A baptismal name for a boy
Feodor
4 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Feodor
Right-Believing Feodor I of RussiaJanuary 7Feodor I Ioannovich (Russian: Феодор I Иoаннович) or Fyodor I Ivanovich (Russian: Фёдор I Иванович; 31 May 1557 – 17 January 1598), nicknamed the Blessed (Блаженный), was Tsar of all Russia from 1584 until his death in 1598.- New Martyr Feodor RemezJuly 5Secretary of Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich, killed with him at Alapayevsk in 1918; not included in the 1981 canonization, venerated by the faithful.
- Hieromartyr Feodor RomanovskyA hieromartyr of the Verkhnodniprovsk district, killed in 1937; locally glorified (Eparchy of Kamianske, 2020).
- Hieromartyr Feodor StatkevychFebruary 7A hieromartyr of the Oleksandriia region; locally glorified (Eparchy of Oleksandriia, 2020).
Questions
The name day of Feodor is January 7, the feast of Right-Believing Feodor I of Russia. It is also kept on July 5, February 7.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 4 saints named Feodor, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Feodor is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Right-Believing Feodor I of Russia as patron.