Andrei

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Andrei

• Venerable Andrei RublevJuly 4Russian monk, the greatest icon painter of medieval Rus, author of the icon of the Holy Trinity.
• Right-Believing Andrei BogolyubskyJuly 4Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal from 1157 to 1174, builder of churches, killed in a plot of boyars.
• Saint Andrei ȘagunaNovember 30Metropolitan of Transylvania, scholar and leader of the Romanians in the Habsburg monarchy; died in 1873.
• AZVenerable Andrei ZhekovA Russian hieroschemamonk of Rossikon; Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
• APVenerable Andrei PutilinA Russian schemamonk of St Andrew's Skete; Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
• APVenerable Andrei PoltavskiiA Russian hieroschemamonk of the Skete of Elijah; Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
• APNew Martyr Andrei PunsunAugust 20An Orthodox believer honored as a new martyr, who died in 1955.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Andrei?

The name day of Andrei is July 4, the feast of Venerable Andrei Rublev. It is also kept on November 30, August 20.

II.Which saints bore the name Andrei?

The Sinaxarion archive holds 7 saints named Andrei, with their lives and icons.

III.Is Andrei a good baptismal name?

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