A baptismal name for a boy· A rare, distinctive name
Varlaam
6 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Varlaam
Venerable Varlaam of KeretNovember 6Priest and later monk who led an ascetic life on the Kola Peninsula in the sixteenth century..jpg)
Venerable Martyr Varlaam NikolskyNovember 6Abbot born in 1872 who entered Chudov Monastery in Moscow in 1895, shot at Butovo in 1937.
Saint Varlaam MoțocAugust 30Metropolitan of Moldavia from 1632 to 1653, scholar and printer, editor of the Book of Learning of 1643.- Venerable Varlaam of XenophontosAn Athonite elder of Xenophontos Monastery, who reposed in 1983; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Varlaam of New SketeAn Athonite elder of the New Skete, who reposed in 1994; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Varlaam VantuA Romanian monk of the cell of St Nicholas at Iufta, born in 1833, who reposed in 1934 at a great age; venerated, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Varlaam is November 6, the feast of Venerable Varlaam of Keret. It is also kept on August 30.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 6 saints named Varlaam, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Varlaam is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Varlaam of Keret as patron.