Igor - June 18, October 2. Jeremiah - January 27, May 1, 14, October 18. Jerome - June 28. Hierotheus - October 17. Elijah - January 3, 21, 27, May 1, July 6, August 2, September 26, 30, October 11. Hilarion - April 10, June 19, August 31, September 10, November 3, 20, December 2. Innocent - February 21, April 1, 13, July 19, October 6, December 9. John - 4,13, 20, 28 January, 4,6, 8,9,12, 13,19 February, 6, 7, 13, 22 March, 2, 9, 11, 12, 24, 27 April, 1, May 12,20,21, June 1,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,15,23,25,26, 2,6,7, 9, I, 16,17, July 25, 1 ,3,12, 17, 22, 31 August, 10, 11, 15, 16, 20, 27 September, 6,10, 11, 15, 16, 18 October, 1, 4, 10, 14, 15, 16, November 25, December 3, 11, 15, 16, 17, 20, 23. Job - April 18, May 19, July 2, 6, August 18, September 10, November 10. Jonah - February 11, April 10, 13, 9, 18, 19, 25, June 28, July 6, October 5, November 18. Joseph - January 23, February 8, April 17, May 20, 24, September 10, 19, 22, 28, 29, October 4, 31, November 16, December 3. Ipatiy - January 27, April 13, June 20, July 1, October 4, December 3. Hippolytus - February 12, August 26. Irakli - March 22, May 31, November 4. Irenaeus - April 9, August 26, September 5. Isaac - January 27, February 10, April 25, May 31, September 29. Isaiah - January 27, March 1, May 22, 28, June 5, October 11. Juvenal - July 15. Julian - January 21, February 11, 19, March 1, 29, June 16, July 5, 16, August 10, 22, September 17, 25, October 20, 31. Julius - January 17, July 27, November 12. Kallisgrat - October 10. Kapiton - March 20, August 25. Carp - January 17, June 8, July 6, October 26. Kirill - January 31, February 17, 27, March 22, 31, April 3, 11, May 1, 17, 24, June 22, July 7, 22, September 19, November 20, December 21. Clement - January 17, May 5, September 23. Konstantin - January 3, March 18, 19, June 3, 10, 12, 18, July 19, August 1, 17, October 2, 15, November 4, 23. Kronid - April 5, September 27. Xenophon - February 9, July 11. Laurel - August 31. Lavrenty - February 2, 11, March 29. Lazarus - October 3 and Saturday Lazarev, March 21, July 30, November 20. Leo - March 1st, 3rd. Leonid - March 23, April 29, June 18, July 30, August 21. Leonty - February 4, March 22, May 7, 27, July 1, August 14, 22, September 26, October 30. Longnn - February 23, May 7, July 7, 16, September 10, October 29, November 20. Luke - January 17, February 11, 20, May 5, August 12, September 20, October 31, November 19, December 24. Macarius - January 12, 23, 27, February 1, 18, March 30, April 14, May 2, 13, 14, June 8, 19, August 7, 31, September 10, 19, 20, October 5, 11, 6 December. Maxim - January 29, February 3, 19, March 2, April 23, May 11, 13, July 6, August 12, 24, 26, September 18, 28, October 22, November 10, 24, December 5. Maximilian - August 17, November 4. Mark - January 29, February 3, 19, March 2, April 23, May 6, 8, 27, August 13, 26, September 18, 28, October 22, November 10, 24, December 5. Markel - January 11, February 22, March 14, June 20, August 14, 27, November 28. Martin - April 27, June 19, July 10, October 25. Matthew - July 13, October 11, 18, November 29. Methodius - April 19, May 24, June 17, 27, July 3. Miron - August 21. Mitrofan - June 17, July 6, August 20, December 6. Mikhail - January 24, February 27, March 27, May 15, 20, June 3, 15, 19, July 6, 12, 25, September 19, October 5, November 21, 30, December 5, 31. Micah - January 18, May 19, August 27. Modest - May 19, June 28, December 31. Moses - January 27, February 7, August 9, 11, September 17, October 11. Nazariy - October 27. Naum - August 9, December 14. Nectary - October 11, December 12. Nestor - March 12, 13, September 