Baptismal names for children born on December 21
The saints remembered on the birthday and on the eighth day, when by tradition the name was given.
Boys' names from this day
AntonSaint Anton II of GeorgiaPhilaretSaint Philaret of KievProcopiusFool-for-Christ Procopius of VyatkaThemistoclesMartyr Themistocles of MyraNikitaHieromartyr Nikita PribytkovJohnVenerable John VincentLeontiusHieromartyr Leontius StrotsyukMacariusVenerable Macarius of AlexandriaMichaelHieromartyr Michael KiselevAnastasiusHieromartyr Anastasius II of AntiochPeterSaint Peter of MoscowNicodemusVenerable Nicodemus of TismanaSergiusHieromartyr Sergius Shipulin
Girls' names from this day
From the eighth day, December 28
NicanorApostle Nicanor the DeaconCorneliusVenerable Cornelius of KrypetskPaisiusVenerable Martyr Paisius of PechengaSimonVenerable Simon the Myrrh-streamerAlexanderHieromartyr Alexander TsitseronovArcadiusHieromartyr Arcadius ReshetnikovDorotheusMartyr Dorotheus of NicomediaEusebiusSaint Eusebius of AfricaEuthymiusMartyr Euthymius of NicomediaEutychiusHoly Martyrs Eutychius and DomitianIoasaphVenerable IoasaphJosephSaint JosephLeonidHieromartyr Leonid ViktorovNicholasHieromartyr Nicholas RodimovPeterMartyr Peter of NicomediaTheoctistusHieromartyr Theoctistus KhoperskovTheophilusVenerable Theophilus of LugaZenoMartyr Zeno of NicomediaLukeSaint Luke of SimferopolTheodoreVenerable Theodore the SanctifiedNicodemusHieromartyr Nicodemus KononovIgnatiusVenerable Ignatius of LomAgathaVenerable Martyr Agatha of NicomediaDomnaMartyr Domna of NicomediaTheophilaMartyr Theophila of Nicomedia
All the saints of December 21
Martyr Juliana of NicomediaMartyr of Nicomedia, put to death in the persecution of Diocletian in 304.
Saint Anton II of GeorgiaSon of King Heraclius II, Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia, who died in exile at Nizhny Novgorod.
Saint Philaret of KievMetropolitan of Kiev and Galicia from 1837 to 1857, died at Kiev in 1857.
Right-Believing Juliania of VyazmaWife of Prince Simeon Mstislavich of Vyazma, daughter of the boyar Maxim Danilov, martyred in 1406.
Fool-for-Christ Procopius of VyatkaFool for Christ at Vyatka, born near Khlynov into a peasant family; died in 1627.
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Martyr Themistocles of MyraMartyr of Myra, put to death around 251 during the persecution of Emperor Decius..jpg)
Hieromartyr Nikita PribytkovBishop of Belev and vicar of Tula, shot on 3 January 1938 at the firing range near Tula.- Saints 130 Holy WomenA group of one hundred and thirty holy women, commemorated together in the Greek synaxarion.
- Holy Martyrs 500 MartyrsA multitude of five hundred martyrs, commemorated together in the Greek synaxarion.
- Venerable BaudacariusA holy monk of Bobbio in Italy, who reposed around 650.
- Hieromartyr BeornwaldPriest venerated before the Reformation at Bampton near Oxford; his relics lie in the church's north transept.
- Saint Flann son of FoircheallachA saint, son of Foircheallach, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
- Saint Foca of RomeA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 21 December; few details survive.
- Saint Fulartach son of BrecA saint, son of Brec, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
- Hieromartyr GlyceriusA cleric and martyr at Nicomedia, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
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Saint Hincmar of ReimsArchbishop of Reims and theologian of the Frankish Church, who reposed in 882.
Saint Honoratus of ToulouseBorn in Hispania, successor of Saint Saturninus as Bishop of Toulouse, in the 3rd century.- Saint Innocent of RomeA name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 21 December; few details survive.
- Holy Martyrs John and FestusMartyrs of Tuscany in Italy.
- Venerable John VincentA holy monk of Ravenna in Italy, who reposed around 1012.
- Hieromartyr Leontius StrotsyukA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1941.
- Venerable Macarius the FasterAbbot of Khakhuli Monastery, called the Faster for his ascetic life, who reposed in 1034.
- Hieromartyr Michael KiselevA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1919.
- Saint Mochua of Caill Insi AilcheAn Irish saint honored at Caill Insi Ailche, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
- Saint Molua of MunghairitA saint of Munghairit, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
- Saint Severinus of TrierBishop of Trier in Germany, who reposed around 300.
- Saint SiollanA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
Venerable Macarius of AlexandriaMonk in the Nitrian Desert, a little younger than Macarius of Egypt, who died in 395.
Hieromartyr Anastasius II of AntiochPatriarch of Antioch from 599, known for suppressing simony with the support of Pope Gregory the Great; died in 609.
Saint Peter of MoscowMetropolitan of Kyiv who moved his see from Vladimir to Moscow in 1325 and became the city's patron; died in 1326.
Venerable Nicodemus of TismanaMonk and scribe born at Prilep, founder of Tismana Monastery in Wallachia; died in 1406.- Hieromartyr Sergius ShipulinPriest born in 1874 at Velsk, who died in 1937; a local saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
- Saint ClervieA holy woman venerated in Brittany, commemorated in the old calendars.
Questions
From the saints of the day: Anton, Philaret, Procopius, Themistocles, Nikita, John, Leontius, Macarius, Michael, Anastasius, Peter, Nicodemus, Sergius. You may also choose a saint of the eighth day or any saint dear to the family.
From the women saints of the day: Juliana, Juliania. 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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