A baptismal name for a boy
Antony
4 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Antony
Saint Antony II KauleasFebruary 12Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from August 893 until his death in 901.- Venerable AntonyJanuary 17A Western holy monk from the time of the undivided Church.
- Venerable Antony (Nozdrin) of BaltaAugust 9A monk of the St Theodosius Monastery at Balta; locally glorified (Eparchy of Balta, 2021).
- Venerable Antony the YoungerDecember 1A holy monastic of Constantinople, who reposed in 865.
Questions
The name day of Antony is February 12, the feast of Saint Antony II Kauleas. It is also kept on January 17, August 9, December 1.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 4 saints named Antony, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Antony is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Antony II Kauleas as patron.