A baptismal name for a boy
Nikon
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Nikon
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Venerable Nikon the MetanoeiteNovember 26Byzantine monk and itinerant preacher who called people to repentance; died in 998.
Venerable Nikon of RadonezhNovember 17Disciple of Sergius of Radonezh and second abbot of the Trinity Monastery, died in 1426.
Confessor Nikon of OptinaJune 25Hieroschemamonk, the last confessor of Optina Monastery, who died in exile in northern Russia in 1931.
Venerable Nikon of the Kiev CavesMarch 23Abbot of the Kiev Caves from 1078 to 1088, a scholar and founder of the monastery at Tmutarakan.
Hieromartyr Nikon of SicilyMarch 23Born at Naples into a noble family with a pagan father and Christian mother, a soldier and then bishop; died a martyr.- Venerable Nikon the DryDecember 11Monk of the Kiev Caves Lavra, held captive by the Cumans for over three years and freed; died in 1101.
- New Martyr Nikon KogutovskyMay 13A new martyr born in 1875 and put to death at Uman in 1937.
- Venerable Martyr Nikon BelyaevNovember 27Monk martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Martyr Nikon of ThraceAugust 20Christian of Thrace, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Martyr Nikon of MaromiliaSeptember 28Christian of Maromilia, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Martyr Nikon of MeliteneNovember 7Christian of Melitene, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Venerable Nikon of NovgorodNovember 16Venerable monk of Novgorod, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
Questions
The name day of Nikon is November 26, the feast of Venerable Nikon the Metanoeite. It is also kept on November 17, June 25, March 23, December 11, May 13, November 27, August 20, September 28.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Nikon, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Nikon is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Nikon the Metanoeite as patron.