A baptismal name for a girl· A rare, distinctive name
Athanasia
7 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Athanasia
Venerable Athanasia of AeginaApril 12Byzantine abbess born on the island of Aegina around 790, who reposed in 860 at Timia.- Martyr AthanasiaJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian woman, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Saint AthanasiaMarch 2A holy woman commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr Athanasia of AncyraNovember 6A virgin of Ancyra, martyred for her faith in Christ in 303.
- Martyr Athanasia of CanopusJanuary 31A martyr of Canopus in Egypt, put to death for her faith in Christ.
- Venerable Martyr Athanasia LepeshkinaApril 29A Russian nun put to death for her faith during the communist persecution.
- Venerable Athanasia of TabennisiOctober 9A venerable ascetic of Tabennisi in Egypt.
Questions
The name day of Athanasia is April 12, the feast of Venerable Athanasia of Aegina. It is also kept on June 11, March 2, November 6, January 31, April 29, October 9.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 7 saints named Athanasia, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Athanasia is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Athanasia of Aegina as patron.