Baptismal names for children born on January 28
The saints remembered on the birthday and on the eighth day, when by tradition the name was given.
Boys' names from this day
IsaacVenerable Isaac the SyrianLeontiusConfessor Leontius StasievichTheodosiusVenerable Theodosius of TotmaEliasHieromartyr Elias BenemanskyPalladiusVenerable Palladius of AntiochVladimirHieromartyr Vladimir PishchulinFlavianMartyr Flavian of MontefiasconeIgnatiusHieromartyr Ignatius SadkovskyJamesVenerable James the HermitJohnVenerable John of RéômeLeonidesHoly Martyrs Leonides and companionsTheodoreConfessor Theodore BogoyavlenskyValeriusSaint Valerius of SaragossaStephenVenerable Stephen of Khirsa
Girls' names from this day
From the eighth day, February 4
GeorgeRight-Believing George of ChernigovIsidoreVenerable Isidore of PelusiumTheophilusSaint Theophilus of AdanaAbrahamSaint Abraham of ArbelaNicholasMartyr Nicholas of CorinthCyrilVenerable Cyril of NovoezerskAlexeiHieromartyr Alexei SharovJohnNew Martyr John of SpetsesMethodiusHieromartyr Methodius KrasnoperovVasilyHieromartyr Vasily ZelentsovTheodoreMartyr Theodore PalshkovBorisHieromartyr Boris NazarovMichaelHieromartyr Michael RybinAlexanderHieromartyr Alexander SokolovAlexisHieromartyr Alexis LebedevAndrewHieromartyr Andrew BednovArcadiusHieromartyr Arcadius LobtsovDanielVenerable DanielDemetriusHieromartyr Demetrius KedrolivanskyEustathiusHieromartyr Eustathius SokolskyJadorusMartyr JadorusJosephNew Martyr Joseph the New MartyrMaximinusSaint MaximinusMetrophanesSaint MetrophanesNicetasConfessor Nicetas of PythiaPachomiusVenerable PachomiusPeterHieromartyr Peter SokolovSeraphimVenerable Martyr Seraphim VavilovSergiusHieromartyr Sergius SolovyovTheoctistusMartyr TheoctistusTheodosiusVenerable Martyr Theodosius BobkovEvagriusSaint EvagriusCatherineVenerable Martyr Catherine of SimbirskAnnaVenerable Martyr Anna EfremovaMariaVenerable Martyr Maria VinogradovaRaphaelaVenerable Martyr Raphaela VishnyakovaAgaphiaSaint AgaphiaTheodoraSaint Theodora Agaphia
All the saints of January 28
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Venerable Ephrem the SyrianSyrian deacon and hymnographer, great Church Father, known for his Lenten prayer.
Venerable Isaac the SyrianSyrian ascetic writer of the seventh century, bishop of Nineveh, author of spiritual homilies.
Venerable Ephraim of PereyaslavlBishop of Pereyaslavl, also called Ephraim of the Caves, who died between 1091 and 1101.
Venerable Ephraim of NovotorzhokMonk of Hungarian origin, founder of the Boris and Gleb monastery at Torzhok, died in 1053.
Confessor Leontius StasievichArchimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church, 1884 to 1972, counted among the New Martyrs and Confessors.
Hieromartyr Emilianus of TreviBishop of Trevi, martyred in 302 or 304 under Diocletian.
Venerable Theodosius of TotmaRussian monk born at Vologda, who died on January 28, 1568 at the Sumorin monastery.
Hieromartyr Elias BenemanskyRussian priest of the Tver diocese, who died in 1937 and was canonized in 2000.- Venerable Palladius of AntiochHermit of the desert near Antioch, who died of natural causes in 390.
- New Martyr Olga EvdokimovaShe defended her village church against closure, was arrested and died in the Gulag in 1938.
- Hieromartyr Vladimir PishchulinRussian hieromonk born in Kostroma in 1889, who died in Simferopol in 1938 and was canonized in 2000.
- Saint Aedhlugh of Eridh CassainA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Eridh Cassain; very little is recorded.
- Venerable Antimus of BrantômeA holy monk honored at the monastery of Brantôme in Gaul.
- Holy Right-Believing Rulers Archil and LuarsabGeorgian kings, honored in the Church of Georgia.
- Venerable Martyr Bartholomew RatnykhMonk martyred for the faith of Christ in 1938, during the Soviet persecution.
- Holy Martyrs Brigid and MauraMartyrs commemorated together in the calendar of Western saints.
- Venerable CanneraAn Irish hermitess, reposed at Inis Cathaig around 530.
- Martyr CharisaA woman martyr of the Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Martyr CharitusA martyr honoured in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Saint Comman Lobhar son of LaighneA saint honored in the Irish tradition; very little is recorded.
- Saint Eochaidh of TamhlachtAn Irish bishop honored at Tamhlacht, commemorated in the Martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal.
Martyr Flavian of MontefiasconeA martyr honored at Montefiascone, who suffered for Christ in 304.- Saint Glastian of KinglassieA Scottish saint honored at Kinglassie, reposed around 830.
- Hieromartyr Ignatius SadkovskyA hieromartyr of the Skopin region, commemorated in the Russian Church calendar.
- Venerable IrmundA saint venerated at Jülich, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
- Venerable James of the Iviron SketeA venerable ascetic of the Iviron Skete (Prodromou) on Mount Athos, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Venerable James the Hermit
- Venerable John of RéômeFounder of the monastery of Réôme in Gaul, reposed around 544.
- Holy Martyrs Leonides and companionsMartyrs of Thebais under Diocletian, saints of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.
- Saint Meallan of Cill RuisA saint honored in the Irish tradition, associated with Cill Ruis; very little is recorded.
Saint Odo of BeauvaisBishop of Beauvais in Gaul, reposed in 880.- Confessor Theodore BogoyavlenskyA Russian confessor of the faith, who died in 1933.
Saint Valerius of SaragossaBishop of Saragossa in Hispania, under whom Saint Vincent served as deacon; reposed in 315.- Venerable Stephen of KhirsaVenerable monk, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
Questions
From the saints of the day: Isaac, Leontius, Theodosius, Elias, Palladius, Vladimir, Flavian, Ignatius, James, John, Leonides, Theodore, Valerius, Stephen. You may also choose a saint of the eighth day or any saint dear to the family.
From the women saints of the day: Olga. 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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