Sava

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Sava

• Saint Sava of SerbiaJanuary 14A king's son who became an Athonite monk, founder of the autocephalous Church of Serbia and its first archbishop.
• Saint Sava II of SerbiaFebruary 8Third archbishop of the Serbs, from 1263 to 1271, middle son of King Stefan the First-Crowned.
• Saint Sava of OhridAugust 9Bulgarian scholar, disciple of Cyril and Methodius, counted among the Seven Saints of the Bulgarian Church.
• Hieromartyr Sava of Gornji KarlovacJuly 4Bishop of Gornji Karlovac from 1938, killed by the Ustasha in August 1941 on Mount Velebit.
• SISaint Sava II BrankovićApril 24Metropolitan of Transylvania, born in Ineu in 1615 and died in Alba Iulia in 1683; a defender of Orthodoxy.
• SCVenerable Sava of the CavesApril 24Monk of the Kyiv Caves Lavra in the 13th century, venerated as a wonderworker.
• SMVenerable Sava of MoscowJune 13Disciple of Saint Andronicus, abbot of Andronikov Monastery after his death and buried in the same grave; he died around 1410.
• SISaint Sava III of SerbiaJuly 26Archbishop of Serbia from 1309 to 1316, formerly abbot of Hilandar and bishop of Prizren.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Sava?

The name day of Sava is January 14, the feast of Saint Sava of Serbia. It is also kept on February 8, August 9, July 4, April 24, June 13, July 26.

II.Which saints bore the name Sava?

The Sinaxarion archive holds 8 saints named Sava, with their lives and icons.

III.Is Sava a good baptismal name?

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