A baptismal name for a boy
Ananias
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Ananias
Apostle Ananias of DamascusOctober 1Disciple in Damascus who baptized Saul after his vision on the road to Damascus.- Venerable Ananias of NovgorodJune 17Icon painter of the Antoniev Monastery in Novgorod who, according to tradition, never left the monastery walls in 33 years; he died in 1581.
- Hieromartyr Ananias of LakedaimoniaApril 15Metropolitan of Lacedaemonia, born at Dimitsana, who was martyred in April 1764 before the Orlov revolt.
- Martyr AnaniasDecember 17One of the three youths cast into the fiery furnace of Babylon and kept safe by the angel of the Lord.
- Hieromartyr Ananias AristovNovember 2A Russian priest who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
- Martyr Ananias BoykovNovember 16A Russian believer put to death for his faith in Christ in 1929, during the communist persecution.
Hieromartyr Ananias of PhoeniciaJanuary 26A cleric of the Church of Phoenicia who died a martyr for his faith in Christ.- Martyr Ananias of PersiaDecember 1A martyr of Persia, put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Hieromartyr Ananias of SeleuciaApril 17A cleric of the Church of Seleucia who died a martyr for his faith in Christ.
- Venerable Ananias the IconographerJune 21Venerable monk known as an iconographer.
- Venerable Ananias of CreteApril 22
- Venerable Ananias of St Anne's SketeAn Athonite elder of St Anne Skete, who reposed in 1977; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Ananias is October 1, the feast of Apostle Ananias of Damascus. It is also kept on June 17, April 15, December 17, November 2, November 16, January 26, December 1, April 17.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Ananias, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Ananias is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Apostle Ananias of Damascus as patron.