Baptismal names for children born on November 23

Boys' names from this day

Girls' names from this day

From the eighth day, November 30

All the saints of November 23

• Right-⁠Believing Alexander NevskyPrince who defeated the Swedes on the Neva in 1240 and defended Rus from the Teutonic knights.
• Venerable ColumbanusIrish monk who founded monasteries in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms, among them Luxeuil and Bobbio.
• Saint Amphilochius of IconiumFourth-⁠century bishop of Iconium from a distinguished Cappadocian family, who died between 394 and 403.
• Saint Dionysius I of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarch from 1466 to 1471 and from 1488 to 1490, who died in 1492.
• Saint Gregory of AgrigentoBishop of Agrigento from 590 and a correspondent of Pope Gregory the Great; died around 630.
• New Martyr Grigol PeradzeGeorgian theologian, philologist and patrologist who helped Jews in Poland, was arrested and died at Auschwitz in 1942.
• Saint Trudo of HesbayeCalled the Apostle of Hesbaye in present-⁠day Belgium; died around 698, remembered on 23 November.
• Saint Metrophanes of VoronezhFirst bishop of Voronezh, appointed in 1682 and reputed to work miracles; died in 1703.
• Right-⁠Believing Alexandra BryachislavnaPrincess of Polotsk, daughter of Bryachislav Vasilkovich and wife of Alexander Nevsky, venerated locally in the Vladimir diocese.
• Hieromartyr Philip RaspopovPriest born in the Samara governorate, killed on 6 December 1919 in the Amur region; canonized in 1981 by the Church Outside Russia.
• Venerable Martyr Seraphim ThievartHieromonk born in Moscow in 1899, who died in November 1931 in the Vishera camp; canonized in 2003.
• SCConfessor Sisinius of CyzicusA confessor of the faith at Cyzicus, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• ACVenerable Adalbert of CasauriaA holy monk of Casauria in Italy, who reposed around 1045.
• AUMartyr Alexander UksusovA Russian believer who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• AIVenerable Anthony of Iezerul VâlciiRomanian venerable monk of Iezerul Skete in Vâlcea County.
• ERight-⁠Believing EadredKing of England, died in 955, remembered among the saints in some Western calendars.
• ESHieromartyr Eleazar SpiridonovA Russian priest who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• GCVenerable Guy of CasauriaA holy monk of Casauria in Italy, who reposed around 1045.
• HSaint HelenusBishop of Tarsus in Cilicia, from the time of the undivided Church.
• IVenerable IschyrionA bishop of the early Church, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
• JVConfessor John VasilyevA confessor of the Christian faith in a time of persecution.
• LMMartyr Lucretia of MéridaA virgin martyr of Mérida in Spain, put to death around 306.
• Saint Paternian of FanoBishop of Fano in Italy, who reposed around 343.
• PWVenerable Paulinus of WalesA disciple of Saint Illtud and teacher of Saint David of Wales, who reposed around 505.
• RVenerable RachildisA recluse who lived beside the Abbey of St Gall, and reposed around 946.
• Venerable Severinus of ParisMonk of Paris, venerated in the Western Church.
• SSaint SisinniusA saint venerated at Cyzicus, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
• TAMartyr Theodore of AntiochA martyr of Antioch, put to death for his faith in Christ.
• WNVenerable Wulfetrudis of NivellesAbbess of Nivelles after Saint Gertrude, who reposed around 670.
• Martyr Felicitas of RomeMartyr of Rome, buried in the Cemetery of Maximus on the Via Salaria.
• Martyr Mirope of ChiosVirgin born at Ephesus, raised in the faith by her mother, martyred on Chios about 251.
• Martyr MustiolaMartyr of Chiusi in the 3rd century, commemorated on July 3 and November 23.
• Venerable Matthew of YaranskHieromonk born in 1855 at Vyatka into a cobbler's family, who died at Yaransk in 1927; honored as a local saint.
• SMartyr SilvanusA saint venerated at Rome, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
• SVenerable SpesAn Italian abbot who bore blindness with patience, reposed around 513.

Questions

I.What can I name a boy born on November 23?

From the saints of the day: Alexander, Columbanus, Dionysius, Gregory, Metrophanes, Philip, Seraphim, Adalbert, Eleazar, John, Paulinus, Theodore, Silvanus. 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 November 23?

From the women saints of the day: Alexandra, Lucretia, Felicitas. 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.