A baptismal name for a boy
Boris
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Boris
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Passion-Bearer Boris of RostovMay 2Son of Prince Vladimir, prince of Rostov, killed in 1015 and canonized together with his brother Gleb.
Hieromartyr Boris of NevrokopMetropolitan of Nevrokop of the Bulgarian Church, born in 1888, who died in 1948 in the village of Kolarovo..jpg)
Hieromartyr Boris VoskoboynikovBishop of Ivanovo, who died a martyr on 6 December 1937 at Lisya Balka in Kazakhstan.- Martyr Boris OrnatskyMay 31Artillery captain and veteran of the First World War, shot in October 1918 in Petrograd.
- Hieromartyr Boris NazarovFebruary 4Archpriest born in Moscow in 1884, executed at the Butovo firing range in 1938.
- Right-Believing Boris of TurovJune 23A right-believing prince of Turov, honored as a saint in the Russian Church.
- Hieromartyr Boris BogolepovSeptember 18A Russian priest who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
- Martyr Boris DernovFebruary 14A Russian believer who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
- Hieromartyr Boris IvanovskyNovember 27A Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1937, during the communist persecution.
- Martyr Boris KozlovNovember 22A Russian believer who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
- Hieromartyr Boris SemenovNovember 10A Russian priest who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
- Martyr Boris UspenskyDecember 2A Russian believer who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
Questions
The name day of Boris is May 2, the feast of Passion-Bearer Boris of Rostov. It is also kept on May 31, February 4, June 23, September 18, February 14, November 27, November 22, November 10.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Boris, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Boris is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Passion-Bearer Boris of Rostov as patron.