A baptismal name for a boy
Emmanuel
3 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Emmanuel
Martyr Emmanuel of SirmiumMarch 26A martyr executed at Sirmium in 304 with forty-two other Christians during the persecution of Diocletian.- Saint EmmanuelMarch 20A saint commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- New Martyr EmmanuelApril 6A new martyr from Samothrace, who suffered at Makri in 1835 with five others.
Questions
The name day of Emmanuel is March 26, the feast of Martyr Emmanuel of Sirmium. It is also kept on March 20, April 6.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 3 saints named Emmanuel, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Emmanuel is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Martyr Emmanuel of Sirmium as patron.