A baptismal name for a boy
Simon
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Simon
Apostle Simon the ZealotMay 10One of the Twelve, called the Zealot or the Canaanite, who preached the Gospel and died a martyr.
Saint Simon of CyreneDecember 1Man of Cyrene compelled by the soldiers to carry the cross of the Lord on the way to Golgotha.
Venerable Simon of VolomskJuly 12Russian abbot, founder of the Exaltation of the Cross hermitage at Volomsk, who lived from 1585 to 1641.
Saint Simon of VladimirMay 10Monk of the Kiev Caves, abbot at Vladimir, bishop of Vladimir from 1215, who died on May 22, 1226.
Hieromartyr Simon MchedlidzeSeptember 1Georgian priest, educator and journalist, executed by the Soviet authorities after the August Uprising of 1924.
Fool-for-Christ Simon of YuryevetsNovember 4A Russian fool for Christ of the 16th century, honored for his gift of insight and for healings granted through his prayers.
Venerable Simon the Myrrh-streamerDecember 28Athonite monk of the thirteenth century, who died in 1287; a myrrh-streaming saint commemorated on 28 December.
Hieromartyr Simon ShleevAugust 5Bishop of Ufa and Sterlitamak, author of works on Edinoverie, who died in 1921 in Ufa.- Venerable Simon of SoigaNovember 24Monk of the Cornelius Monastery at Komel, founder of the Transfiguration Monastery on the Soiga river, who died in 1562.
- Venerable Martyr Simon of GarejaAugust 12Monk of Gareja, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Saint Simon of MoscowApril 30Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus at the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
- Venerable Simon of TrinityJuly 6Venerable monk, ecclesiarch of the Trinity monastery at Radonezh, who reposed in 1377.
Questions
The name day of Simon is May 10, the feast of Apostle Simon the Zealot. It is also kept on December 1, July 12, September 1, November 4, December 28, August 5, November 24, August 12.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Simon, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Simon is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Apostle Simon the Zealot as patron.