Anatoly

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Anatoly

• Venerable Anatoly of OptinaJanuary 25Priest and elder of Optina, 1824 to 1894, glorified in 2000 among the fourteen Optina venerable fathers.
• Venerable Anatoly of OptinaJuly 30Hieroschemamonk of Optina, born at Moscow into a merchant family, who died in 1922.
• Hieromartyr Anatoly PravdolyubovDecember 10Priest of the Kasimov district, born in 1862, who died a martyr at Ryazan in 1937; three of his sons are saints too.
• Hieromartyr Anatoly HrysiukJanuary 10Metropolitan of Odesa and Kherson, born at Kovel in 1880, who died a martyr in the Komi Republic in 1938; glorified in 2000.
• Saint Anatoly KamenskyJuly 29Archbishop of Irkutsk, a deacon's son and member of the Fourth State Duma, who died in 1925 in Omsk.
• AIHieromartyr Anatoly IvanovskyOctober 17Priest orphaned at the age of three, who died a martyr in 1918 at Urzhum; since 2008 in the Synaxis of the New Martyrs.
• ABMartyr Anatoly BarashkovSeptember 2A Russian believer who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• ABHieromartyr Anatoly BerzhitskyNovember 6A Russian priest who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• ABVenerable Martyr Anatoly BotvinnikovOctober 31A Russian monk put to death for his faith in Christ in 1937, during the communist persecution.
• ALHieromartyr Anatoly LevitskyOctober 21A Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1937, during the communist persecution.
• ARMartyr Anatoly RozhdestvenskyFebruary 6A Russian believer who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• ASVenerable Martyr Anatoly SmirnovJuly 29A Russian monk who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Anatoly?

The name day of Anatoly is January 25, the feast of Venerable Anatoly of Optina. It is also kept on July 30, December 10, January 10, July 29, October 17, September 2, November 6, October 31.

II.Which saints bore the name Anatoly?

The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Anatoly, with their lives and icons.

III.Is Anatoly a good baptismal name?

Yes. Anatoly is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Anatoly of Optina as patron.