A baptismal name for a boy
Theophanes
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Theophanes
Venerable Theophanes the ConfessorMarch 12Byzantine noble who became a monk, chronicler and defender of the holy icons, who died in exile in 817.
Confessor Theophanes the BrandedOctober 11Byzantine monk and hymnographer, a confessor in the age of iconoclasm, later Metropolitan of Nicaea..jpg)
Venerable Theophanes the New of DocheiariouAugust 19Athonite monk of Docheiariou Monastery, who died at the Monastery of Saint John the Baptist near Veria.
Venerable Theophanes the FasterSeptember 28A fasting monk of the Kiev Caves Lavra.- Venerable Theophanes of AntiochJune 10A venerable monk of Antioch, who died in 369.
- Venerable Martyr Theophanes GrafovMarch 5A Russian monk put to death for his faith in Christ in 1938, during the communist persecution.
- Venerable Theophanes the ConfessorSeptember 9A monk and confessor of the faith, known for his strict fasting.
- Martyr Theophanes of ConstantinopleJune 8A martyr of Constantinople, put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Venerable Theophanes of MeteoraMay 17A founder of a monastery at Meteora in Thessaly.
- Venerable Theophanes the Merciful of GazaSeptember 29A venerable monk of Gaza, known for his almsgiving.
- Saint Theophanes of PeripherionMay 3A bishop of Peripherion, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
- Venerable Theophanes of RoslavlJune 15A Russian hermit of Roslavl, who died in 1819.
Questions
The name day of Theophanes is March 12, the feast of Venerable Theophanes the Confessor. It is also kept on October 11, August 19, September 28, June 10, March 5, September 9, June 8, May 17.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Theophanes, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Theophanes is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Theophanes the Confessor as patron.