A baptismal name for a boy
Lazar
3 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Lazar
Great Martyr Lazar of SerbiaJune 15Ruler of Serbia, killed in the battle of Kosovo Field in 1389 and honored as a martyr.- Venerable Lazar DeminskiiA Russian schema-hierodeacon of Rossikon; Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Confessor Lazar (Ćulibrk)July 5A Serbian confessor of the faith associated with Arad, who reposed in 1915.
Questions
The name day of Lazar is June 15, the feast of Great Martyr Lazar of Serbia. It is also kept on July 5.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 3 saints named Lazar, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Lazar is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Great Martyr Lazar of Serbia as patron.