A baptismal name for a girl
Evdokia
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Evdokia
New Martyr Evdokia SheykovaAugust 5Born in 1856 to a peasant family at Puza near Diveevo, honored as blessed, martyred in 1919.- Venerable Martyr Evdokia AndrianovaA Russian nun put to death for her faith in Christ in 1931, during the communist persecution.
- Venerable Martyr Evdokia ArkhipovaMarch 1A Russian nun put to death for her faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
- Venerable Martyr Evdokia BuchinevaJanuary 25A Russian nun who died a martyr for her faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
- Martyr Evdokia GusevaDecember 29A Russian woman put to death for her faith in Christ in 1942, during the communist persecution.
- Venerable Martyr Evdokia KuzminovaJanuary 23A Russian nun put to death for her faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
- Martyr Evdokia MartishkinaMay 12A Russian woman who died a martyr for her faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
- Martyr Evdokia NazinaDecember 29A Russian woman put to death for her faith in Christ in 1942, during the communist persecution.
- Venerable Martyr Evdokia PavlovaApril 7A Russian nun put to death for her faith in Christ in 1939, during the communist persecution.
- Venerable Martyr Evdokia PerevoznikovaAugust 14A Russian nun who died a martyr for her faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
- Martyr Evdokia SafronovaNovember 3A Russian woman put to death for her faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
- Venerable Martyr Evdokia SinitsynaMarch 7A Russian nun put to death for her faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
Questions
The name day of Evdokia is August 5, the feast of New Martyr Evdokia Sheykova. It is also kept on March 1, January 25, December 29, January 23, May 12, April 7, August 14, November 3.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Evdokia, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Evdokia is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have New Martyr Evdokia Sheykova as patron.