A baptismal name for a boy
Cyrus
4 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Cyrus
Unmercenary Cyrus of AlexandriaJanuary 31Physician of Alexandria who healed the sick without payment, martyred around the year 311.- Martyr CyrusJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Venerable CyrusJune 9A monastic saint commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr Cyrus Zhang FuchengJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
Questions
The name day of Cyrus is January 31, the feast of Unmercenary Cyrus of Alexandria. It is also kept on June 11, June 9.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 4 saints named Cyrus, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Cyrus is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Unmercenary Cyrus of Alexandria as patron.