Nicholas

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Nicholas

• Passion-Bearer Nicholas IIJune 21Last emperor of Russia, killed with his family at Yekaterinburg in 1918.
• Saint Nicholas of MyraDecember 6Fourth-century bishop, protector of those in need and wonderworker.
• Saint Nicholas I of RomeNovember 13Bishop of Rome from 858 to 867, involved in the dispute with Patriarch Photius of Constantinople.
• Righteous Nicholas CabasilasJune 20Byzantine mystic and writer of the fourteenth century, author of The Life in Christ.
• Equal-to-the-Apostles Nicholas of JapanFebruary 3Russian missionary who founded the Orthodox Church in Japan, archbishop of Tokyo, who died in 1912.
• Saint Nicholas MystikosMay 16Ecumenical Patriarch from 901 to 907 and again from 912 until his death in 925.
• Saint Nicholas II ChrysobergesDecember 16Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 980 to 991.
• Venerable Nicholas the PilgrimJune 2Greek pilgrim who died at Trani in 1094, honored in both the Orthodox and the Catholic Church.
• Venerable Nicholas SvyatoshaSeptember 28Prince of Chernigov who became a monk at the Caves Lavra in 1106, the first Russian prince-monk; died in 1143.
• Fool-for-Christ Nicholas Salos of PskovFebruary 28Fool for Christ of Pskov who in 1570 stood in the way of Tsar Ivan the Terrible's wrath against the city.
• Venerable Nicholas the StuditeFebruary 4Byzantine monk born in Crete in 793, abbot of the Stoudios in 846-850 and 867-868, who died in 868.
• Hieromartyr Nicholas LyubomudrovOctober 20Priest born in 1862 in Yaroslavl province, who died a martyr in the village of Latskoye in 1918; canonized in 2000.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Nicholas?

The name day of Nicholas is December 6, the feast of Passion-Bearer Nicholas II. It is also kept on June 21, November 13, June 20, February 3, May 16, December 16, June 2, September 28.

II.Which saints bore the name Nicholas?

The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Nicholas, with their lives and icons.

III.Is Nicholas a good baptismal name?

Yes. Nicholas is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Passion-Bearer Nicholas II as patron.