A baptismal name for a boy
Zacharias
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Zacharias
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Saint Zacharias of RomeMarch 15Bishop of Rome from 741 to 752, the last pope of the Byzantine period of the see of Rome.
Saint Zacharias of JerusalemFebruary 21Patriarch of Jerusalem from 609 to 632, who spent most of his patriarchate a prisoner of the Persian king Khosrow II.- Venerable Zacharias of ScetisMarch 24Fourth-century monk of Scetis in Egypt, son of Carion, honored as patron of society's outcasts.
Hieromartyr Zacharias LobovSeptember 9Archbishop of Voronezh and Zadonsk, who died a martyr in Kazakhstan in 1937; canonized in 2000.- Hieromartyr ZachariasJune 23Bishop of Sitia in Crete, killed in 1821; canonized in 2000.
- Saint ZachariasJuly 25Bishop of the island of Lefkada, honored as a hierarch in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- New Martyr ZachariasAugust 16A new martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Venerable Zacharias of ScetisDecember 5Egyptian venerable monk who struggled in the desert of Scetis.
- Hieromartyr Zacharias of CorinthMarch 30Hieromartyr of Corinth who suffered for faith in Christ.
- Martyr Zacharias of PatrasJanuary 20Martyr of Patras who suffered for faith in Christ.
- Venerable Zacharias the RecluseMarch 24Venerable recluse honored in the Russian Church.
- Venerable Zacharias of DionysiouAn Athonite elder of Dionysiou Monastery, who reposed in 2000; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Zacharias is March 15, the feast of Saint Zacharias of Rome. It is also kept on February 21, March 24, September 9, June 23, July 25, August 16, December 5, March 30.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Zacharias, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Zacharias is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Zacharias of Rome as patron.