A baptismal name for a boy
Justin
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Justin
Martyr Justin MartyrJune 1A philosopher who became a Christian, author of the Apologies, killed in Rome around 165.
Venerable Justin PopovićApril 7Serbian theologian, archimandrite of the Ćelije Monastery, who died in 1979.- Martyr JustinJune 1A martyr commemorated together with Gerasimus, Thespesius and Neon in the Greek synaxarion.
- Right-Believing JustinNovember 15A saint of Thrace from the 6th century, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Venerable JustinNovember 17A monastic ascetic commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Venerable Justin the GreatA venerable father, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar; little is known of his life.
- Venerable Justin of RossikonA schemamonk of Rossikon; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
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Saint Justin PolyanskySeptember 26Bishop of Ufa, who reposed in 1903; glorified locally.- Venerable Justin of ProdromouA hieroschemamonk on Mount Athos, first founder of Prodromou skete, who reposed in 1845; not formally canonized.
Confessor Justin ParvuJune 16Abbot of Petru-Vodă Monastery, a survivor of communist prisons, who reposed in 2013; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.- Venerable Martyr Justin TatsenkoMay 13A Ukrainian monk and venerable martyr, killed for the faith in 1938.
- Martyr Justin of ParisAugust 1A martyr honored at Paris, of whom little is known.
Questions
The name day of Justin is June 1, the feast of Martyr Justin Martyr. It is also kept on April 7, November 15, November 17, September 26, June 16, May 13, August 1.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Justin, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Justin is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Martyr Justin Martyr as patron.