A baptismal name for a boy
Nicodemus
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Nicodemus
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Righteous NicodemusAugust 2A Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin who came to Jesus by night and helped bury Him.
Venerable Nicodemus the HagioriteJuly 14Athonite monk, mystic and theologian, editor of the Philokalia, who died in 1809.
Venerable Nicodemus of TismanaDecember 26Monk and scribe born at Prilep, founder of Tismana Monastery in Wallachia; died in 1406.
Venerable Nicodemus of MammolaMarch 12Monk of Calabria, probably born at Cirò, died on March 25, 990 and venerated as a saint there.
Venerable Nicodemus of the Kiev CavesOctober 31Monk and prosphora-baker of the Kiev Caves Lavra in the twelfth century, who died in 1139..jpg)
Hieromartyr Nicodemus KononovOctober 22Bishop of Belgorod, vicar of the Kursk diocese and author of lives of the saints of the Russian North, killed in 1919.- Saint Nicodemus of PalermoOrthodox bishop of Palermo under Muslim rule of Sicily, who died in 1083.
- New Martyr Nicodemus of ElbasanJuly 11Albanian born at Vithkuq who embraced Islam, repented on Mount Athos, and was martyred in 1722.
- Venerable Martyr Nicodemus the AlbanianJuly 11Albanian monk martyred in 1722, whose relics are venerated at Ohrid.
- Venerable Martyr Nicodemus of MeteoraAugust 16Monk of Meteora, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Saint Nicodemus MilašOctober 8Serbian bishop of Dalmatia and Istria, known above all as a great canonist of the Orthodox Church.
- Venerable Martyr Nicodemus ShchapkovSeptember 17Monk martyred for the faith of Christ.
Questions
The name day of Nicodemus is August 2, the feast of Righteous Nicodemus. It is also kept on July 14, December 26, March 12, October 31, October 22, July 11, August 16, October 8.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Nicodemus, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Nicodemus is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Righteous Nicodemus as patron.