A baptismal name for a boy
George
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named George
Great Martyr GeorgeApril 23Roman soldier from Cappadocia who confessed Christ and was killed at Nicomedia under Diocletian.
Right-Believing George of VladimirFebruary 4Grand prince of Vladimir, killed in 1238 in the battle with the Mongols at the Sit River.
Venerable George the HagioriteJune 27Georgian monk, calligrapher, writer and translator, who died in 1065.
Saint George I of ConstantinopleAugust 18Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 679 to 686, who died in 686.
Venerable George of ChozibaJanuary 8Cypriot monk and head of the Choziba monastery near Jerusalem, who died around 625..jpg)
New Martyr George the New of SofiaFebruary 11Silversmith from Kratovo, burned alive by the Ottoman Turks at Sofia in 1515 for refusing to renounce the Christian faith.
Saint George KonisskyJuly 24Archbishop of Mogilev, preacher, philosopher and theologian, born in Nezhin in 1717, died in 1795._of_Drama.jpg)
Venerable George of DramaNovember 4Greek Orthodox monk of Caucasian origin, born Athanasios Karslidis, who lived from 1901 to 1959.- Saint George of AmastrisFebruary 21Byzantine monk made bishop of Amastris against his will, who died between 802 and 807.
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Saint George the Standard-BearerApril 7Archbishop of Mytilene from 804 until his deposition in 815, a confessor of the holy icons.- Saint George of ChkondidiSeptember 12Archbishop in western Georgia, tutor and close adviser of King David IV, who died around 1118.
Saint George of NicomediaDecember 29Metropolitan of Nicomedia in the 9th century, writer, preacher and hymnographer, friend of Patriarch Photios.
Questions
The name day of George is April 23, the feast of Great Martyr George. It is also kept on February 4, June 27, August 18, January 8, February 11, July 24, November 4, February 21.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named George, with their lives and icons.
Yes. George is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Great Martyr George as patron.