A baptismal name for a boy
Raphael
10 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Raphael
Saint RaphaelNovember 8The Archangel who healed Tobit and guided his son Tobias, as told in the Book of Tobit.- Venerable Raphael of BanatAugust 16A monk and ascetic of the Serbian Banat in the 17th century.
- Venerable Raphael MokrenskySeptember 11Archimandrite, rector of the Kharkiv Collegium from 1753 and abbot of Sviatohirsk Hermitage from 1758, who died in 1765.
- Saint RaphaelApril 14A saint commemorated in the Greek synaxarion together with Nicholas and Irene.
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Saint Raphael of BrooklynFebruary 14Syrian Orthodox bishop in North America, the first Orthodox bishop consecrated on American soil.- Confessor Raphael SheychenkoJune 6Confessor, who suffered for the faith of Christ and died in 1957, during the Soviet persecution.
- Venerable Martyr Raphael TyupinNovember 28Monk martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Venerable Raphael the Calligrapher of HureziA monk and calligrapher of Hurezi Monastery in the 18th century; named in the Romanian Paterikon, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Raphael of SvyatogorskFebruary 10A monk of the Svyatogorsk Monastery, reposed in 1882.
- Hieromartyr Raphael of LesvosApril 9An archimandrite slain by the Turks on Lesvos in 1463, honored together with Nicholas and Irene.
Questions
The name day of Raphael is November 8, the feast of Saint Raphael. It is also kept on August 16, September 11, April 14, February 14, June 6, November 28, February 10, April 9.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 10 saints named Raphael, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Raphael is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Raphael as patron.