A baptismal name for a girl
Dorothea
5 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Dorothea
Martyr Dorothea of CaesareaFebruary 6Virgin martyr of Caesarea in Cappadocia, put to death under Diocletian around the year 311.
Venerable Dorothea of KashinSeptember 24Schemanun at the Presentation Convent in Kashin, born in 1549 and died in 1629; a local saint.- Saint Dorothea of AlexandriaVirgin of Alexandria who refused the suit of Emperor Maximinus Daia and died in Arabia around 320.
- Venerable DorotheaSeptember 27A venerable woman commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church for her ascetic life.
- Martyr DorotheaJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian woman, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
Questions
The name day of Dorothea is February 6, the feast of Martyr Dorothea of Caesarea. It is also kept on September 24, September 27, June 11.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 5 saints named Dorothea, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Dorothea is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Martyr Dorothea of Caesarea as patron.