A baptismal name for a boy
Barnabas
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Barnabas
Apostle BarnabasJune 11Cypriot Levite, companion of the Apostle Paul on his first missionary journey, founder of the Church of Cyprus.
Venerable Barnabas of GethsemaneFebruary 17Born into a serf family, hieromonk at Gethsemane Skete of the Trinity Lavra, who died in 1906.- Venerable BarnabasOctober 12A monk and hierarch commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Venerable BarnabasOctober 21A saint of Cyprus, commemorated in the synaxarion of the Church of Cyprus.
- Martyr BarnabasOctober 31A martyr of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Saint BarnabasMay 19A saint commemorated in the calendars of the Western saints.
- Venerable Barnabas of MelogorskAugust 18Venerable monk, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Martyr Barnabas Nadezhdin of BelogoryeAugust 12Monk martyred for the faith of Christ.
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Venerable Barnabas of VetlugaJune 11Venerable monk of Vetluga, venerated in the Orthodox calendar; died in 1445.- Saint Barnabas of DochiariouNovember 9Venerable Athonite monk of Docheiariou.
- Venerable Barnabas the WonderworkerJune 11A venerable wonderworker of Vasa in Limassol, Cyprus; venerated locally.
- Hieromartyr Barnabas SolonenkoMay 13A Ukrainian cleric, killed in 1937 during the Soviet persecution.
Questions
The name day of Barnabas is June 11, the feast of Apostle Barnabas. It is also kept on February 17, October 12, October 21, October 31, May 19, August 18, August 12, November 9.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Barnabas, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Barnabas is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Apostle Barnabas as patron.