A baptismal name for a boy
Ioasaph
5 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Ioasaph
- Venerable IoasaphDecember 28A monk of royal descent at Simonopetra, commemorated on 28 December; venerated locally (Simonopetra Monastery).
- Venerable Martyr IoasaphSeptember 22A monk of Zographou Monastery on Athos, who died a martyr in 1276; commemorated on 22 September and 10 October.
- Saint IoasaphNovember 12A bishop commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Saint Ioasaph (Skorodumov)A bishop in Canada, later Archbishop of Buenos Aires, who reposed in 1955; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Saint Ioasaph (Bolotov)January 22Head of the Alaska mission and its first bishop, drowned in 1799 returning from Irkutsk; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Ioasaph is December 28, the feast of Venerable Ioasaph. It is also kept on September 22, November 12, January 22.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 5 saints named Ioasaph, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Ioasaph is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Ioasaph as patron.