A baptismal name for a boy
Elias
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Elias
Venerable Elias of EnnaAugust 17Monk born at Enna in Sicily, known as Elias the Younger; died at Thessalonica in 903, honored in the Orthodox and Catholic Churches.- Saint Elias of JerusalemJuly 4Patriarch of Jerusalem from 494, deposed in 516 by Emperor Anastasius for supporting Chalcedon.
Hieromartyr Elias BenemanskyJanuary 28Russian priest of the Tver diocese, who died in 1937 and was canonized in 2000.- Hieromartyr Elias ZachateyskyNovember 26Russian priest from the Moscow region, executed at the Butovo firing range on 9 December 1937.
- Martyr Elias of HeliopolisFebruary 1Syrian carpenter and martyr of the 8th century, also called Elias of Damascus; his life survives in a Greek hagiography.
- Venerable Elias the HermitJanuary 8Desert monk of Egypt who lived seventy-five years of asceticism in a mountain cave and died in 371.
- Hieromartyr Elias ChetverukhinDecember 5Archpriest at St Nicholas church in Tolmachi, Moscow; he died in 1932 in the Vishera camp.
- Saint Elias of ThessalonicaJuly 25A saint venerated at Thessalonica.
- Saint Elias the DeaconJanuary 4A deacon venerated as a saint by the Georgian Church.
- Martyr Elias of SebasteMarch 9Martyr of Sebaste, who suffered for Christ.
- Hieromartyr Elias BazhanovSeptember 3A hieromartyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1937.
- Hieromartyr Elias BerezovskyJanuary 21A hieromartyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1938.
Questions
The name day of Elias is August 17, the feast of Venerable Elias of Enna. It is also kept on July 4, January 28, November 26, February 1, January 8, December 5, July 25, January 4.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Elias, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Elias is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Elias of Enna as patron.