A baptismal name for a boy
Sebastian
10 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Sebastian
Martyr SebastianDecember 18Roman soldier shot with arrows and killed for his faith in Christ in the persecution of Diocletian.
Venerable Sebastian of KaragandaApril 6Archimandrite born in 1884 in the Oryol region, linked with Optina, who died in 1966 in the Karaganda region..jpg)
Venerable Sebastian of SokhotaDecember 18Abbot of the Transfiguration Monastery on the Sokhota River near Poshekhonye; died in 1492.
Venerable Sebastian DabovichNovember 17Serbian-American monk and missionary, the first Serbian Orthodox monk naturalized in North America..jpg)
Martyr Sebastian of RomeMarch 20Roman military commander, martyred for the faith of Christ.- Venerable Sebastian of SolovkiAugust 9Venerable hermit of Solovki, venerated in the Russian Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Sebastian of PoshekhonyeFebruary 26Russian venerable monk of the Poshekhonye region.
- Venerable Sebastian of RilaA monastic saint of the Rila brotherhood, commemorated by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
- Venerable Sebastian the HermitAn 18th-century hermit, founder of the Sihastru skete near Tecuci; named in the Romanian Paterikon, not formally canonized.
- Saint Sebastian of AlexandriaMay 13Bishop of Alexandria whose repose is named in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 13 May; few details survive.
Questions
The name day of Sebastian is December 18, the feast of Martyr Sebastian. It is also kept on April 6, November 17, March 20, August 9, February 26, May 13.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 10 saints named Sebastian, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Sebastian is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Martyr Sebastian as patron.