A baptismal name for a boy
Nectarius
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Nectarius
Saint Nectarius of ConstantinopleJune 2Archbishop of Constantinople from 381 to 397, successor of Gregory the Theologian and predecessor of John Chrysostom.
Venerable Nectarius of OptinaApril 29Hieroschemamonk, one of the last great elders of Optina, born at Yelets in 1853, died in 1928.
Martyr Nectarius of AuvergneDecember 9Christian missionary and martyr of Auvergne in the 4th century.
Venerable Nectarius the ObedientNovember 29A monk of the Kiev Caves Lavra, known for obedience, who reposed around the year 1200.
Saint Nectarius of BitolaDecember 15Saint venerated in Bitola, who lived in the fifteenth century.- Venerable Nectarius of BezhetskApril 3Venerable monk of Bezhetsk, who died in 1492.
- Venerable Nectarius of KazanOctober 4Venerable monk of Kazan, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Nectarius of RadonezhJuly 6Venerable monk of Radonezh, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Martyr Nectarius of VriullaMonk of Vriulla, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Venerable Nectarius of ProdromouA hieroschemamonk, second founder of Prodromou skete on Athos, who reposed around 1900; not formally canonized.
- Venerable Nectarius BanulAn archimandrite, disciple and biographer of Irinarh Roseti, who reposed around 1900; not formally canonized.
- Venerable Nectarius of AlmasA hieroschemamonk and great hesychast of Almaș Monastery, who reposed in 1912; named in the Romanian Paterikon, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Nectarius is June 2, the feast of Saint Nectarius of Constantinople. It is also kept on April 29, December 9, November 29, December 15, April 3, October 4, July 6.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Nectarius, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Nectarius is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Nectarius of Constantinople as patron.