10, October 11, November 9, 10. Nikanor - January 10, 17, August 10. Nikita - February 13, April 2, 15, May 13, 17, 27, June 5, 6, July 6, September 22, October 26. Nikifor - February 13, March 23, 26, May 2, November 26. Nicodemus - May 24, July 14, August 15, September 12, October 11, November 13. Nikolay - January 6, February 16, 17, March 13, 22, May 22, August 9, December 19. Nikon - April 5, July 6, first Sunday after July 12, October 11, November 20, 30, December 24. Nile - May 20, July 9, September 20, November 25, December 20. Nifont - January 5, April 21, October 11. Oleg - October 3. Onisim - January 17, February 28, May 23, July 27, August 3, October 11, 17. Onufriy - June 25, July 21, October 11. Orestes - November 23, December 26. Pavel - January 5, 23, 27, 28, March 1, 15, 20, 23, May 31, June 16, July 12, 29, August 30, September 10, 12, 23, October 17, 28, November 19. Pankratiy - February 22, July 22, September 10. Panteleimon - August 9. Paramon - December 12. Parthenius - February 20, July 6. Paphnutius - February 28, May 1, 14, September 10, October 8. Pachomius - the first Saturday after Epiphany, May 28, July 6. Peter - 3, 10, 15, 16, 21, 29 January, 4, 8, 12, 14 February, 6 April, 17, 31 May, 5, 12 June, 12, ,13, 14 July, 21 August, 6, September 16, 23, 26, October 5, 6, 18, 21, December 8. Pimen - May 21, August 20, September 9, 10, October 11. Plato - April 18, December 1. Polycarp - March 7, April 15, August 6, October 11. Porfiry - February 23, March 1, September 28, November 22, December 7. Potapiy - December 21. Prov - January 1, October 25. Proclus - January 27, July 25, December 3. Procopius - July 21, December 5. Prokhor - January 17, 28, February 23, July 6, August 10, October 11. Rodion - January 17, November 23. Roman - February 11, 16, May 15, June 5, August 1, 6, 23, October 14, December 1, 10. Rostislav - March 27. Savva - January 25, 27, February 1, 21, April 28, May 7, June 27, July 6, August 9, 12, September 9, 10, October 11, 14, December 16, 18. Samuel - March 1, September 2. Svyatoslav - July 6. Sebastian - March 10, April 9, June 5, December 31. Seraphim - January 15, August 1. Sergius - January 27, April 2, June 1, July 6, 11, 18, September 24, October 8, 11, 20. Sylvester - January 15, May 8, June 5, October 11. Simeon - January 17, February 1, 16, 26, March 25, April 18, 30, May 10, 31, June 6, 19, August 3, September 14, 25, December 31. Spiridon - September 12, October 11, November 13, December 25. Stefan - January 9, 17, 27, February 26, April 6, 11, 9, 10,20, May 30, June 6,25, July 26,27, August 1,6,15, September 28, October 17, 10 , 12, 24 November, 11, 15,22, 23,28, 30 December. Terenty - March 26, April 23, July 4, November 10. Timofey - January 1, 17, February 4, 6, March 4, May 16, June 2, 23, September 1. Tikhon - April 7, June 29, August 26, October 9. Tryphon - February 14, May 2, October 21, December 28. Trofim - January 17, April 28, March 29, 31, August 5, October 2. Thaddeus - January 11, 17, May 20, July 13, September 3. Felix - February 7th. Fedor - January 9, February 1, 8, 21, 27, 1, 12, 18, March 3, April 23, May 4, 5, May 29, 3, 5, 6, 18, 21, June 28, 6, 17, July 22, 25, August 24, September 10, 17, 18, 25, October 3, November 19, 24, December 6, 9, 11, 16. Feofan - January 23, March 25, June 23, September 22, October 11, 12, 24. Philemon - January 17, March 2, May 12, December 5, 27. Philip - January 17, 22, February 7, March 5, July 13, 16, August 30, October 18, 24, November 27. Thomas - April 3, May 7, July 13, 20, October 19. Khariton - June 14, September 22, October 11. Christopher - May 2, 22, September 12. Yaropolk - December 5.

