A baptismal name for a girl
Anastasia
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Anastasia
Passion-Bearer AnastasiaJuly 4Youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, killed with her family at Yekaterinburg in 1918.
Great Martyr Anastasia the Deliverer from PotionsDecember 22Great martyr of Sirmium, killed in 304, who aided Christians imprisoned for their faith.
Venerable Anastasia of KievJuly 4Grand Duchess of Russia, wife of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich the Elder, a nun in Kiev, who died in 1900.
Venerable Anastasia the PatricianMarch 10Lady-in-waiting to Empress Theodora, who withdrew because of the empress's jealousy and lived as a nun in Egypt.
Venerable Anastasia of SerbiaJune 21Wife of Stefan Nemanja, tonsured in 1196 as Anastasia; she died in 1200 and is venerated as a saint..jpg)
Venerable Martyr Anastasia the RomanOctober 30Orphaned at three and raised in a convent, known for her asceticism; put to death in the persecution of Decius.
New Martyr Anastasia HendrikovaLady-in-waiting to Tsarina Alexandra, arrested by the Bolsheviks and shot near Perm in 1918.- Saint Anastasia ȘagunaDecember 1Romanian Orthodox laywoman, born in 1785 and died in 1836 in Pest, mother of St Andrei Șaguna.
- Martyr Anastasia ShilovaApril 27A Russian woman who died a martyr for her faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
- Venerable Martyr Anastasia BobkovaMarch 23A Russian nun put to death for her faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
- Venerable Martyr Anastasia KamaevaJuly 28A Russian nun put to death for her faith in Christ in 1937, during the communist persecution.
- Saint Anastasia of LatrosMay 15A saint of Latros, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
Questions
The name day of Anastasia is July 4, the feast of Passion-Bearer Anastasia. It is also kept on December 22, March 10, June 21, October 30, December 1, April 27, March 23, July 28.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Anastasia, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Anastasia is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Passion-Bearer Anastasia as patron.