A baptismal name for a boy
Mitrofan
7 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Mitrofan
Hieromartyr Mitrofan of AstrakhanJune 23Archbishop of Astrakhan and Tsarev, who died a martyr at Astrakhan in 1919; glorified in 2001.- Hieromartyr Mitrofan KornitskyNovember 24Cleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1955, during the Soviet persecution.
- Venerable Mitrofan TroitskyJuly 6Venerable monk, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Hieromartyr Mitrofan VilgelmskyMay 19Cleric martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Hieromartyr Mitrofan of VladimirCleric of Vladimir, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Confessor Mitrofan VozdvizhenskyNovember 19Confessor, who suffered for the faith of Christ and died in 1938, during the Soviet persecution.
- Venerable Mitrofan ShcherbakovA Russian schema-archimandrite of St Andrew's Skete, reposed in 1949; Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Mitrofan is June 23, the feast of Hieromartyr Mitrofan of Astrakhan. It is also kept on November 24, July 6, May 19, November 19.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 7 saints named Mitrofan, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Mitrofan is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Hieromartyr Mitrofan of Astrakhan as patron.