Parents, naming their baby, not only carefully study the characteristics and meaning of the name, but also try to get acquainted with the lives of the saints who will be the patrons of the child throughout life. It will be useful for them to find out what name days are celebrated in May. Women's names according to the church calendar are presented in our article. It also tells in detail about the life of the saints, who are especially revered by the Orthodox Church.

Orthodox women's name day in May

Naming their child, parents often look into Orthodox calendars. Turning to a church source, it is easy to find out what name days are celebrated in May or in other months of the year. When naming a daughter, parents can choose the name of the patron saint whose memorial day is celebrated on that date. For example, if a girl was born on May 10, then she should be called Anastasia or Maria. You can also choose a name that follows the birthday. This is done if there are no name days in May (women's) on a specific date.

Orthodox saints contain names both rare and common. When choosing them, you should pay attention to this fact so that in the future the child feels confident.

Name days in May from 1 to 10

In the first decade of May, many women's name days are celebrated. What can you choose for a girl? Among the names there are old ones, which are extremely rare today. The most popular today are Anastasia, Maria, Elizabeth.

Name days in May (women's) from the 1st to the 10th are celebrated by all girls who bear the following names:

• 1 - Tamara;
• 2 - Matrona;
• 3 - Philippi;
• 5 - Alexandra, Sofia;
• 7 - Elizabeth;
• 8 - Ivanna, Magdalena, Maria, Martha, Nika, Salome, Tamara;
• 9 - Glafira;
• 10 - Maria, Anastasia.

In May, on the 4th and 6th, there is no holiday. Women's name days are not celebrated according to the Christian church calendar.

The Russian Orthodox Church especially reveres Saint Matrona of Moscow, whose memorial day falls on May 2. She was born in 1881 in a peasant family with many children in one of the villages of the Tula province. From birth, the saint was blind, without eyeballs. Matrona's gift of healing manifested itself already at the age of eight, at the same time she began to predict the future.

In children's and youth The matron traveled a lot with the daughter of a local landowner. The saint visited the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, in different cities and shrines of Russia. After the revolution, Matrona moved to Moscow, where she lived with distant relatives, friends and acquaintances. Until her death, she received people, healed them and gave advice on what to do in this or that case. At night, Saint Matrona prayed fervently. According to one version, even Stalin himself came to Matrona for advice.

In 1952, on May 2, Saint Matrona died, predicting this event 3 days before her death.

Women's name day from May 11 to 20

Many women's name days are also celebrated in the second decade of May. These days the church honors the memory of the saints who bore these names. What can suit today's newborns?

Name days in May from 11 to 20 are celebrated by the owners of the following female names:

• 11- Anna;
• 14 - Tamara, Nina;
• 15 - Zoya;
• 16 - Ulyana, Julianna;
• 17 - Pelagia;
• 18 - Irina.

In May, on the 12th, 13th, 19th and 20th, there is no holiday. Orthodox women's name days are not celebrated.

A special contribution to the development of Christianity was made by Queen Tamara of Georgia, who in Orthodoxy is canonized as a saint. She was the daughter of the Georgian king George III and left behind a significant mark in history. During the life of Tamara, a large number of monasteries and temples were built, and Christianity spread throughout almost the entire territory of Georgia. Thanks to the reign of the queen, the Georgian state increased and strengthened.

Name days in May for women (third decade)

In the last 10 days of May, Orthodoxy honors the memory of the saints who accepted the death of martyrs for their faith and convictions.

Women's name days in May, in the last decade (from the 21st to the 31st), are celebrated by the owners of the following names:

• 23 - Taisia, Isidora;
• 25 - Evdokia;
• 26 - Irina, Glyceria;
• 28 - Anastasia;
• 29 - Muse;
• 30 - Evdokia, Euphrosyne;
• 31 - Matrona, Faina, Christina, Julia, Alexandra, Claudia.

