Athanasius

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Athanasius

• Saint Athanasius the GreatJanuary 18Defender of the Nicene faith and Patriarch of Alexandria, who was exiled several times.
• Venerable Athanasius the AthoniteJuly 5Byzantine monk, founder of the Great Lavra and of organized monastic life on Athos, who died around 1003.
• Saint Athanasius III of ConstantinopleMay 2Ecumenical Patriarch in 1634 and 1652, venerated as the wonderworker of Lubny, who died in 1654 at Mhar Monastery.
• Saint Athanasius I of ConstantinopleOctober 24Ecumenical Patriarch in 1289 to 1293 and 1303 to 1309, born in Adrianople, who died in 1310.
• Venerable Martyr Athanasius of Brest-LitovskSeptember 5Orthodox monk killed by Catholics in 1648 for his opposition to the Union of Brest.
• AISaint Athanasius II of ConstantinopleReckoned the last patriarch of Constantinople before the fall in 1453, attested only in the Hagia Sophia council acts.
• Venerable Athanasius the RecluseSeptember 28Monk and recluse in the Near Caves of Kiev, who died around the year 1176.
• Confessor Athanasius SakharovOctober 15Bishop of Kovrov, confessor and hymnographer, born in 1887 and died in 1962; canonized in 2000.
• Venerable Athanasius of VysotskSeptember 12Disciple of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, first abbot of the Vysotsky Monastery in Serpukhov and a copyist of books.
• Martyr Athanasius the MagicianApril 23Figure from the life of Saint George, honored as a martyr, who died in 303 under Diocletian.
• Saint Athanasius VolkhovskyJanuary 1Bishop of Mogilev and Polotsk, born at Poltava into an archpriest's family; honored as a local saint in the Ukrainian Church.
• AKNew Martyr Athanasius of KiosJuly 24A new martyr of Kios in Bithynia, put to death by the Ottomans in 1670.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Athanasius?

The name day of Athanasius is January 18, the feast of Saint Athanasius the Great. It is also kept on July 5, May 2, October 24, September 5, September 28, October 15, September 12, April 23.

II.Which saints bore the name Athanasius?

The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Athanasius, with their lives and icons.

III.Is Athanasius a good baptismal name?

Yes. Athanasius is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Athanasius the Great as patron.