Joasaph

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Joasaph

• Venerable Joasaph of MeteoraApril 20Ruler of Thessaly from about 1370 to 1373, who became a monk at Meteora and died in 1422.
• Saint Joasaph of BelgorodDecember 10Bishop of Belgorod from 1748 until his death in 1754, born Ioakim Gorlenko.
• Venerable Joasaph of PskovMarch 4Founder and first abbot of Snetogorsk Monastery near Pskov, where he set a strict communal rule; he died in 1299.
• Hieromartyr Joasaph ZhevakhovMay 19Bishop of Mogilev, born Prince Zhevakhov, who died a martyr at Kursk in 1937.
• Hieromartyr Joasaph of BorovskJanuary 25Archimandrite of the Lavra of Saint Sergius from 1605 to 1610, one of the inspirers of its defense during the siege.
• Venerable Martyr Joasaph BoevNovember 27Archimandrite born at Moscow in 1879, a figure of the Edinoverie, shot at Butovo in 1937; canonized in 2000.
• Hieromartyr Joasaph UdalovNovember 19Bishop of Chistopol, vicar of the Kazan diocese, who died a martyr in 1937; glorified among the saints in 2008.
• JVenerable Martyr JoasaphJanuary 23A monastic martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• Venerable Joasaph of IndiaNovember 19An Indian prince converted through Barlaam, who gave up the throne for the ascetic life.
• Venerable Joasaph KamenskySeptember 10A prince of Vologda who became a monk, and died in 1453.
• JMVenerable Joasaph of MashezeroMay 21A venerable father of the Mashezero lake region, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• JPHieromartyr Joasaph PanovAugust 13A hieromartyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Joasaph?

The name day of Joasaph is April 20, the feast of Venerable Joasaph of Meteora. It is also kept on December 10, March 4, May 19, January 25, November 27, November 19, January 23, September 10.

II.Which saints bore the name Joasaph?

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

III.Is Joasaph a good baptismal name?

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