A baptismal name for a boy
Barsanuphius
10 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Barsanuphius
Venerable Barsanuphius the GreatFebruary 6Hermit of Palestine near Gaza, spiritual guide of the monks, who died after 543.
Saint Barsanuphius of TverApril 11Bishop of Tver who died at Kazan in 1576, venerated as a wonderworker of Kazan.%2C_1917_%D0%B3.jpg)
Hieromartyr Barsanuphius LebedevSeptember 2Bishop of Kirillov, vicar of Novgorod, killed in 1918 near Kirillov.
Venerable Barsanuphius of TverMarch 2Abbot of the Presentation Monastery near Tver, appointed by its founder Savva; little is known of his life.- Venerable Martyr Barsanuphius MamchinMay 19Archimandrite born in 1875, who died in 1938 in Kharkiv; a local saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
- Confessor Barsanuphius YurchenkoOctober 4A confessor of Kherson, born in 1880 and reposed in 1954.
- Venerable Martyr Barsanuphius of UglichMonk of Uglich, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Venerable Martyr Barsanuphius of ZographouSeptember 22Monk of Zographou, Mount Athos, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Venerable Barsanuphius the Hermit of SihastriaA hermit and abbot at Sihăstria in the 17th-18th centuries; named in the Romanian Paterikon, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Barsanuphius ShcheglovskyA monastic saint commemorated in the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Questions
The name day of Barsanuphius is February 6, the feast of Venerable Barsanuphius the Great. It is also kept on April 11, September 2, March 2, May 19, October 4, September 22.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 10 saints named Barsanuphius, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Barsanuphius is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Barsanuphius the Great as patron.