A baptismal name for a boy
Jeremias
3 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Jeremias
Saint Jeremias I of ConstantinopleJanuary 13Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople twice, from 1522 to 1524 and from 1525 to 1546.- New Martyr Jeremias of CreteJune 14A new martyr of Stylos in Crete, who died in 1821; venerated locally.
- Martyr Jeremias of CórdobaSeptember 15A martyr at Córdoba in Spain under Arab rule.
Questions
The name day of Jeremias is January 13, the feast of Saint Jeremias I of Constantinople. It is also kept on June 14, September 15.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 3 saints named Jeremias, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Jeremias is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Jeremias I of Constantinople as patron.