Arsenia

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Arsenia

• Venerable Arsenia SebryakovaJuly 21Abbess and icon painter of the Transfiguration convent at Ust-Medveditsa; 1833 to 1905.
• ADVenerable Martyr Arsenia DobronravovaJanuary 10Abbess born Anna Dobronravova in 1879, martyred in 1939 in the Ivanovo region.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Arsenia?

The name day of Arsenia is July 21, the feast of Venerable Arsenia Sebryakova. It is also kept on January 10.

II.Which saints bore the name Arsenia?

The Sinaxarion archive holds 2 saints named Arsenia, with their lives and icons.

III.Is Arsenia a good baptismal name?

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