Sergius

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Sergius

• Saint Sergius I of RomeSeptember 8Bishop of Rome from 687 to 701, of Syrian descent, who rejected the canons of the Quinisext Council.
• Venerable Sergius of RadonezhSeptember 25Great Russian ascetic, founder of the Trinity Lavra and father of monastic renewal in Russia.
• Venerable Sergius of ValaamJune 28Greek monk, by tradition founder of Valaam with Herman and an enlightener of Karelia.
• SISaint Sergius II of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1001 to 1019, a relative of the 9th-century Patriarch Photios.
• Confessor Sergius SrebrianskyMarch 23Russian archimandrite, 1870 to 1948, a confessor of the faith under the Soviet persecutions.
• Venerable Sergius of NuromOctober 7Monk of Greek origin, disciple of Sergius of Radonezh, founder of the Nurom monastery; died in 1412.
• Hieromartyr Sergius MechevJune 22Moscow archpriest, son of Saint Alexei Mechev, who died a martyr at Yaroslavl in 1942; canonized in 2000.
• Venerable Sergius of Malaya PinegaNovember 16Hieroschemamonk born in 1493 into a priest's family in the Pinega region, who died in 1585.
• SCVenerable Martyr Sergius of CappadociaFebruary 24Magistrate turned hermit, a monk of Cappadocia, martyred in the persecution of Diocletian in 304.
• Venerable Sergius of ShukhtovoMay 19Schemamonk born Stephen, who lived in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century; died in 1609.
• Hieromartyr Sergius GoloshchapovDecember 7Archpriest born in 1882 near Moscow, shot at the Butovo firing range in 1937; canonized in 2000.
• Hieromartyr Sergius ZavarinApril 1Archpriest born in 1885 in Yaroslavl province, who died in a Siberian camp in 1938; canonized in 2000.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Sergius?

The name day of Sergius is September 8, the feast of Saint Sergius I of Rome. It is also kept on September 25, June 28, March 23, October 7, June 22, November 16, February 24, May 19.

II.Which saints bore the name Sergius?

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

III.Is Sergius a good baptismal name?

Yes. Sergius is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Sergius I of Rome as patron.