name day is called the feast, also known as the Day of the angel.He timed to the day of memory of the saint whose name is man.This saint, according to church tradition, is a patron saint for him and for all who is named in his honor.Thus, it turns out that this is purely a Christian Orthodox or even just (partly Catholic) tradition, as Protestant churches do not recognize the veneration of saints.So for anyone who is not an Orthodox Christian (and Catholic), this holiday does not exist.In this article, we present a list of saints who are patrons of the people named Egor.
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Name day associated exclusively with that name, which he called the baby in the sacrament of baptism.Accordingly, an unbaptized person can not observe the day, no matter what name he bore no.This naming in the font does not happen just like that, and in honor of a holy saint who has become a special intercessor before God in the Orthodox Christian faith.In the future, change the name of the church and, therefore, the patron saint of impossible.The only exception - it is the veil in which a person receives a new name.
birthday date after the baptism will be considered the day on which the church calendar revere the memory of the saint.Of course, many of them living in the same call.Therefore, choosing a specific name, and you can choose a saint who wore it.If a person was baptized as a child and did not have any information about how it was in honor of the saint they called it, proceed as follows: find in the calendar of the holy day of remembrance of the same name, next to the birthday person.He will be considered name-day.But if you want to choose any particular person, to which there is a special liking, you can do so, ignoring the formal procedures.
Name day Yegor
Immediately I must say that in the calendar is no such name.Yegor name day in the church celebrates the days of St. George's memory - so baptized and Egorov.And they are likely to become the patron saint, of course, Great Martyr George, whom we know from the Russian coat of arms and desyatikopeechnym coins.But in general it is not the only option, because a lot of the church calendar of saints named George (Egor).Name day orthodox may be associated with any of them.Previously, the name, by the way, was used as an epithet to the god Zeus.Below, we provide a list of all the main St George by month.
June 19th of this month - feast day of St. George Monk.Unfortunately, in addition to the name and rank of glorification among the saints of it nothing more is known.Moreover, these obscure saints in the church calendar is very, very much.
July
July 4 is celebrated the memory of Russian by the name of St. George.During his lifetime he was a monk, a priest with the rank of Archimandrite.Death took in Nizhny Novgorod, in 1932, at the hands of the Soviet authorities.
July 16 - one day an unknown Reverend with the same name.
August 3 and 13 of the month - of Egor name day celebrated in honor of two of St. George.Both of them - the martyrs.And for both, in addition, it is not known.
September September 21 - the day when we remember the Confessor Church, Archimandrite George (Mkheidze).
October
In early October, the number 2, commemorated pious Prince George O..He was the ruler of the city of Chernigov, and Grand Prince of Kiev, until he betrayed the conspirators and toppled to the princely throne.Then he was named Igor, and George called him at tonsure a monk, who was forced to take power in order to avoid killing.However, it still killed, moving to the execution of the church in the middle of the service.The body of the murdered prince-monk was thus thrown on the town square.
November
In November, celebrated the name day of Yegor, who is the patron saint martyr George Yurenev.At the beginning of the XX century he lived in Vitebsk, where he worked as a judge.But in the 20s he was sent.And in the 30's also charged with counter-revolutionary activities.Initially he was sentenced to forced labor in detention camps, but later changed the sentence to the maximum penalty for participation in the Catacomb Church.The shooting took place in 1937.
December
In December revere the memory of Georgy Sedov confessor.He was not a priest, but as a layman elders ministered various temples.In the 30s and 40s repeatedly subjected to repression by the Soviet authorities.One day it struck part of the ladder, with the result that George was seriously injured.From them he died a year later, and after failing to recover from an illness.
Another December St. George - is titled Stylites, day of remembrance which falls on December 31.No more information about it is not.
January
January 30 - the day dedicated to the memory of the martyr, who was killed in 1838 in the Turkish city of Paramita.The reason for the charge of the saint was the fact that, being a native-born Muslim, he professed Christianity.He was captured in the market place and demanded to renounce Christ, and being refused, the young man was hanged in the city gate.
February
February 10 - the day of Saint George of the unknown.
February 17 - a day of remembrance of another saint of Prince George, but this time Vladimir.
March
March 23 - the day the Rev. unknown.
March 18 - the day and an unknown saint, but a martyr.
April
April 17 - Celebration of the Monk from the island of Peloponnese.
May
May 6 - the name day of Yegor attributable to the commemoration day of St. George.Glorified as a martyr who was beheaded for his faith in Christ by Emperor Diocletian.
Conclusion It is not a complete list of St. George - the patron saint of those who in baptism was given the name of Egor.Name day it may be chosen from thousands of variants.Keep in mind that there is no single registry of all Orthodox saints.Other churches in the different regions have their saints, unknown in other parishes, but because the official calendar can not accommodate them all.
