All parents should know that it is desirable to name the child after the saint whose memorial day is next to the baby's birthday. If such names do not suit them, you can choose any other date later. Every year on October 15, name days are celebrated by several men and two women at once. From this list, you can try to choose a suitable name.
Whose name day is men's October 15?
This date is the day of remembrance of many Christian ascetics:
- Andrei of Tsaregradsky, Christ for the holy fool;
- Boris and Vasily - Kazan martyrs;
- George of Athos, martyr;
- Demetrius, James, John - Kazan martyrs;
- Cyprian (Kuprian) - Hieromartyr;
- Michael, Peter, Silvanus, Stefan - Kazan martyrs;
- Theodore of Gavra, Theodore of Kazan - martyrs.
On the same day, October 15, the name day is celebrated by women named Anna and Justina (Ustinya). Throughout their lives, the saints with these names carried faith in the Lord.
Blessed Andrew of Tsaregradsky
This man lived in Constantinople (Tsargrad) in the X century. Once in a prophetic dreamAndrei saw an angel who sent him to fight against the "black warriors" who opposed the Christian faith. For this, the young man dressed in rags and became a holy fool. He asked for alms, which he then gave to the poor, suffered beatings, ridicule, bullying.
For his humility, Blessed Andrew soon received the gift of clairvoyance. Throughout his life, he converted many wicked people to the Christian faith. Thus, he saved them from spiritual death. In 936, blessed Andrei of Tsaregradsky died.
Name day on October 15, men celebrate everyone who was named that way. On this day, the church honors Blessed Andrew.
Kazan martyrs
Immediately after the feast of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos, October 15 is the day of memory of the Kazan martyrs Boris, Vasily, Demetrius, James, John, Michael, Peter, Silvanus, Stefan, Theodore.
There is little information about their life. It is only known that the Orthodox Slavs and Tatars in Kazan became martyrs at the hands of the Agarians. There are records that they accepted their suffering and death in 1552-1553.
More information is available about the life of the three Kazan martyrs: John, Stephen and Peter. All of them were martyred for their faith in Jesus Christ.
John was hacked with swords for not wanting to worship Mohammed. But the Lord spared him, and all the believers soon learned about the sufferings of the martyr. With mortal wounds, he was able to reach the Russians living in Kazan. John prayed all night, and in the morning 24January, having received communion, he reposed in the Lord.
Peter and Stefan were Tatars living in Kazan. At one time they abandoned Islam and converted to the Orthodox faith. Stefan, who had suffered from paralyzed legs for more than twenty years, was healed after baptism. But as soon as the Russian troops left Kazan, the Tatars chopped the martyr to pieces, scattered his body, and plundered the house. Peter, on the other hand, was beaten to death by his own relatives after they found out that he had converted to the Orthodox faith.
All martyrs are remembered by the church on October 15th. The name day of Peter and Stefan falls on March 24th. Martyr John's Memorial Day also falls on January 24.
Name day October 15 for women. Anna and Ustinya
Princess Anna Kashinskaya was born in 1280. She was the wife of Prince Mikhail Yaroslavich of Tver. After her husband was brutally tortured to death in the Horde in 1318, she leaves for the Tver Sophia Monastery. Here the princess is tonsured as a nun with the name Euphrosyne. After some time, she moved to the Kashinsky Assumption Monastery. Euphrosyne is comprehended in the schema with the name Anna. Here she lived until her death. Schema-nun Anna departed to the Lord on October 2 (15), 1368.
Martyr Justina converted many pagans to the Orthodox faith in her life. Among them was Cyprian, who had previously given himself entirely to the power of the demon. In 304, when, by order of the Roman emperor Diocletian, mass persecutions and executions of Christians were carried out, Justina and Cyprian were martyred. The Church remembers them 15October. Name days on this day are celebrated by women called Ustins and men called Kupriyans.
