A baptismal name for a boy
Savva
9 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Savva
Venerable Savva of KrypetsAugust 28Russian monk, founder of the Saint John the Theologian monastery at Krypets near Pskov, died in 1495.
Venerable Savva of VisheraOctober 1Founder of Savvo-Vishersky Monastery, born at Kashin, known for his labor as a stylite; died in 1460.
Venerable Savva of TverMarch 2Abbot of the Presentation Monastery in the Tver region, a monk from 1397; died in 1467.- Righteous Savva of MoshokDecember 5Priest of the Church of St John the Theologian in the village of Moshok, who died in 1592.
- Saint Savva of IoanninaFebruary 3Greek saint of Ioannina, who died in the year 1550.
- Hieromartyr Savva of SerbiaApril 22Serbian hieromartyr.
- Venerable Savva the RecluseApril 24Venerable recluse of the Far Caves of Kiev.
- Hieromartyr Savva of Upper KarlovacJune 4Serbian bishop killed by the Ustaše in the year 1941.
- Saint Savva OstapenkoA schema-archimandrite and elder of the Pskov Caves Monastery, who reposed in 1980; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Savva is August 28, the feast of Venerable Savva of Krypets. It is also kept on October 1, March 2, December 5, February 3, April 22, April 24, June 4.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 9 saints named Savva, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Savva is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Savva of Krypets as patron.