A baptismal name for a boy
Moses
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Moses
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Prophet MosesSeptember 4The prophet who led Israel out of Egyptian bondage and received the Law on Mount Sinai.
Venerable Moses the BlackAugust 28Ethiopian who was once a robber, then repented and became a monk and priest in the desert of Egypt.
Venerable Moses the HungarianJuly 26Monk of Hungarian origin at the Kyiv Caves Lavra, who died in 1043 and is remembered on 26 July.
Venerable Moses of OptinaJune 16Schema-archimandrite, abbot and elder of Optina Monastery, born in 1782 and died in 1862.
Saint Moses of NovgorodJanuary 25Archbishop of Novgorod and Pskov, born at Novgorod as Mitrofan, who died in 1362.- Venerable Moses of UfaMay 21Archimandrite born Nikolai Chigvintsev in 1913, who died in 1982 in Ufa.
- Venerable Martyr Moses OlenitskyAugust 25Russian hieromonk born at Olenitsa in 1868, who died in Leningrad in 1931 and was canonized as a martyr in 2003.
Venerable Moses the WonderworkerA holy monk of the Ukrainian tradition, honored as a wonderworker.- Venerable Moses of BeloozeroFebruary 23Monk of Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, noted for his gift of foresight; he died around 1492.
- Venerable Martyr Moses of SinaiJanuary 14Monk of Sinai, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Venerable Martyr Moses of SinaiJanuary 14Monk of Sinai, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Venerable Moses of SyriaVenerable hermit of Syria, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
Questions
The name day of Moses is September 4, the feast of Prophet Moses. It is also kept on August 28, July 26, June 16, January 25, May 21, August 25, February 23, January 14.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Moses, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Moses is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Prophet Moses as patron.