The interpretation of the meaning of the name Maxim, like Julius, does not require an appeal to anthroponymy - the science of names. Julius - born in July, Maxim - maximum or, what suits a person, the greatest.
Famous Maxims
It's somehow difficult with the greatest, but one of the greats instantly reminds me of Maxim Gorky. People of the older generation can call Maxim Perepelitsa, an extremely popular movie hero, like Ivan Brovkin. Cinema lovers will remember Max von Sydow. And absolutely everyone is familiar with the Maxim machine gun.
Unfortunately, none of them has anything to do with such a holiday as Maxim's name day. Gorky was named Alexei at baptism (Maxim is a pseudonym), one can only guess about Perepelitsa's registration data, and the name of the great Swedish artist Syudov can only testify to his internationality. The machine gun is named after the name of its creator.
The number of heavenly patrons Maxim has
Children are named in our time, guided by personal choice, but almost everyone is baptized. Because in this way the child receives a heavenly patron, and a rare parent will refuse this protection. At baptism, the name of the namesake of the saint is chosen for the baby, whose memorial day coincides with or is close to the day of the church ceremony.
Glancing at the "Saints" - the church calendar - you can find out when the name day of Maxim or someone else. Gorky's namesake has 31 such days every year. This is impressive. There are 2-3 of them every month. Only June remained uncovered, but 5 days of the angel fall in November. All these holidays, except for the main one, are called "small name days".
Such an abundance is explained by the fact that the dates of not only Orthodox saints, but also the great ascetics of Christianity in general, are included in the church calendar. In ancient Rome, the name Maxim was popular, there was a dynasty bearing it. Until Christianity became the official state religion, its followers were persecuted. Having endured torture, accepted a painful death, they were ranked as saints by grateful descendants. Therefore, celebrating the name day of Maxim is, first of all, paying tribute to the saints bearing this name.
Martyrs and righteous who bear this name
Righteous and martyrs, holy fools for Christ's sake - they are all mentioned in the "Saints". The Monk M. Grek deserves special attention, whose commemoration dates are February 3 and July 4 (the day of canonization and the day of finding the relics). He translated into Russian the Ps alter and the BookActs of the Apostles.
However, there is not exhaustive data about all the saints mentioned in the Monthly Word. Some of the dates on which Maxim's name day falls according to the church calendar indicate, in addition to his name, only that he was a martyr (martyr). There are also two Maximilians in this list - Constantinople and Melitinsky, patriarch and martyr for the faith.
Maxim's name day, the date of which falls on March 19, April 2, May 13, November 5 and 10, will force the bearers of the name, whose angel days fall on these numbers, to spend some time to find out anything about their heavenly patrons anything. But this knowledge comes at a cost. Sometimes, having already lived a specific period of time, wondering what your guardian angel is, a person can look at his fate in a new way.
Isn't it interesting to know who the holy fools are for Christ's sake? These are people who deliberately doomed themselves to vagrancy, cold and hunger, these are wandering monks and ascetics of religion. For example, Maxim Totemsky, whose memory date falls on January 29. Being the rector of the church, he deliberately became a holy fool for Christ's sake. Without a constant piece of bread and clothes, he led this way of life for 40 years, lived to a ripe old age and was canonized by the Orthodox Church. In any case, having looked into the church calendar and learned everything about the name day of Maxim, the bearer of the name will not be upset at all about the number of his namesakes among Christian saints.
Days on which the commemoration of twothe righteous
There are metropolitans, philosophers, writers and translators here, but the vast majority are great martyrs and martyrs. This speaks of the strength of the human spirit, of love for the Lord, that it is not bad at all to have such a heavenly patron. Therefore, the question arises about the guardian angel, about what the name day of the name can mean for you. Maxim (or "the greatest") can tell a lot about himself. There are dates on which the days of memory of two saints fall: February 3 and 12, April 23, August 26. This means that Maxim, who was baptized on this day, receives two heavenly patrons.
