A baptismal name for a boy
Mitrophanes
3 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Mitrophanes
- Venerable MitrophanesA monk of St Paul's Monastery on Athos (1917-1995); Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Hieromartyr MitrophanesFebruary 7Bishop of Vladimir, a hieromartyr killed by the Tatars in 1238.
- Venerable Mitrophanes of RadonezhJuly 6A monastic saint associated with Radonezh, commemorated in the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Questions
The name day of Mitrophanes is February 7, the feast of Venerable Mitrophanes. It is also kept on July 6.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 3 saints named Mitrophanes, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Mitrophanes is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Mitrophanes as patron.