Hilarion

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Hilarion

• Venerable Hilarion the GreatOctober 21Hermit, a disciple of Anthony the Great, who spent most of his life in the desert.
• Saint Hilarion of KievSeptember 28First non-Greek Metropolitan of Kiev, author of the Sermon on Law and Grace.
• Venerable Hilarion the GeorgianNovember 19Georgian monk from Kakheti, bishop at David Gareja and wonderworker, who also lived on Mount Athos.
• Hieromartyr Hilarion TroitskyJune 17Archbishop of Vereya, born in 1886, who died in December 1929 at Leningrad in Soviet custody.
• Saint Hilarion of MeglenOctober 21Bulgarian saint of the 12th century, born at Ohrid, bishop of Meglen, who died in 1164.
• Venerable Hilarion the NewMarch 28An abbot in Bithynia who confessed the veneration of holy icons against the iconoclasts.
• Venerable Hilarion of OptinaSeptember 18Hieroschemamonk and spiritual elder of Optina who died in 1873; glorified among the saints in 2000.
• Venerable Hilarion the NewJune 6Byzantine monk persecuted by the iconoclasts under Emperor Leo V the Armenian; died in 845.
• Venerable Martyr Hilarion PisaretsNovember 20Hieromonk born into a peasant family, shot at the Butovo firing range on 3 December 1937 and canonized in 2000.
• Venerable Hilarion of GdovMarch 28Disciple of Saint Euphrosynus of Pskov, a monk and ascetic near Gdov, who died in 1476.
• Venerable Hilarion the SchemamonkOctober 21Schemamonk of the Kiev Caves Lavra, a strict ascetic and disciple of Theodosius of the Caves; died in 1074.
• HGSaint Hilarion GrigorovichSeptember 11Born in Sosnytsia, Bishop of Krutitsy, venerated locally in the Ukrainian Church, who died in 1759 in Moscow.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Hilarion?

The name day of Hilarion is October 21, the feast of Venerable Hilarion the Great. It is also kept on September 28, November 19, June 17, March 28, September 18, June 6, November 20, September 11.

II.Which saints bore the name Hilarion?

The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Hilarion, with their lives and icons.

III.Is Hilarion a good baptismal name?

Yes. Hilarion is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Hilarion the Great as patron.