Cyril

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Cyril

• Saint Cyril of AlexandriaJanuary 18Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444, defender of the title Theotokos at the Third Ecumenical Council.
• Saint Cyril of JerusalemMarch 18Bishop of Jerusalem after 350, author of the Catechetical Lectures for those preparing for Baptism.
• Equal-to-the-Apostles CyrilFebruary 14Byzantine missionary from Thessalonica who devised the Glagolitic alphabet with his brother Methodius, died in Rome in 869.
• Saint Cyril LucarisJune 27Cyril I of Constantinople (Cyril Lucaris or Kyrillos Loukaris (Greek: Κύριλλος Λούκαρις; 13 November 1572 – 27 June 1638) was a Greek prelate and theologian, and a native of Heraklion, Crete (then under the Republic of Venice).
• Saint Cyril of TurovApril 28Bishop of Turov and church writer of Kievan Rus, author of sermons and prayers.
• Hieromartyr Cyril VI of ConstantinopleApril 18Ecumenical Patriarch from 1813 to 1818, put to death by the Ottomans at Adrianople in 1821.
• Venerable Cyril of BeloozeroJune 9Disciple of Sergius of Radonezh and founder in 1397 of Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery; died in 1427.
• Venerable Cyril of NovoezerskFebruary 4Russian hieromonk, founder of the Kirillo-Novoezersk monastery, born in 1481 and died in 1532.
• Confessor Cyril VasilyevMarch 19Bishop of Malaya Vishera, vicar of Novgorod, schema-bishop with the name Macarius, who died in 1944 at Pskov-Pechory.
• Venerable Cyril of ChelmogorskDecember 8One of the first hermit monks to come to the Onega region, tonsured in Novgorod, who died in 1368.
• Saint Cyril II of KievMetropolitan of Kiev from 1242 until his death in 1281, under Mongol rule.
• Saint Cyril II of RostovMay 23Bishop of Rostov and Yaroslavl from 1230 to 1262, formerly an abbot in Vladimir, who took refuge at Beloozero during the Mongol invasion.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Cyril?

The name day of Cyril is January 18, the feast of Saint Cyril of Alexandria. It is also kept on March 18, February 14, June 27, April 28, April 18, June 9, February 4, March 19.

II.Which saints bore the name Cyril?

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

III.Is Cyril a good baptismal name?

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