List of male Orthodox names in alphabetical order

In the Orthodox naming book there are more than 1000 different options, among which you can find many harmonious and modern ones. The calendar is constantly updated and supplemented with the names of the holy new martyrs who were recently canonized by the church, so the lists may vary slightly in different editions.

Most often in the church calendar there are male Orthodox names of the following origin:

• Slavic;
• Greek;
• biblical (Jewish);
• Scandinavian;
• Latin;
• Egyptian.

A complete list of options with meanings is presented alphabetically in the tables below.

Letters A-E:

Letters Z-M:

Letters N-Y:

Name for a boy. All Orthodox male names

Aaron Abo Avvakum Augustine Avda Avdelai Avdies Avdijesus Avdiy Avdikiy Avdifax Avdon Avel Avenir Averky Aviv Avid Avim Avxentius Avxivius Avkt Abraham Abraham Avramy Avriky Avtonom Avudim Avundius Avciy Agav Agavva Agapius Agapion Agapitus Agarnase Agafangel Agathodorus Agathon Agathonik Agathopod Agathopus us Haggai Aglaius Agn Agricolaus Agrippa Agrippinus Adavkt Adam Adelphius Adelphius Adrian Aetius Aza Azadan Azaria Azat Aifal Akakiy Akepsius Akepsim Aquila Akindin Akution Alvian Alexander Alexandrion Alexius Alim Alypius Alcibiades Allma Aloniy Alpsidius Alpheus Alphius Amandine Ambrosius Ammia Ammon Ammonius Ammun Amonite Amos Amplius Amun Amphian Amphilous Amphilochius Anacletus Ananias Anastasius Anastaso Anatol th Angelius Angelis Angelar Angius Andrei Andromachus Androna Andronicus Anectus Anempodist Anicetas Anin Antigon Antilin Antiochus Antipas Antipater Antony Antoninus Antony Anuvius Anf Anfim Anfion Anfir Anfon Apam Apelles Apellius Apollinaris Apollo Apollonius 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Evilasius Evcarpius Eucleus Eucrates Eulalius Evlampius Evlogy Evmenius Evn Evnikian Evnoik Evod Evpl Evpor Evprepiy Evprobus Evpsyche Evsebius Evseviot Evsevon Evsi rotting Eustathius Eustochius Evstratius Evsuzius Evskhim Evschimon Evtykh Evtychian Evtykhios Eutropius Euthymius Euphrasius Euphrosinus Eglon Edesius Hezekiah Ekdiky Ekdit Exakustodian Eleazar Eleusippus Eleutherius Elezboi Helen Elyma Elisabeth Elisha Elladius Ellius Elpidios Elpidiphoros Emilian Epagathus Epaphras Epaphroditus Epenetus Epiktetus Epimachus Epiphanius Eppolonius Erasmus Erasmus E rm Erma Ermey Ermiy Ermil Erminingeld Ermippus Ermogen Ermocrates Ermolai Eros Esper Etimasiy Epherius Ephib Ephraim Zebulon Zacchaeus Zanitha Zechariah Zevin Zenon Zina Zinovius Zenon Zoilus Zorzis Zosima Zotikos Iador Iakinthos Jaquishol Jacob Iamblichus Ianikitus Iannuarius Ianuarius Jasim Iason Ivistion Ivchirion Igafrax Ignatius Igor Yehudiel Ezekiel Hierax Jeremiel Jeremiah Jeremiah Hieron Jerome And Erofey Jesse Izkrian 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The tradition of giving young children the name of a hero of the faith originated in the first centuries of our era. Some names were passed down from generation to generation, for example, Jacob, Abraham, Isaac. Some were included in the Saints only thanks to people elevated to the rank of saints. For example, the baptizer of Rus', Prince Vladimir, received the name Vasily during the baptismal ceremony, and Princess Olga accepted the faith as Elena. This second name was the connecting thread connecting the Christian and his intercessor (saint or martyr). For a long time, the general list of available names consisted of names from the Great Roman Empire - these were Romans, Greeks, Persians, Syrians and Jews who suffered for their faith in God.

