Baptismal names for children born on December 4
The saints remembered on the birthday and on the eighth day, when by tradition the name was given.
Boys' names from this day
JohnSaint John the WonderworkerClementSaint Clement of AlexandriaGennadySaint Gennady of NovgorodAlexanderHieromartyr Alexander PosokhinAlexisHieromartyr Alexis SaburovBasilHieromartyr Basil KashinCassianSaint CassianDamasusSaint DamasusDemetriusHieromartyr Demetrius NevedomskyFelixSaint Felix of BolognaMeletiusSaint MeletiusNicholasHieromartyr Nicholas YakhontovSeraphimSaint Seraphim of Phanarion
Girls' names from this day
From the eighth day, December 11
DamasusSaint Damasus IReubenRighteous ReubenDanielStylite Daniel the StyliteLeontiusVenerable Leontius of MonemvasiaTheophanHieromartyr Theophan IlminskyLukeStylite Luke the StyliteBenjaminSaint Benjamin of JerusalemNikonVenerable Nikon the DryAemilianMartyr AemilianAithalasMartyr Aithalas of ArbelaDamaskinosVenerable DamaskinosJohnSaint John of ZichnaJustusSaint Justus of AntiochNicholasHieromartyr Nicholas VinogradovNikephorosRight-Believing Nikephoros II PhokasTerenceMartyr TerenceVincentMartyr VincentSabinusSaint Sabinus of PiacenzaPeterMartyr Peter Grishin
All the saints of December 4
Venerable John of DamascusPriest and monk of Mar Saba, great defender of the holy icons and author of liturgical hymns.
Saint Clement of AlexandriaChristian theologian of the second and third centuries, who taught at the catechetical school of Alexandria.
Great Martyr BarbaraMaiden of Nicomedia, killed by her own father for her confession of faith in Christ.
Saint Gennady of NovgorodArchbishop of Novgorod from 1484 to 1504, fighter against the Judaizers, who compiled the first complete Slavic Bible.- Venerable AdaNun and abbess of the late 6th or 7th century, a niece of Englebert, bishop of Le Mans.
New Martyr Catherine of PetrogradBorn at Saint Petersburg in 1875 into a large family, died at Borovichi in 1937, among the New Martyrs.
New Martyr Kira ObolenskayaPrincess and teacher, member of the Alexander Nevsky Brotherhood, glorified in 2003 among the New Martyrs; she died in 1937.
Hieromartyr Alexander PosokhinA Russian priest who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.- Hieromartyr Alexis SaburovA Russian priest who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
- Venerable Martyr Anastasia TitovaA Russian nun who died a martyr for her faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
- Holy Great Martyrs Barbara and JulianaTwo virgins of Heliopolis, martyred for Christ in the time of Maximian.
- Hieromartyr Basil KashinCleric martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Saint Bearchan of Cluain SostaA saint of Cluain Sosta, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
- Venerable BertoaraAbbess of Notre-Dame-de-Sales at Bourges, who reposed around 614.
- Saint CassianA saint commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr ChristodulaA woman martyr of the Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Martyr ChristodulusA martyr of the Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Apostle CrispusA saint honoured in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Saint DamasusA saint remembered in the synaxarion of the Greek Church.
- Hieromartyr Demetrius NevedomskyA Russian priest who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
- Saint Felix of BolognaBishop of Bologna in Italy, who reposed around 429.
- Saint Ioane of PolivotiA Georgian saint venerated by the Georgian Church.
- Hieromartyr John PyankovA hieromartyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Saint John the WonderworkerBishop of Polybotus in Phrygia, honored as a wonderworker.
- Martyr Juliana of HeliopolisA woman martyr of Heliopolis, who suffered for Christ.
- Saint MainchenA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
- Saint MeletiusBishop of Sebastopolis in Pontus in the 4th century, a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.
- Hieromartyr Nicholas YakhontovCleric martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Saint Seraphim of PhanarionBishop of Phanarion in Greece, venerated as a saint.
- Saint SineachA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar; very little is recorded.
- Venerable Suairlech ua CiarainA saint, commemorated in the Irish calendar, who reposed in 773; few details survive.
Saint Heraclas of AlexandriaThirteenth pope and patriarch of Alexandria, from 232 to 248, successor of Demetrius..jpeg)
Saint Marutha of MartyropolisSyriac monk, then bishop of Maypherkat in Mesopotamia, who died before 420.- Venerable Aprus of SensMonk of Sens, venerated in the Western Church.
- Saint BroghanA saint honored in the West, of whom little is known.
Questions
From the saints of the day: John, Clement, Gennady, Alexander, Alexis, Basil, Cassian, Damasus, Demetrius, Felix, Meletius, Nicholas, Seraphim. You may also choose a saint of the eighth day or any saint dear to the family.
From the women saints of the day: Barbara, Catherine, Kira, Anastasia, Juliana. 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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