There is no holiday from May 21 to 22, as well as on May 24 and 27. Women's name days are not celebrated.

The last day of May is very important. 31 numbers The Orthodox Church venerates seven holy virgins - Te-ku-sa, Alexandra, Fa-i-na, Euphrasia, Claudia, Mat-ro-na, Julia. From a young age, women devoted themselves to the Lord, adhered to abstinence, fasting, prayed tirelessly and lived to old age. During the reign of the ruler Diocletian, terrible persecutions were carried out against Christians, who, due to their refusal to accept paganism, were subjected to cruel torture and execution. After refusing to renounce the Christian faith, the women were drowned in the lake. The holy virgins were buried by the martyr Theodotos, whose feast day is also celebrated on May 31.

Name day in May: what name to give a child born in May according to the Orthodox calendar? You will find a complete list of May names according to the holy calendar in our article.

Calendar of Orthodox female and male names of May

1 - Anton, Vasily, Victor, Vissarion, Efim, Ivan, Kuzma, Tamara, Felix.

2 - Anton, Victor, George, Ivan, Matrona, Nicephorus, Tryphon, Christopher.

3 - Alexander, Anastasy, Gabriel, Gregory, Nikolai, Fedor, Theodora, Theodosius.

4 - Alexander, Alexei, Denis, Ivan, Kondraty, Nikolai, Fedor, Yakov, January.

5 - Vitaly, Vsevolod, Gabriel, Dmitry, Clement, Luke, Plato, Fedor.

6 - Alexandra, Anatoly, Ivan, George, Lazar.

7 - Alexey, Valentin, Elizabeth, Innokenty, Leonty, Luka, Nikolai, Savva, Sergey, Thomas.

8 - Vasily, Mark, Nika, Sergey, Sylvester.

9 - Vasily, Glafira, Ivan, Nestor, Nikolai, Peter, Stepan.

10 - Anastasia, George, Ivan, Hilarion, Maria, Nikolai, Pavel, Peter, Semyon, Sergey, Stepan.

11 - Anna, Vitaly, Kirill, Maxim.

12 - Artemy, Vasily, Fedot, Filimon.

13 - Vasily, Ephraim, Ignatius, Clement, Maxim, Nikita, Yakov.

14 - Gerasim, Yeremey, Efim, Ignatius, Makar, Nina, Tamara.

15 - Athanasius, Boris, Gleb, David, Ivan, Zoya, Mikhail, Roman.

16 - Mavra, Nicholas, Paul, Peter, Timothy, Theodosius.

17 - Anton, Athanasius, Valerian, Ivan, Cyril, Clement, Lazar, Leonty, Maria, Nikita, Nikifor, Nikolai, Pelageya.

18 - Adrian, Irina, Jacob.

19 - Vasily, Denis, Ivan, Hilarion, Kasyan, Pahom, Savva.

20 - Anton, David, Ivan, Ilya, Joseph, Mikhail, Pahom, Sidor, Stepan.

21 - Adrian, Arseny, Ivan, Nikifor.

22 - Vasily, Gabriel, Dmitry, Joseph, Nikolai, Christopher.

23 - Anisim, Vasily, Lawrence, Simon, Taisia.

24 - Alexander, Joseph, Cyril, Methodius, Michael, Nicodemus, Rostislav.

25 - German, Denis, Ivan, Peter, Semyon, Fedor, Philip.

26 - Alexander, Vasily, Gabriel, George, Glykeria, Efim, Ivan, Irina, Makar, Nikifor, Sergei, Taras, Theodosius, Christopher.

27 - Leonty, Maxim, Nikita, Peter, Sidor.

28 - Anastasia, Dmitry, Ignat, Pakhom.

29 - Alexander, Arkady, George, Ephraim, Kasyan, Lavrenty, Modest, Muse, Nikolai, Peter, Fedor.

30 - Adrian, Athanasius, Evdokia, Euphrosyne, Nikolai, Stepan, Feofan.

