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.
Your name’s saint. Sts Cyprian and Justina, name day 2 October (15 October on the Old Calendar). St Matthew the Apostle & Guardian Angel, $69.
Your name’s saint
Sts Cyprian and Justina
Άγιοι Κυπριανός ο Ιερομάρτυς και Ιουστίνη η Παρθενομάρτυς · Священномученик Киприан и мученица Иустина
Name day 2 October (15 October on the Old Calendar)
Cyprian of Antioch was dedicated to the pagan gods from childhood and studied sorcery in the great centers of paganism until he could command demons, cast spells and summon plagues. A young pagan asked him to win, by magic, the Christian maiden Justina, who had consecrated herself to Christ.
The faithful ask Sts Cyprian and Justina for
deliverance from sorcery, spells and witchcraft
protection from the evil eye
deliverance from demonic oppression
the conversion of those involved in the occult
patience in suffering
We don’t have an icon of Sts Cyprian and Justina yet.
In the Russian custom a person keeps the day of the saint of their name whose feast comes first after their birthday; in the Greek custom each name has one day.
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.
