A baptismal name for a boy
Elijah
6 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Elijah
Prophet ElijahJuly 20Prophet of Israel in the time of King Ahab, taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire.
Venerable Elijah of MuromDecember 19Monk of the Kiev Caves from Murom, considered a possible prototype of the epic hero Ilya Muromets.
Hieromartyr Elijah GromoglasovJanuary 29Archpriest and theologian, an expert in church law and the history of the Old Believers, who died a martyr in 1937.- Martyr Elijah QuanJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Venerable Elijah of MakeevkaMay 15Schemamonk born in 1837, a monk of the Prophet Elijah Skete, who reposed in 1946 aged 109; canonized by the Ukrainian Church in 2012.
- New Martyr Elijah of BatakMay 4A martyr of Batak, killed in 1876; canonized in 2011 by the Church of Bulgaria.
Questions
The name day of Elijah is July 20, the feast of Prophet Elijah. It is also kept on December 19, January 29, June 11, May 15, May 4.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 6 saints named Elijah, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Elijah is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Prophet Elijah as patron.