Every Orthodox Christian bears the name of a saint who keeps watch over them, and keeps that saint’s feast as a name day. Type a first name to find the saint, the name day on both calendars, and the icon to give.
Closest spelling. “Bonifatios” is not a spelling we know; the closest is Boniface. St Boniface of Tarsus, name day 19 December (1 January on the Old Calendar). St Edward the Martyr, King of England & Guardian Angel, $69 (normal price $99).
Closest spelling
St Boniface of Tarsus
Άγιος Μάρτυς Βονιφάτιος · Мученик Вонифатий Тарсийский
Name day 19 December (1 January on the Old Calendar)
“Bonifatios” is not a spelling we know; the closest is Boniface.
St Boniface was the steward of Aglaia, a rich young woman of Rome, and lived with her in sin; by his own Life he spent his days in drunkenness and dissipation. Yet both felt the sting of conscience. Aglaia sent him east to bring back the relics of a martyr, and as he left Boniface joked, "What if I bring back my own?"
The faithful ask St Boniface for
deliverance from the passion of drunkenness
deliverance from the passion of wine-drinking for a husband, son or father
sincere repentance and a change of life
the forgiveness of sins
strength against temptation
We don’t have an icon of St Boniface of Tarsus yet.
Today, 16 October, the Church remembers St Longinus the Centurion; on the Old Calendar, St Dionysius the Areopagite.
The gift for a name day
Each folding icon pairs the patron saint with the Guardian Angel, printed under glass in velvet covers. The Name-Day Gift Set adds a crucifix and a prayer rope, in a gift box with a card giving the saint’s life and feast day.
Add Consecration, $49, if you wish: our priest consecrated each folding icon before it left the workshop, one by one, with holy water and the prayers of the Church.
St Nicholas, St Matthew, St Mark, St Patrick, St Edward, St Olaf and the Holy Foremother Eve, each beside the Guardian Angel, and the St John the Warrior and Guardian Angel diptych for those who serve.
The Greek, Antiochian, Romanian and Bulgarian Churches and the Orthodox Church in America keep the feasts on the New Calendar. The Russian, Serbian and Georgian Churches, Jerusalem and Mount Athos keep the Old Calendar, thirteen days later. We give both dates.
One day, or the nearest saint
Greek custom keeps one name day for each name. In the Russian custom a person keeps the day of the saint of their name whose feast comes first after their birthday, so a name can have several days.
A name with no saint
A name that no saint bore keeps its name day, by Greek custom, on All Saints’ Sunday. By an old custom a patron can also be chosen among the saints of the birthday or the baptism day, and every Orthodox Christian has a Guardian Angel from baptism. Many take a saint’s name at baptism or chrismation: if they have one, type that name.
Name days and saints from the Greek name-day calendar (eortologio.net), the Russian Church’s calendar of saints (azbyka.ru) and the Orthodox Church in America’s Lives of the Saints.
St Edward the Martyr, King of England & Guardian Angel Folding DiptychAnother martyr
St John the Warrior & Guardian Angel Folding DiptychAnother martyr
Christ (Zvenigorod Saviour) & Vladimir Mother of God Folding DiptychChrist and the Mother of God keep every Christian home
