A baptismal name for a boy
Theophan
3 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Theophan
Saint Theophan the RecluseJanuary 10Russian bishop, theologian and preacher, who withdrew into seclusion at Vysha and died in 1894..jpg)
Hieromartyr Theophan IlminskyDecember 11Bishop of Solikamsk, vicar of the Perm diocese, who died a martyr at Perm in 1918; canonized in 2000.- New Martyr Theophan KosanovićA Serbian new martyr, born in 1881 and killed in the Jadovno camp in 1941.
Questions
The name day of Theophan is January 10, the feast of Saint Theophan the Recluse. It is also kept on December 11.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 3 saints named Theophan, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Theophan is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Theophan the Recluse as patron.