At the time of the emergence of Christianity, five dioceses were formed:

• Antioch;
• Constantinople;
• Roman;
• Alexandria;
• Jerusalem.

Due to the different areas of existence, the first churchgoers were called by popular names. Later, synodics were created, where the names of deceased relatives and friends, bishops and patriarchs were entered.

The custom of naming after a saint was officially legalized only in the 6th century AD. Around the same time, the Saints were formed.

Orthodox names

In the Russian Orthodox Church they also rely on the Saints, but if the name is not in the collection, then they most often take something similar in sound. For example, the Christian name for a boy, Yang, is replaced by John.

The bulk of Orthodox names were Byzantine-Greek (Nicholas, Peter, Vasily). However, with the adoption of Christianity in Rus', the list was expanded - the Slavic Yaroslav, Svyatoslav, Mstislav, Rostislav, Vyacheslav and the Scandinavian Oleg were added. Also included are names of Latin origin Sergei, Pavel, Victor and Hebrew names Gabriel, Daniel.

For Orthodox Georgians, the Hebrew, Latin and Greek names Grigoli, Giorgi, Ioane, David, Mose are typical. They began to be used after their adoption in the 5th century AD. people of Christianity. Thanks to the annexation of Georgia and the cooperation of the churches of two formerly separate states in the 19th century, three dozen unusual names appeared in the Russian month, such as Aviv, Gobron, Shalva, Shio. In turn, Georgians began to name their children at baptism, focusing on the Saints. They also take into account all the local saints included in the special Christian calendar of boys’ names; examples include the names Ashot and Vakhtang.

Among the Greeks there are also many representatives of the Orthodox Church, but they have their own naming traditions. Thus, the first-born males are called like the paternal grandfather, and the second son in the family is called the maternal grandfather. If the same parents have 3 or more sons, then the name is assigned arbitrarily, but there is one unspoken rule - “do not name the children as the father.” Most of the names of the saints listed in special reference books by the Greeks are familiar to us - these are Luke, Athanasius, Gregory, the Russian version of “Dmitry” in Greek takes the form “Dimitri” with a soft vowel “d”.

Catholic names

From the moment of the emergence of Christianity until the 9th century, disagreements between adherents of the same faith were brewing, and in the 11th century the Eastern Catholic and Roman Catholic Churches were formed. From that time to the present day in Catholicism, along with the acceptance of the main features of Christian teaching, certain individual dogmas and traditions of the movement can be traced, including regarding naming.

The adherents of the Catholic Church are called similarly to the Orthodox - with the help of the Saints. Some Christian male names coincide with Orthodox ones, since before the schism everyone used common collections and calendars. The bulk of them were those mentioned in the Bible. Thanks to the invasion of Germanic tribes, after the organization of a separate branch of Christianity, Adolf, Siegfried and Bernard appeared in Catholic collections.

During the Crusades, passion for religion declines, most traditions and rituals cease to be observed, and saints are no longer so revered. However, in the Middle Ages, not without the help of Pope Gregory VII, the cult of martyrs and saints returned, interest in the religious component increased in Europe, and children began to be named according to special lists and calendars.

Protestant names

In the 16th century, Protestantism arose as an opposition to Catholicism, which was recognized as having departed from the original Christian dogmas. It was a real religious revolution, later called one of the stages of the Reformation under the leadership of Martin Luther.

The “newly minted” began to more actively use names from the Old Testament - Samuel (Samuel), Benjamin (Benjamin), Abraham (Abraham). Moreover, since Protestantism, the most inventive Protestants decided to completely eradicate all objectionable names - and they began to call children with English abstract concepts (one of the worthy examples in the female sex is Charity (Charity) - from the English charity - charity, mercy). But there were Puritans who were even more sophisticated - those who called their children with a compound name - Bleib treu - from German "be faithful" (to their religion) - today this combination has migrated to the surnames of Europeans, Tode die Sinde – from German “kill sin”).

