A baptismal name for a boy
Gavriil
3 saints bore this name
Saints named Gavriil
- Venerable Gavriil LegachA Russian schema-archimandrite of Rossikon; Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Gavriil ChedaevA Russian hieroschemamonk of the Skete of Elijah; Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
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Venerable Martyr Gavriil YatsikSeptember 10A monk who suffered martyrdom in 1937; glorified among the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church.
Questions
The name day of Gavriil is September 10, the feast of Venerable Gavriil Legach.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 3 saints named Gavriil, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Gavriil is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Gavriil Legach as patron.