Baptismal names for children born on April 11
The saints remembered on the birthday and on the eighth day, when by tradition the name was given.
Boys' names from this day
AntipasHieromartyr Antipas of PergamumBarsanuphiusSaint Barsanuphius of TverPhilipSaint Philip of GortynJacobVenerable Jacob BryleevskyJohnSaint John of ThessalonicaStephenSaint Stephen I of NaplesGeorgeSaint GeorgeMartinianMartyr Martinian of RomeNestorSaint Nestor of NicomediaVeniaminVenerable Martyr Veniamin of Zheleznyi BorokGuriasSaint Gurias of KazanCharitonVenerable Chariton of SyanzhemaNicholasHieromartyr Nicholas GavarinIsaacVenerable Isaac of Spoleto
Girls' names from this day
From the eighth day, April 18
CyrilHieromartyr Cyril VI of ConstantinopleJohnSaint John of ThessalonicaCosmasConfessor Cosmas the ConfessorVissarionHieromartyr Vissarion SelininAbrahamVenerable Abraham of the High MountainAuxentiusVenerable Auxentius of ChalcedonBasilVenerable Basil RatishviliCaesariusMartyr Caesarius of NicomediaEleutheriusSaint Eleutherius of ParenzoElpidiusMartyr Elpidius of MeliteneEusebiusSaint EusebiusFelixHieromartyr Felix of LycaoniaSeverianMartyr Severian of NicomediaVictorMartyr Victor of NicomediaZenoMartyr Zeno of NicomediaSabbasMartyr Sabbas the GothAcaciusSaint Acacius of MeliteneApolloniusMartyr Apollonius the ApologistZosimasVenerable Zosimas of SolovkiEuthymiusVenerable Euthymius of KareliaTamaraVenerable Martyr Tamara Satsi
All the saints of April 11
Hieromartyr Antipas of PergamumBishop of Pergamum, mentioned in Revelation as a faithful witness, killed for his faith at the end of the first century.
Venerable Guthlac of CrowlandEnglish hermit of the seventh and eighth centuries, who spent his last years at Crowland in the Lincolnshire Fens.
Saint Barsanuphius of TverBishop of Tver who died at Kazan in 1576, venerated as a wonderworker of Kazan.- Saint Philip of GortynBishop of Gortyna in Crete, who died in 180, author of a lost treatise against the Gnostics.
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Venerable Jacob of Zheleznyi BorokSon of a boyar of Galich, a monk at the Zheleznoborovsk Monastery, who died in 1442.- Venerable John the ProphetHermit of Seridus Monastery near Gaza, called the Prophet, teacher of Saint Dorotheus of Gaza.
Saint John of ThessalonicaArchbishop of Thessalonica in the early decades of the 7th century, who died around 630.
Saint Calinic of CernicaAbbot of Cernica and bishop of Râmnic, born in 1787 and died in 1868; canonized in 1955.- Saint Stephen I of NaplesBishop of Naples in the late 5th and early 6th centuries, who died in 513.
- Saint Aedh of EcharadhA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Echaradh; very little is recorded.
- Venerable AgericusAbbot at the monastery of Saint Martin, reposed around 680.
- Venerable Martyr BacchusA venerable martyr of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Saint Dadhnan of Cill CungaAn Irish bishop honored at Cill Cunga, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
- Holy Hieromartyrs Domnio and CompanionsA group of martyrs remembered together in Western calendars; few details survive.
- Venerable FrossachA venerable saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
- Saint GeorgeFounder of the Monastery of Saint John Chrysostom in Cyprus, who reposed in 1091.
- Venerable GodebertaA virgin consecrated to God by Saint Eligius, abbess at Noyon, reposed around 700.
- Venerable Helias of MucnamhA venerable father honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Mucnamh; very little is recorded.
- Venerable Jacob BryleevskyA venerable father, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar; little is known of his life.
- Venerable MachaiA disciple of Saint Patrick, an Irish holy monk.
- Martyr Martinian of RomeMartyr of Rome, who suffered for Christ.
- Saint MatronaA holy woman of Cyzicus, commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Venerable MogueA holy monk of the early Church in Ireland.
- Saint Nestor of NicomediaA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 11 April; few details survive.
- Venerable Pharmuthius of EgyptA venerable anchorite of Egypt, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
- Martyr Processus of RomeChristian of Rome, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Saint SenanA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
- Saint Senoir son of MaeldaluaA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
- Saint SgeallanA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
- Venerable TryphaenaA holy woman of Cyzicus, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Venerable Martyr Veniamin of Zheleznyi BorokA monk-martyr of Zheleznyi Borok Monastery, Kostroma region; glorified locally.
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Saint Gurias of KazanFirst archbishop of Kazan and Sviyazhsk from 1555, born at Radonezh and died in 1563.
Venerable Chariton of SyanzhemaAbbot of the Savior-Euthymius Monastery at Syanzhema, closed in 1764; died in 1509.- Hieromartyr Nicholas GavarinRussian priest born in 1870, who died on 24 April 1938 in the Ukhtpechlag camps; glorified by the Russian Church.
- Venerable Isaac of SpoletoA Syrian monk who came to Italy and lived as an ascetic near Spoleto, dying around 552.
Questions
From the saints of the day: Antipas, Barsanuphius, Philip, Jacob, John, Stephen, George, Martinian, Nestor, Veniamin, Gurias, Chariton, Nicholas, Isaac. You may also choose a saint of the eighth day or any saint dear to the family.
From the women saints of the day: Matrona, Tryphaena. You may also choose one of the eighth day or any saint dear to the family.
No. Tradition links it to the birthday or the eighth day, but many parents choose a saint who has helped the family.
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