A baptismal name for a girl
Natalia
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Natalia
Martyr Natalia of NicomediaAugust 26Wife of the martyr Adrian of Nicomedia, counted among the bloodless martyrs in the early 4th century.- New Martyr Natalia KozlovaSeptember 1Peasant woman and church warden, born in 1889, martyred at Butovo on 14 September 1937.
- Martyr NataliaJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian woman, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Venerable Martyr Natalia BaklanovaMarch 18Nun martyred for the faith of Christ in 1938, during the Soviet persecution.
- Martyr Natalia KarikhSeptember 10Christian woman martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Martyr Natalia KopytinaSeptember 10Christian woman martyred for the faith of Christ in 1942, during the Soviet persecution.
- Martyr Natalia SiluyanovaDecember 29Christian woman martyred for the faith of Christ in 1942, during the Soviet persecution.
- Martyr Natalia SivakovaChristian woman martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Martyr Natalia SundukovaDecember 29Christian woman martyred for the faith of Christ in 1942, during the Soviet persecution.
- Venerable Martyr Natalia UlyanovaMarch 9Nun martyred for the faith of Christ in 1938, during the Soviet persecution.
- Martyr Natalia VasilyevaDecember 29Christian woman martyred for the faith of Christ in 1942, during the Soviet persecution.
- New Martyr Natalia NiczyporukAn Orthodox believer of Zaleszany in Podlasie, killed in 1946 together with other villagers.
Questions
The name day of Natalia is August 26, the feast of Martyr Natalia of Nicomedia. It is also kept on September 1, June 11, March 18, September 10, December 29, March 9.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Natalia, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Natalia is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Martyr Natalia of Nicomedia as patron.