Seraphim

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Seraphim

• Venerable Seraphim of SarovJanuary 2Great Russian ascetic, hieromonk and hermit in the forest near Sarov, known for his gift of healing.
• Hieromartyr Seraphim ChichagovNovember 28Metropolitan of the Russian Church, born Leonid Chichagov, shot at Butovo in 1937 and later canonized.
• Venerable Seraphim of VyritsaMarch 21Russian hieroschemamonk, elder and clairvoyant at Vyritsa, died in 1949 and canonized in 2000.
• Saint Seraphim SobolevFebruary 13Russian émigré archbishop, author of Russian Ideology, a champion of Orthodox monarchism; died at Sofia in 1950.
• Hieromartyr Seraphim SamoylovichOctober 22Archbishop of Uglich and vicar of the Yaroslavl diocese, who died a martyr in a Siberian camp in 1937.
• Hieromartyr Seraphim ZvezdinskyAugust 13Bishop of Dmitrov and vicar of the Moscow diocese, executed at Ishim in 1937; canonized in 2000.
• Hieromartyr Seraphim OstroumovNovember 25Son of a psalmist and graduate of the Moscow Theological Academy, Bishop of Smolensk, killed in the Katyn forest in 1937.
• Hieromartyr Seraphim ShakhmutAugust 24Archimandrite of the Russian Church, born in 1901, who died a martyr in a camp in 1946.
• SZConfessor Seraphim ZagorovskyMay 19Born Nikolai Zagorovsky in Akhtyrka into a deacon's family, a hieromonk venerated locally in the Ukrainian Church, who died in 1943.
• Venerable Martyr Seraphim ThievartNovember 23Hieromonk born in Moscow in 1899, who died in November 1931 in the Vishera camp; canonized in 2003.
• SDVenerable Seraphim of DomvosMay 6A Greek monk born in 1520 who lived on Mount Domvos and reposed in 1602.
• SPVenerable Seraphim the Patient of Sâmbăta de SusDecember 20Archimandrite, abbot of Sâmbăta de Sus from 1944 to 1954; canonized by the Romanian Holy Synod in 2024.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Seraphim?

The name day of Seraphim is January 2, the feast of Venerable Seraphim of Sarov. It is also kept on November 28, March 21, February 13, October 22, August 13, November 25, August 24, May 19.

II.Which saints bore the name Seraphim?

The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Seraphim, with their lives and icons.

III.Is Seraphim a good baptismal name?

Yes. Seraphim is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Seraphim of Sarov as patron.