31 - Alexandra, Anastasy, Andrei, Vasily, David, Denis, Claudia, Leo, Makar, Matrona, Mikhail, Pavel, Peter, Semyon, Faina, Fedor, Fedot, Christina, Julian, Julia

Church Orthodox holidays in May

Blessed Matrona of Moscow

St. Athanasius the Great

May 15 the church remembers one of the holy fathers - St. Athanasius, Archbishop of Alexandria, who lived in the III-IV centuries. From childhood, he was distinguished by great piety and a desire to study Holy Scripture. Patriarch Alexander oversaw his spiritual growth and eventually consecrated him to the rank of deacon and presbyter. After the death of the patriarch, Athanasius, at the age of 28, was elected his successor. For 47 years the saint ruled the Church of Alexandria, and he was especially strong supporter of it during the years of persecution of Christians. He died peacefully in 373, leaving behind numerous theological writings.

Holy Passion-Bearers Boris and Gleb with Life

On the same day, the transfer of the relics to the Vyshgorod temple, in the holy Baptism of Roman and David, who were killed on the orders of their brother Svyatopolk in 1015, is remembered.

Memory is celebrated May 21st. One of the closest followers of Jesus Christ, John was the only one of the disciples who did not leave the Lord during His crucifixion. The apostle lived for more than a hundred years, preaching the Gospel in many countries. The celebration was established in remembrance of the annual exodus on this day to the place of his burial of the finest pink dust, which was collected by believers for healing from various diseases.

St. app. and Evangelist John the Theologian

22nd of May- the day of the transfer of relics, the archbishop of Mir of Lycia, from Mir to the Italian city of Bari. This event took place in 1087 in order to avoid the desecration of the shrine by Muslims.

Sts. equal to app. Cyril and Methodius

Commemoration day is celebrated May 24. The brothers, who were born in the Greek city of Thessalonica, knew well Slavic and translated into it many liturgical books. At the end of the ninth century they established a Slavic worship in Moravia, while Methodius became the archbishop of Moravia and Pannonia, he also baptized the Czech prince Borzhivoy and his wife Ludmila. On this day, the namesake of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' is celebrated.

As is often the case, in Orthodox calendars and church calendar for 2019, on May 5, name days are presented only for male names, but we do not find female ones for this period.

In particular, on Angel Day today you can congratulate those who were baptized by Vitaly, Vsevolod, Gabriel, Dmitry, Clement, Luka and Ostap. These male names worth choosing for boys born today.

And in order to choose the right female names for girls who are born on this day, you need to postpone their name day for eight days, as they did in the old days, and name them in honor of the saints revered on the specified date.

The main birthdays of this day are Fedora, because May 5 Orthodox Church venerates the memory of their heavenly patron Saint Theodore Sykeot. This fact must be taken into account when choosing a name for boys born today.

If a person is named after a patron saint, then the name becomes a powerful amulet for him, before which any evil is powerless. There is a sign that along with the name a person receives certain character traits.

Therefore, we can say in advance that Fedor, who celebrates his name day today, will be a decisive, independent, purposeful and hardworking person.

Having lost his father early, Theodore was brought up by his mother, who dreamed that in the future the boy would do military career. However, Saint George, who appeared to the woman in a dream, indicated that the child was born to serve the Lord.

Elder Stefan is considered the spiritual mentor of Theodore, found shelter in his house. Together with him, Theodore, being very small, strictly observed the fasts and spent all the time in the temple.

Thanks to his spiritual exploits and wisdom, at the age of seventeen he was ordained a priest. Theodore was an example for the brethren and parishioners, he had the gift of healing.

It is known that for about two years he lived as a recluse in a covered cave, during the fasts he not only put on chains, but also locked himself in a narrow cage. Many believed in his holiness, and he was appointed to the episcopal see of his native city.

