A baptismal name for a boy
Arkady
4 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Arkady
Hieromartyr Arkady OstalskyDecember 16Bishop of Bezhetsk and vicar of the Kalinin diocese, executed on 29 December 1937 at the Butovo firing range.
Hieromartyr Arkady YershovOctober 21Son of a priest from Kungur, Archbishop of Sverdlovsk, who died a martyr in 1937 in the Kemerovo region.
Hieromartyr Arkady DobronravovApril 7Archpriest of the Russian Church, who died in imprisonment in 1933; canonized by the Holy Synod in 2007.- Venerable Arkady PanfilovA Russian hieroschemamonk, head of the Karoulia hermits in the late 19th century; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Arkady is December 16, the feast of Hieromartyr Arkady Ostalsky. It is also kept on October 21, April 7.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 4 saints named Arkady, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Arkady is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Hieromartyr Arkady Ostalsky as patron.