A baptismal name for a boy
Joseph
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Joseph
Righteous JosephJanuary 19The righteous carpenter of Nazareth, betrothed of the Virgin, who cared for the Child Jesus.
Righteous Joseph the All-ComelySeptember 4Son of Jacob sold by his brothers into Egypt, where he rose to office and saved his family from famine.
Righteous Joseph of ArimatheaJuly 31Member of the Sanhedrin and disciple of Christ, who asked Pilate for the Lord's body and laid it in his own tomb.
Venerable Joseph the HymnographerApril 4Greek monk of the ninth century, one of the greatest liturgical poets of the Orthodox Church, who died in 886.
Saint Joseph I GalesiotesOctober 30Monk and twice Patriarch of Constantinople, who opposed the union with Rome sought by Michael VIII.
Venerable Joseph of VolotskSeptember 9Russian abbot and theologian, defender of monastic landholding, born Ivan Sanin; died in 1515.
Venerable Joseph the HesychastAugust 16Athonite monk and elder, born Francis Kottis, who led a small group of monks on Athos; died in 1959.
Venerable Joseph of AlaverdiSeptember 15A disciple of John of Zedazeni, one of the Thirteen Assyrian Fathers and founder of Alaverdi Monastery.
Saint Joseph JandieriOctober 17Catholicos-Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, who died on 28 October 1770.
Venerable Joseph the Much-SufferingApril 4Monk of the Kyiv Caves Lavra in the 14th century, honored among the venerable fathers of the Caves.
Venerable Joseph of OptinaMay 9Priest and monk at Optina, one of the fourteen venerable elders, who died in 1911; glorified in 2000.- Martyr Joseph Muñoz-CortesChilean-born Orthodox monk, keeper of a revered Iveron icon in Montreal, who died in Athens in 1997.
Questions
The name day of Joseph is January 19, the feast of Righteous Joseph. It is also kept on September 4, July 31, April 4, October 30, September 9, August 16, September 15, October 17.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Joseph, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Joseph is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Righteous Joseph as patron.