Philaret

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Philaret

• Saint Philaret of MoscowNovember 19Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, the most influential figure of the Russian Church for over forty years; died in 1867.
• Saint Philaret of KievDecember 21Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia from 1837 to 1857, died at Kiev in 1857.
• Saint Philaret VoznesenskyMetropolitan, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, born in 1903 at Kursk, died in 1985 in New York.
• Venerable Philaret of GlinskSeptember 9Abbot and restorer of the Glinsk Hermitage, born in western Ukraine in 1773; died in 1841.
• PVenerable PhilaretSeptember 28A monk of the Near Caves of the Kyiv Caves Lavra; named in the synaxis of the Near Caves Fathers.
• Saint Philaret Gumilevsky of ChernigovAugust 9Archbishop of Chernigov, a church historian and spiritual writer of the 19th century.
• PPVenerable Martyr Philaret PryakhinJune 10A Russian monk who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
• PUVenerable Martyr Philaret of UglichMay 23A monk of Uglich who died a martyr for his faith in Christ.
• PUVenerable Philaret of UstyuzhnaA venerable monk of Ustyuzhna, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
• PVHieromartyr Philaret VelikanovOctober 11A Russian priest put to death for his faith in Christ in 1918, during the communist persecution.
• PKConfessor Philaret KochubeyA confessor of the faith, commemorated by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
• Venerable Philaret the GardenerApril 8A Greek-rite monk of Calabria who struggled at Seminara, reposed around 1070.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Philaret?

The name day of Philaret is November 19, the feast of Saint Philaret of Moscow. It is also kept on December 21, September 9, September 28, August 9, June 10, May 23, October 11, April 8.

II.Which saints bore the name Philaret?

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

III.Is Philaret a good baptismal name?

Yes. Philaret is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Philaret of Moscow as patron.