A baptismal name for a boy
Eugene
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Eugene
.jpg)
Saint Eugene I of RomeJune 2Bishop of Rome from 654 to 657, chosen after Emperor Constans II banished Martin I..png)
Passion-Bearer Eugene BotkinJuly 4Court physician of Nicholas II, who remained with the imperial family and was killed at Yekaterinburg in 1918.
Hieromartyr Eugene ZernovFebruary 13Metropolitan of Gorky and Arzamas, who died a martyr in 1937 in a camp in the Karaganda region..jpg)
Hieromartyr Eugene KobranovNovember 11Bishop of Rostov, vicar of the Yaroslavl diocese and orientalist, shot on 20 November 1937 near Chimkent.- Confessor Eugene of AntiochA confessor of the faith, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
- Martyr Eugene DmitrievAugust 18A Russian believer put to death for his faith in Christ in 1937, during the communist persecution.
- Hieromartyr Eugene ElkhovskyOctober 16A Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1937, during the communist persecution.
- Hieromartyr Eugene of ChersonesusMarch 7A cleric of the Church of Chersonesus in Crimea who died a martyr for his faith in Christ.
- Hieromartyr Eugene IsadskyJanuary 18A Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1930, during the communist persecution.
- Hieromartyr Eugene IvashkoOctober 29A Russian priest who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
- Martyr Eugene of MeliteneNovember 7A martyr of Melitene, put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Hieromartyr Eugene PopovSeptember 10A Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1920, during the communist persecution.
Questions
The name day of Eugene is June 2, the feast of Saint Eugene I of Rome. It is also kept on July 4, February 13, November 11, August 18, October 16, March 7, January 18, October 29.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Eugene, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Eugene is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Eugene I of Rome as patron.