Interestingly, it is not customary for Protestants to venerate saints and martyrs. Another shocking tradition for any Orthodox or Catholic can be the rite of baptism already at a conscious age. The Puritans do not encourage performing this ritual with children, since it is believed that they will still go to heaven. To carry out the ritual, the boy or girl must be of a conscious age and able to accept repentance.

Common Christian names

Common to all three traditions are the names Alexander (sometimes develops into the short “Alex”), Peter (Peter, Peter), Ivan (John - among the English, Ioannis - among the Greeks, Ioane - among the Georgians), Pavel. They can be seen in the Old and New Testaments, in particular, John, Paul and Peter are the names of 3 of the 4 apostles. The commonality is explained by the late development of Protestantism (XIV century) and Catholicism (XI century) into separate directions.

Conclusion

So, through the study of historical facts and theories, we discovered that the choice of a beautiful Christian name for a boy is done in different ways in all religious movements. Most often, parents do not pay attention to the origin of the name; it is important for them that the name is allowed within the framework of their confession.

Remember that even if you like a name, but it is not in the Saints, you can always give the child something consonant with or related to the date of birth, then the child will be protected throughout his earthly life (if you believe Orthodox and Catholic custom).

Which Saints have Orthodox church names?

In modern times, it is customary to categorize all Saints under one umbrella and simply say, “This is an Orthodox church name.” But the fact is that in fact all names are divided into categories depending on who they belonged to. Moreover, the Saints themselves were at one time divided into several categories. More precisely, as many as ten categories.

The division depends on the nature of the Christian deeds that were performed by the Saints. Traditionally, the church divides them into faces, or categories, in simple terms. That is, Orthodox church names, in accordance with this statement, are divided into names:

• Prophets - God's chosen ones to whom He revealed His will;
• The Apostles are the first disciples of Jesus Christ, and they all belong to the first twelve disciples, who became the Apostles;
• The Enlighteners and Equal-to-the-Apostles are, for the most part, Saints who, with their preaching, brought to Christ entire nations and states that had not previously believed in Christ and his deeds;
• Saints - among their small number are shepherds, fathers, and as such teachers of the Church, who were able to receive the grace of the Holy Spirit from the apostles;
• Martyrs, Great Martyrs, Confessors, and Passion-Bearers - for the most part, these are Saints who suffered martyrdom, or who experienced severe persecution specifically because of the Christian faith;
• Reverends - and these are mostly Holy people who sacrificed their own worldly goods, family and social relationships, statuses and more in the name of faith in God and Christianity;
• Bessrebrenikov - here we are already talking about the Saints who served sacrificially and unselfishly to everyone who needed help (the poor, the sick and the suffering);
• Blessed - Saints who received the gifts of miracles and prophecy, despite persecution, reproach and renunciation of their usual way of life;
• The righteous - those who pleased God and the Christian faith, but at the same time did not sacrifice either their way of life or other values;
• The faithful - this group includes rulers, kings, and princes.

In other words, among the Orthodox Church names there are many that belonged to Saints assigned to different ranks. But you should not think that certain faces have less or worse energy in comparison with other names. In this regard, Christian names are not divided.

For reference: not all saints, whose names were included in the church Orthodox name book, are described by history, and not all of their exploits were described in the scriptures. In the name book there are quite a lot of names of Saints who were included in the name book, but were not described, either in terms of deeds or in terms of face.

What are saints?

Saints - Orthodox church calendar. This is a liturgical index book displaying the annual cycle of church holidays and the days of remembrance of saints. It also contains calendar liturgical instructions and prayer chants in honor of God's saints. The Saints (female and male) are also called the Monthly Word.

Orthodox icon for the Sacrament of Baptism

Prototypes of the calendar appeared in early Christianity. Church communities kept their own chronicles, including the days of remembrance of saints (many of them were martyrs). Since the first monthly words were created exclusively for local use, their content varied significantly. In the Middle Ages, the calendar was gradually united for general church use.

At the end of the 10th century, Rus' adopted Christianity and borrowed church books, including Orthodox calendars, from Byzantium. Over time, they began to be supplemented with events and names of saints of our history. This is how the Russian month book was formed.