The names for the shrines for boys in August: meaning, origin, patron saint. Orthodox male names in August according to the church calendar

The article will help you choose a name for a boy born in August.

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How to choose the right name for a child in the shrines?

A centuries -old wisdom claims that we need to talk about God with children, so as not to talk all his life with God about children. That is why the holy heavenly patron saint of a sign figure in Orthodox Christianity.

Important: the guardian angel and the patron saint are completely different concepts. The patron saint, whose name is a person, is his support and support in earthly life and petitions him before God, helps to become closer to the Kingdom of Heaven.

You can determine the name of the heavenly patron with the help of saints or names.

How to choose the right name for a child in the shrines?

In order to have a more complete idea of \u200b\u200ball names, also study the calendars on september, october, november, december, january, february, march, april, may, june, july.

The names for the shrines for boys in August: meaning, origin, patron saint

August 1

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Rev. Grigory is new
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Saint Dimitri Rostov, Metropolitan
Mitrofan	from Latin	mother revealed	Saint Mitrofan Voronezh, bishop (in the schema - Macarius)
Novel	from Latin	roman	Boar martyr Roman Olegovich Ryazansky, prince
Seraphim	with Hebrew.	fiery	Rev. Seraphim Sarov
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	Besweight Stefan Lazarevich New Tall, Serbian, King
Tikhon	from Greek	fate, case	Saint Tikhon Zadonsky, Voronezh, bishop

August 2

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Arkhangelsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Saint Martyr Alexy Znamensky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Athanasius	from Greek	immortal	Holy Martyr Athanasius Brest, Igumen
George / Egor	from Greek	cultivating land	Holy Martyr George Nikitin, Priest (New Martyr)
Efim	from Greek Evfimiy	pious	Holy Martyr Efimy Grebenshchikov (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Holy martyr John Strable-Kamensky, priest (New Martyr)
Ilya	from Heaven. Eliyahu	my God is Yahweh	Holy Prophet Elijah Fesvityan
Konstantin	from Greek	constant, persistent	Holy Martyr Konstantin Slovtsov, Priest (New Martyr)
Kuzma	from the Greek word "cosmos"	world order	Holy Martyr Cosma Vyaznikov, hieromonk
Leonty	from Greek	lion	Rev. Leonty Stromynsky
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Udantsev, Priest (New Martyr)
Peter	from Greek	rock, stone	Holy Martyr Peter Vyaznikov (New Martyr)
Savva	with Aramaic	elder	Rev. Savva Stromynsky
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Saint Martyr Sergius Gortinsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Tikhon	from Greek	fate, case	Saint Martyr Tikhon Krechkov, Archimandrite (New Martyr)
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Rev. martyr Theodore Abrosimov, novice (New Martyr); Holy Martyr Theodore Yakovlev, Priest (New Martyr)

August 3rd

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
George / Egor	from Greek	cultivating land	The holy martyr George
Evgeniy	from Greek	noble	Holy Martyr Eugene
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Rev. John Palestinian
Peter	from Greek	rock, stone	Holy Martyr Petr Golubev, Priest (New Martyr)
Novel	from Latin	roman	Holy Confessor Roman Bear, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Semyon	from Heaven. Simeon	the one whom God heard	Blessed Simeon Palestinian, Emes, Christ for the sake of the holy fool
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	The holy martyr Theodore

August 4

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Holy Martyr Alexy Ilyinsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Roots, root	roman birth name	archer	Rev. Cornelius Pereyaslavsky
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Saint Martyr Mikhail Okazhmakov, Priest (New Martyr)

5th of August

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Andrew	from Greek	courageous	Saint Martyr Andrey Argunov (New Martyr)
Vitaly	from Latin	full of life	Saint Vitalian Roman, dad
Trofim	from Greek	breadwinner	Holy Martyr Trofim Lycian
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Rev. Theodore Ushakov, Sanaxary, Warrior

