A baptismal name for a boy
Yaroslav
3 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Yaroslav
Right-Believing Yaroslav the WiseFebruary 20Grand Prince of Kiev from 1019 to 1054, builder of churches and of Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev.- Right-Believing Yaroslav (Theodore) VsevolodovichJune 23Grand prince of Vladimir and father of Saint Alexander Nevsky, who died in 1246.
- Hieromartyr Yaroslav SavitskyNovember 25A hieromartyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1937.
Questions
The name day of Yaroslav is February 20, the feast of Right-Believing Yaroslav the Wise. It is also kept on June 23, November 25.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 3 saints named Yaroslav, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Yaroslav is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Right-Believing Yaroslav the Wise as patron.