Jonah

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Jonah

• Prophet JonahSeptember 21Prophet sent by God to Nineveh, three days in the belly of the great fish, a type of Christ's Resurrection.
• Saint Jonah of MoscowMarch 31Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus from 1448 until 1461, chosen after Isidore was condemned.
• Saint Jonah of HankouOctober 7Bishop of the Russian Church Outside Russia, born Vladimir Pokrovsky in 1888, who died in 1925.
• Venerable Jonah of YashezeroSeptember 22Disciple of Saint Alexander of Svir, founder of the Jonah monastery at Yashezero, died around 1592.
• Saint Jonah of NovgorodNovember 5Archbishop of Novgorod and Pskov, orphaned young, who died on November 5, 1470.
• Saint Jonah of PermJanuary 29Fifth bishop of Perm, chosen from the simple monks, who continued the conversion of the Komi-Permyaks; died in 1470.
• Venerable Jonah of KyivJanuary 9Spiritual elder and wonderworker of Kyiv, founder of Jonah Monastery, who died in 1902 at the age of a hundred.
• JPVenerable Jonah of PskovMarch 29Hieromonk from the Moscow land, regarded as the first builder of the Pskov Caves Monastery, who died around 1480.
• JKVenerable Jonah of KlimenetsJune 6Born Ivan Klimentov in Novgorod, founder of the Holy Trinity Monastery at Klimenets, who died in 1534.
• Hieromartyr Jonah LazarevOctober 8Bishop of Nevel and vicar of Vitebsk, executed at the Butovo firing range on 21 October 1937.
• JPHieromartyr Jonah of PechengaDecember 2Hieromonk of the Pechenga Monastery and disciple of Tryphon, martyred on 15 December 1589; canonized in 2003.
• JKVenerable Jonah of KazanOctober 4A venerable father of Kazan, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Jonah?

The name day of Jonah is September 21, the feast of Prophet Jonah. It is also kept on March 31, October 7, September 22, November 5, January 29, January 9, March 29, June 6.

II.Which saints bore the name Jonah?

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

III.Is Jonah a good baptismal name?

Yes. Jonah is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Prophet Jonah as patron.