Baptismal names for children born on August 28

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, September 4

All the saints of August 28

• Right-⁠Believing HezekiahKing of Judah, son of Ahaz, who restored the worship of God in Jerusalem.
• Venerable Moses the BlackEthiopian who was once a robber, then repented and became a monk and priest in the desert of Egypt.
• Martyr Hermes of RomeGreek by birth, he died a martyr in Rome around 120; a great basilica was built over his tomb.
• Martyr Julian of BrioudeLegendary martyr from Vienne who died around 304; his cult took root at Brioude in the Auvergne.
• Saint Vivianus of SaintesFirst known bishop of Saintes, who died around the year 490.
• Venerable Paul the ObedientMonk of the 13th-14th centuries, ascetic in the Far Caves of Kiev, honored for his obedience.
• Venerable Savva of KrypetsRussian monk, founder of the Saint John the Theologian monastery at Krypets near Pskov, died in 1495.
• Saint Vicinius of SarsinaFirst bishop of the Italian city of Sarsina, who died in the year 330.
• Venerable Zechariah the FasterFaster and monk of the Kiev Caves in the 13th-14th centuries.
• Venerable Ignatius of the Kiev CavesArchimandrite of the Kiev Caves Monastery in the fifteenth century, who died before 1438.
• Venerable Pancratius the RecluseHieromonk and recluse of the Kiev Caves Monastery who lived in the thirteenth century.
• Saint Theophilus of NovgorodLast archbishop of Novgorod chosen by the popular assembly, who died in 1484.
• ACVenerable Akindin of the CavesArchimandrite of the Kyiv Caves Lavra in the 1220s and 1230s, who died after 1231.
• TCVenerable Timothy of the CavesAbbot of the Kyiv Caves Lavra from 1124 until his death in 1131 or 1132.
• Hieromartyr Alexei BudrinPriest, a priest's son and deputy of the Fourth State Duma for Perm, who was killed in September 1918.
• Venerable Silouan of the CavesSchemamonk venerated among the venerable fathers of the Kyiv Caves.
• Venerable Lawrence of the Kiev CavesA monk of the Kiev Caves Lavra.
• Venerable Pior
• MHMartyr 33 Martyrs of HeracleaA group of thirty-⁠three martyrs of Heraclea, commemorated together.
• AVenerable AdelindisA widow who founded a convent at Buchau and was its abbess, reposed around 930.
• AMHieromartyr Alexander MedvedevA Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1918, during the communist persecution.
• ASSaint Ambrose of SaintesBishop of Saintes in Gaul, reposed around 450.
• APSaint Amphilochius of PecherskA monk of the Kiev Caves Lavra, later bishop of Vladimir-⁠Volynsky, who died in 1122.
• BSHieromartyr Basil SokolskyCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1937, during the Soviet persecution.
• CCVenerable Cassian of the CavesA venerable recluse of the Kiev Caves Lavra.
• DHieromartyr DamonA hieromartyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• DPVenerable Daniel of PecherskAn elder of the Kiev Caves Lavra, honored as a saint in the Russian Church.
• DMartyr Diomedes
• DVenerable DometiosA monk of St Paul's Monastery on Athos, commemorated on 28 August among the saints of the monastery.
• DPVenerable Dositheus of PecherskA venerable monk of the Kiev Caves Lavra, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
• EPVenerable Eulogius of PecherskA venerable monk of the Kiev Caves Lavra, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
• Saint Facundinus of TadinoBishop of Tadino in Umbria, reposed around 620.
• FCHoly Martyrs Fortunatus, Caius and AnthesMartyrs of Salerno, beheaded under Diocletian, saints of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.
• GTVenerable Martyr George TimofeevA monastic martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• GSSaint Gorman of SchleswigA monk, later Bishop of Schleswig, reposed around 965.
• HPVenerable Martyr Hilarion PravdinA monastic martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• ICVenerable Isidore of the CavesA venerable recluse of the Kiev Caves Lavra.
• JSVenerable Martyr John SretenskyA monastic martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• JSaint JulittaA saint commemorated in the Orthodox calendar; few details of her life survive.
• LNVenerable Martyr Laurence NikitinA monastic martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• LKVenerable Martyr Leontius KaryaginA monastic martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• MRHoly New Martyrs Martyrs of RmanjA group of martyrs associated with the Monastery of Saint Nicholas at Rmanj.
• NGHieromartyr Nicholas GeorgievskyCleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1931, during the Soviet persecution.
• Martyr Pelagius of ConstanceA martyr honored at Constance, slain for Christ around 283.
• RCSaint Restitutus of CarthageBishop of Carthage in North Africa, from the time of the undivided Church.
• SKVenerable Martyr Seraphim KuzminMonk martyred for the faith of Christ.
• SGVenerable Martyr Sergius GalinMonk martyred for the faith of Christ.
• SZVenerable Martyr Sergius ZaitsevMonk martyred for the faith of Christ.
• SVenerable Martyr StephenMonk martyred for the faith of Christ.
• TFHoly Venerables The myrrh-⁠streaming heads of the Far CavesThirty saints whose names are unknown, whose heads stream myrrh, resting in the Far Caves of the Kyiv Lavra.
• TCVenerable Titus of the CavesVenerable monk of the Kiev Caves, who had earlier been a soldier.
• Saint AugustineGreat Church Father of North Africa, author of the Confessions and The City of God.
• Prophet EzekielProphet and priest of Israel, who received the visions recorded in his book during the Babylonian exile.
• Prophet Anna the ProphetessElderly woman of the tribe of Asher who proclaimed the Savior in the Temple when the Child was brought to Jerusalem.
• Venerable Theodosius of the CavesMonk who brought cenobitic life to Kievan Rus, abbot of the Kiev Caves Lavra, who died in 1074.
• Martyr ShushanikArmenian noblewoman tortured to death by her husband at Tsurtavi in Georgia in 475.
• TASaint Theonas of AlexandriaSixteenth pope and patriarch of Alexandria, from 282 to 300.
• Venerable Job of PochaevUkrainian monk born Ivan Zalizo, abbot at Pochaev, who lived over a hundred years; died in 1651.
• Venerable Joseph the HesychastAthonite monk and elder, born Francis Kottis, who led a small group of monks on Athos; died in 1959.
• Saint Philaret of KievMetropolitan of Kiev and Galicia from 1837 to 1857, died at Kiev in 1857.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on August 28?

From the saints of the day: Hezekiah, Moses, Julian, Paul, Savva, Zechariah, Ignatius, Theophilus, Timothy, Alexei, Silouan, Lawrence, Alexander, Ambrose, Basil, Cassian, Daniel, Diomedes, Dometios, Dositheus, Eulogius, Fortunatus, George, Hilarion, Isidore, John, Laurence, Leontius, Nicholas, Pelagius, Seraphim, Sergius, Stephen, Titus, Augustine, Ezekiel, Theodosius, Joseph, Philaret, Dionysius, Agathon, Athanasius, Gerontius, Euthymius, Martyrius, Zeno, Arsenius, Theodore, Macarius, Lucian. You may also choose a saint of the eighth day or any saint dear to the family.

II.What can I name a girl born on August 28?

From the women saints of the day: Julitta, Anna. You may also choose one of the eighth day or any saint dear to the family.

III.Must the name be the saint of the birthday?

No. Tradition links it to the birthday or the eighth day, but many parents choose a saint who has helped the family.