A baptismal name for a girl
Euphemia
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Euphemia
Great Martyr EuphemiaJuly 11Maiden of Chalcedon, great martyr killed around 303, in whose church the Fourth Ecumenical Council was held.
Right-Believing EuphemiaJanuary 27Byzantine empress, wife of Justin I, founder of a church of St. Euphemia, who died in 523.- Saint EuphemiaMay 16A saint commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
- Martyr EuphemiaJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian woman, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Martyr EuphemiaJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian woman, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Martyr EuphemiaJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian woman, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Martyr EuphemiaJanuary 4A woman martyr commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr EuphemiaNovember 19A holy woman commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
.jpg)
Martyr EuphemiaSeptember 16A saint venerated at Lobios, remembered in the calendars of the Church.- Martyr Euphemia of AmisusMarch 20A martyr of Amisus in Pontus, put to death for her faith in Christ.
- Martyr Euphemia of NicomediaNovember 19A martyr of Nicomedia, put to death for her faith in Christ.
- Saint Euphemia of NuceriaSeptember 19A name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 19 September; few details survive.
Questions
The name day of Euphemia is July 11, the feast of Great Martyr Euphemia. It is also kept on January 27, May 16, June 11, January 4, November 19, September 16, March 20, September 19.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Euphemia, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Euphemia is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Great Martyr Euphemia as patron.