A baptismal name for a boy
Zechariah
4 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Zechariah
Prophet ZechariahSeptember 5Priest in Jerusalem, husband of Elizabeth and father of the Forerunner John the Baptist..jpg)
Prophet ZechariahFebruary 8One of the twelve minor prophets, author of the book that bears his name, after the Babylonian exile.
Venerable Zechariah the FasterAugust 28Faster and monk of the Kiev Caves in the 13th-14th centuries.- Venerable ZechariahNovember 17
Questions
The name day of Zechariah is September 5, the feast of Prophet Zechariah. It is also kept on February 8, August 28, November 17.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 4 saints named Zechariah, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Zechariah is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Prophet Zechariah as patron.