A baptismal name for a boy
Nikolai
8 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Nikolai
Hieromartyr Nikolai BezhanitskyJanuary 1Archpriest in Estonia, killed by the Bolsheviks at Tartu on January 14, 1919.
Hieromartyr Nikolai GashevSeptember 26Archpriest of the Elijah Cathedral in Perm, who died in 1930 and was glorified as a new martyr in 2000.
Hieromartyr Nikolai KrylovNovember 28Russian archpriest who died in December 1941 in the Karlag camp in the Karaganda region; canonized in 2000.- Venerable NikolaiA Russian archimandrite of the Skete of Elijah; Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable NikolaiA schemamonk in the Russian kellia; Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- New Martyr Nikolai LegeidaA new martyr born in 1895 and died in 1940.
- Saint Nikolai GuryanovA priest and elder on Zalit Island in the Pskov eparchy, who reposed in 2002; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Hieromartyr Nikolai LeismanJune 14An Orthodox priest honored as a martyr, who died for the faith in 1943.
Questions
The name day of Nikolai is January 1, the feast of Hieromartyr Nikolai Bezhanitsky. It is also kept on September 26, November 28, June 14.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 8 saints named Nikolai, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Nikolai is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Hieromartyr Nikolai Bezhanitsky as patron.