A baptismal name for a boy
Prochorus
10 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Prochorus
Apostle ProchorusJuly 28One of the Seven Deacons chosen at Jerusalem, counted among the Seventy Apostles.
Venerable Prochorus of PčinjaSeptember 19Monk of the eleventh century from the Pčinja region, venerated as a venerable; died in 1067.
Venerable Prochorus of the Kiev CavesFebruary 10Monk of the Kiev Caves Monastery, died 1107, who made his bread from goosefoot; a wonderworker.
Venerable Prochorus the IberianFebruary 12Georgian monk, founder of the Monastery of the Cross in Jerusalem, born about 985 and died in 1066.- Martyr ProchorusJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Venerable Prochorus of YastrebJune 23Venerable monk, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Martyr Prochorus MikhailovApril 6Christian martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Venerable Prochorus of YuryegoraVenerable monk of Arkhangelsk, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Saint Prochorus of RostovMay 23Bishop of Rostov who received the schema as Tryphon and died in 1328.
- Venerable Prochorus of GeorgiaFebruary 12Georgian venerable monk, honored in the Church of Georgia.
Questions
The name day of Prochorus is July 28, the feast of Apostle Prochorus. It is also kept on September 19, February 10, February 12, June 11, June 23, April 6, May 23.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 10 saints named Prochorus, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Prochorus is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Apostle Prochorus as patron.