A baptismal name for a girl
Olga
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Olga
Passion-Bearer OlgaJuly 4Eldest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, killed with her family at Yekaterinburg in 1918.
Equal-to-the-Apostles Olga of KievJuly 11Regent of Kievan Rus, baptized with the name Helen, grandmother of Saint Vladimir.
Righteous Olga of AlaskaOctober 27Midwife and priest's wife of Kwethluk in Alaska, who lived from 1916 to 1979, venerated as a saint.- New Martyr Olga EvdokimovaJanuary 28She defended her village church against closure, was arrested and died in the Gulag in 1938.
- Martyr OlgaJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian woman, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Martyr OlgaJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian woman, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Martyr OlgaJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian woman, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Venerable Olga of MoscowAugust 13Nun and elder, venerated, born in 1871 to a peasant family; she died in 1973.
- Martyr Olga KoshelevaFebruary 21Christian woman martyred for the faith of Christ in 1939, during the Soviet persecution.
- Martyr Olga MaslennikovaNovember 10Christian woman martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Venerable Martyr Olga ZhiltsovaMarch 1Nun martyred for the faith of Christ in 1938, during the Soviet persecution.
- Martyr Olga AJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian woman, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
Questions
The name day of Olga is July 4, the feast of Passion-Bearer Olga. It is also kept on July 11, October 27, January 28, June 11, August 13, February 21, November 10, March 1.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Olga, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Olga is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Passion-Bearer Olga as patron.