How to name the girl according to the holy calves

Как только становится понятно, что в семье parents are beginning to choose a name for the child. And often it turns out that everyone on this account already has certain preferences: my mom always wanted a daughter Elizabeth, and my father - Eugene, because that was the name of his grandmother. Begin differences, which are often connected and older relatives.

Sometimes parents decide to give a name to a girl according to the saints or to call a son in memory of some great person. How can we call it according to the church calendar?

It turns out that every day in the church calendarOrthodox Church - this is the day of a righteous person. Lives of saints are huge heavy books with mention of thousands of martyrs and saints. Usually the memory of the one who pleases God is appointed on the day of death, that is, the end of the earthly life of the righteous and the beginning of the life of heaven. Righteous people for two thousand years there were many, so every day not only one but several saints are famous.

To give the name of the girl according to the holies, you need to openOrthodox church calendar and see the list of names of the righteous on the day of her birth. It is likely that there will not be holy women in it. In Orthodoxy in general, they are much less than holy men. This is due, of course, not to the fact that the male saints are more. It's just that women are always less visible, their lot is solitary monasticism, not priesthood, bishopric or missionary work. That's why not so many glorified are the righteous, martyrs and confessors. So with all the desire to give a name to the girl according to the saints, it may simply not be the woman's name on the calendar on the baby's birthday.

Это, конечно, не значит, что надо отказаться от this idea, or remake somehow male names. There are several traditions of naming: by birth, on the eighth after birth (the day of the name), on the fortieth (the traditional day of baptism). Therefore the name of the girl according to the saints can be chosen from the mentioned three days. But it may very well be that they all do not contain acceptable female names.

In this case, you should choose the nearest name,which is celebrated after the birthday of the baby. For example, the names of girls according to the holy September offer the following: Fekla (September 1), Vassa (3), Anfus and Eulalia (4). Then for a few days no female name is mentioned, and finally on September 8, the mts is celebrated. Natalia. September 9 is celebrated mts. Anfisa, and then only on the 14th of September. Martha, who was the mother of Simeon Stylites. Already on this list, given for example, it is clear that it is not so easy to choose the names of girls for the holy.

November, for example, provides even lesscommon, simple female names than September. There are matrons, Evdokia, Stefanida, but not every modern parent will risk calling the child an old and unusual name. Although recently the attitude to exotic names has changed. If 20 years ago they were frightening, now they are attracted rather.

Choosing a name for a child is a responsible business.After all, we must take into account not only the desire of my mother and father, two grandmothers and two grandfathers, but also to correlate the chosen variant with the patronymic and surname. And also find out how the home, abridged version will sound. Therefore, perhaps, it is true, to give all this to God and hope that the name that fell out on the holy names will suit the daughter best!