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.
Another form of your name. Sasha is a Russian and Serbian short form of Alexander. St Alexander Nevsky, name day 23 November (6 December on the Old Calendar). St John the Warrior & Guardian Angel, $69 (normal price $99).
Another form of your name
St Alexander Nevsky
Άγιος Αλέξανδρος Νιέφσκι · Святой благоверный великий князь Александр Невский (в схиме Алексий)
Name day 23 November (6 December on the Old Calendar)
Sasha is a Russian and Serbian short form of Alexander.
Greek custom keeps it with St Alexander of Constantinople: 30 August (12 September on the Old Calendar).
Alexander, son of Grand Prince Yaroslav, was born in 1219 (some sources say 1220/21) at Pereslavl and became Prince of Novgorod while still young. He was loved for his mercy to the poor and the hungry.
St Alexander of Svir: 30 August (12 September on the Old Calendar)
Venerable Alexander: 20 April (3 May on the Old Calendar)
St Alexander: 16 May (29 May on the Old Calendar)
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.
Other names that match
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 John the Warrior & Guardian Angel Folding DiptychAlso prayed to for soldiers and military
Orthodox St. George - Silver Color - 60cm Chain - Stainless Steel MedallionAlso prayed to for soldiers and military
Christ (Zvenigorod Saviour) & Vladimir Mother of God Folding DiptychChrist and the Mother of God keep every Christian home