In this post, he helped the needy, built temples, fought heretics, but his soul strove for solitude, so he soon went back to the monastery, where he continued to do good deeds and high spiritual feats.

The name Rada is Slavic and means "joy". The name comes from the word "rainbow", which was considered a heavenly sign, a living being and foreshadowed joyful events - the appearance of gods, children and harvest.

This name is popular in Poland and Ukraine.

The name Rada evokes a rainbow mood and is a symbol of the forces of light and day. The whiteness of daylight conquers the Rada of a person who communicates with her. There is something subtly beautiful in a smile, a manner of speaking, so that oblivion envelops a person. As if he drank water from a stream with magical water and forgot his past life, a person acquires a new perception.

Rada, born on May 5, is open to all kinds of art and magic! We must not forget that she is the daughter of the Rainbow. The rainbow was considered in the old days as a living being. They said about Rainbow that “you can’t make her angry, otherwise she will eat.” Rada may not “eat”, but the “ring of oblivion” will not. Be friends with Rada!

Rada can make a "ring of oblivion" for other people. This is not difficult: a silver ring is placed in the ground, a white rose needs to be planted above it.

The ring must be in the ground until the rose blooms. Such a ring gives peace to those who have survived the crisis, opens the third eye and gives strength for a new life. The Rada can make such a ring for itself too. But she still needs a Slavic rune, which in the modern version is called "Rainbow", to heal her soul.

This rune looks like the first letter of the name - the capital letter "R". The first letter of the name for any person is a strong Talisman of the name. Rada, this rune brings a huge amount of energy, helps to get on the right path, find your way in creativity, and successfully complete seemingly endless affairs.

Amber or a piece of resin that Rada carries with her, preferably closer to her body, will protect from the power of illusions. This is necessary because Rada is amorous, has a violent temperament and does not understand how she could lose her head like that because of a man. Amber also helps in the case when you need to get rid of an impossible desire: for example, to become a ballerina at the age of forty.

A rainbow on a name day dreams of good luck, walking on a rainbow - to danger, eating a rainbow - you should not start a new path.

Mstislav - Slavic name, comes from the words "revenge" and "glory". Many centuries ago, the word "revenge" had a different meaning, different from the modern one. “Revenge” meant “to dream, to dream”, when they said “you never know what is rushing around at night”, then “revenge” meant “dream”.

Another meaning of the same word is "to have an intention".

The ending of the name with “glory” indicated the merits of this person, the accomplished feats. Also called the leaders of the fighting squads.

And so it turns out: "Mstislav" - "the one who sings of dreams."

Despite the gloomy cover that envelops any obsession, the name Mstislav is the emblem of the sun and heavenly fire. This name brings kindness and wisdom. Mstislav has his own "Golden City", to which he is ready to invite every person. Although the legends say that the “Golden Cities” are located far away, Mstislav has this city where he is. Mstislav makes reality truly golden, bringing peace and harmony everywhere. In his "Golden City" golden apples grow, the very ones that bring eternal youth, health and beauty.

To restore his strength, Mstislav needs to imagine himself walking in the "Golden City" among the heavenly trees.

Meditation on a name day is allowed, in which one must imagine oneself as a paradise tree. This Name Day Meditation increases psychological defense and cures diseases. But not only meditation helps to restore strength and provide protection.

The first letter of the name is the golden letter "m" - a rune meaning "dreams". Dreams, or illusions, have tremendous energy, the main thing is to be able to correctly transform this energy. For full interaction with the energies that the rune opens, it is advisable to carry its symbol with you.

The rune helps to process energy correctly, destroys unnecessary connections, helps to get rid of the past.

If he dreams in a dream that Mstislav is walking through the Garden of Eden with golden apples, he will have happiness.

Light a lantern in a dream - upset the intrigue; gossipers will be brought to clean water. Wearing a lit lantern on the night of the name day - the situation will become clearer. Extinguish the lantern - things will get completely confused.