A baptismal name for a boy
Mikhail
4 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Mikhail
Right-Believing Mikhail II of TverJune 24Mikhail Alexandrovich (Russian: Михаил Александрович) (1333 – August 26, 1399) was Grand Prince of Tver and briefly held the title of Grand Prince of Vladimir.- Venerable Mikhail FomichevA Russian hieroschemamonk of Rossikon, reposed in 1910; Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Mikhail DmitrievA Russian schema-archimandrite of St Andrew's Skete, reposed in 1965; Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Hieromartyr Mikhail Podielsky of ZazymiaNovember 14A priest of Zazymia, killed in 1937; locally glorified (Eparchy of Boryspil, 2021).
Questions
The name day of Mikhail is June 24, the feast of Right-Believing Mikhail II of Tver. It is also kept on November 14.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 4 saints named Mikhail, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Mikhail is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Right-Believing Mikhail II of Tver as patron.