A baptismal name for a girl· A rare, distinctive name
Seraphima
5 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Seraphima
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Venerable Seraphima of SezenovoFebruary 13Abbess of Sezenovo Convent at Lebedyan, born Efimia Morgachyova to a peasant family; died in 1877.- Venerable Martyr Seraphima GorshkovaNovember 6Nun born to a peasant family in Yaroslavl province, martyred in 1937.
- Martyr SeraphimaJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian woman, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Venerable Martyr Seraphima SulimovaSeptember 2Nun of Ferapontovo and Leushino, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Venerable Seraphima of KoretsApril 20A nun of the Holy Trinity Monastery at Korets, who reposed in 1633; locally glorified (Eparchy of Rivne, 2019).
Questions
The name day of Seraphima is February 13, the feast of Venerable Seraphima of Sezenovo. It is also kept on November 6, June 11, September 2, April 20.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 5 saints named Seraphima, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Seraphima is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Seraphima of Sezenovo as patron.