A baptismal name for a boy
Gurias
10 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Gurias
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Saint Gurias of KazanOctober 4First archbishop of Kazan and Sviyazhsk from 1555, born at Radonezh and died in 1563.- Venerable Martyr GuriasJanuary 23A monastic martyr of the Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Saint GuriasDecember 15A saint commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr Gurias of EdessaNovember 15Martyr of Edessa, who suffered for Christ.
- Martyr Gurias the MaccabeeAugust 1One of the Maccabean martyrs, who suffered for the faith of his fathers.
- Venerable Martyr Gurias SamoilovDecember 7A monastic martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Gurias of ShalochNovember 15A venerable father of the Shaloch region, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Gurias of SolovkiAugust 9A venerable father of the Solovki Islands, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Martyr Gurias of UglichMay 23A monk of Uglich, commemorated as a martyr in the Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Gurias of TalitsyDecember 5A Russian monastic saint, commemorated in the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Questions
The name day of Gurias is October 4, the feast of Saint Gurias of Kazan. It is also kept on January 23, December 15, November 15, August 1, December 7, August 9, May 23, December 5.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 10 saints named Gurias, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Gurias is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Gurias of Kazan as patron.