A baptismal name for a boy
Ioannicius
7 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Ioannicius
- Venerable Ioannicius AverkievSeptember 11Hieromonk born in 1823 in the Oryol region, who died in 1882; a local saint of the Ukrainian Church.
- Saint IoanniciusJanuary 14An Archbishop of Tarnovo in Bulgaria, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Venerable IoanniciusMay 23A venerable saint commemorated with Saint Anthony.
- Hieromartyr Ioannicius of TarnovoA hieromartyr associated with Tarnovo, commemorated by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
- Saint Ioannicius of LozenNovember 4A saint associated with Lozen, commemorated in the calendar of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
- Venerable Ioannicius of RadonezhJuly 6A monastic saint associated with Radonezh, honored by the Russian Orthodox Church.
- Saint Ioannicius OsnovaJune 23A saint honored by the Russian Orthodox Church.
Questions
The name day of Ioannicius is September 11, the feast of Venerable Ioannicius Averkiev. It is also kept on January 14, May 23, November 4, July 6, June 23.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 7 saints named Ioannicius, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Ioannicius is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Ioannicius Averkiev as patron.