A baptismal name for a boy
Samuel
8 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Samuel
Prophet SamuelAugust 20Last judge of Israel, who anointed Saul and David as kings.- Venerable Martyr SamuelA monk of Vretou Monastery, killed by the Ottomans on Chios in 1822; canonized in 2021 by the Church of Greece.
- Martyr Samuel the EgyptianChristian of Caesarea in Palestine, martyred for the faith of Christ in 309.
- Saint Samuel of GeorgiaNovember 30Georgian hierarch, honored in the Church of Georgia.
- Venerable Samuel of St Anne's SketeAn Athonite elder of St Anne Skete, who reposed in 1960; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Samuel of OpizaOctober 5A venerable monk of Opiza Monastery in Tao-Klarjeti; canonized in 2003 by the Church of Georgia.
- Venerable Martyr Samuel KucherenkoMay 13A venerable martyr of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church who suffered in 1937.
Saint Samuel INovember 30Monk, venerated in the Western Church.
Questions
The name day of Samuel is August 20, the feast of Prophet Samuel. It is also kept on November 30, October 5, May 13.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 8 saints named Samuel, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Samuel is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Prophet Samuel as patron.