August 6

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Anatoly	from Greek	a resident of Anatolia	The holy martyr Anatoly
Athanasius	from Greek	immortal	Holy Martyr Athanasius Ician
Boris	from ancient Slavyans Borislav	glorious in the struggle	Boris's noble martyr, prince (novel in baptism)
Gleb	from Old Neskand. Gotlib	the heir to God	Blessed Martytor Gleb, Prince (in the baptism of David)
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Saint Confessor John Kalinin, Olenevsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Illarion	from Greek	happy	Saint Hilarion Taleli
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Pongelsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Novel	from Latin	roman	Holy Boris Boris, Prince, Prince (Roman in Baptism)

August 7

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Sakharov, Archpriest (New Martyr); Holy Martyr Alexander
Makar	from Greek	blissful	Rev. Macarius Zheltovodsk, UNZHENSKY

8 August

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Ermolai	from Greek Germolaos	the people of Hermes	Holy Martyr Ermolas Nicomidysky, Priest
Ignat	from Latin	fiery	Rev. Ignatius Styronite
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Saint Martyr Sergiy Strelnikov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Rev. Theodore Trapezund, Metropolitan

August 9

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Hermann	from Latin	brotherly, close	Rev. German Alaskinsky
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Holy Martyr John Soloviev, Priest (New Martyr)
Klim, Klimenius	from Latin	humane	Equal -to -the -Apostles Clement of Ohrid, Velichsky, Bulgarian, Archbishop
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Blessed Nikolai Kochanov, Novgorod, Christ for the sake of the holy fool
Pantelei	from Greek	all -merciful	Great martyr Panteleimon healer
Plato	with ancient Greek.	broad -shouldered	Holy Martyr Platon Mountains, Priest (New Martyr)
Savva	with Aramaic	elder	Equal -to -the -Apostles Savva Okrid
Emmanuel	from Heaven. Immanuel	god with us	Rev. Manuel

August 10

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Erekaev, Hieromonk (New Martyr)
Efim	from Greek Evfimiy	pious	The holy martyr Efimiy
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Holy martyr John Mileshkin (New Martyr); holy martyr John Selmanov (New Martyr); Holy Martyr John Lomakin (New Martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Ponomarev, Deacon (New Martyr)
Ostap	from the ancient Greek. Eustathius	hard, persistent	Holy Martyr Eustathius Ankir
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Rev. Pavel Ksiropotamsky
Prokhor	with ancient Greek.	one who is in front of the choir	Holy Martyr Prokhor Nicomedia, bishop
Seraphim	with Hebrew.	fiery	Rev. Seraphim Sarov
Julian, Julius	roman birth name	—	Holy Martyr Julian Dalmatian, Atinsky

11th August

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Holy Martyr Alexander
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Saint Martyr Alexy Krasnovsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Anatoly	from Greek	a resident of Anatolia	Rev. Martyr Anatoly Smirnov, Hieromonk
Benjamin	from Heaven. Benjamin	the son of the right hand	Holy Martyr Veniamin
Konstantin	from Greek	constant, persistent	Rev. Konstantin Kosinsky, Starorussky; Saint Konstantin Constantinople, Patriarch
Kuzma	from the Greek word "cosmos"	world order	Rev. Cosma Kosinsky, Old Russian
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Rev. Martyr Mikhail Savvait, Oshessky, Chernorizets
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Nikolai the Wonderworker, Mirliki, Archbishop
Ostap	from the ancient Greek. Eustathius	hard, persistent	Holy Martyr Eustathius Mtskheta
Novel	from Latin	roman	Rev. Roman Kirzhachsky
Seraphim	with Hebrew.	fiery	Rev. Martyr Serafim Theological, Hieromonk (New Martyr)

12th of August

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Anatoly	from Greek	a resident of Anatolia	Rev. Anatoly II Optinsky, younger
Valentine	from Latin	strong, strong	Holy Martyr Valentin Interemsk, Italian, bishop (New Martyr)
Hermann	from Latin	brotherly, close	Saint German Solovetsky, hermit; Saint Herman
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Holy martyr John Plotnikov, deacon (new martyr); St. John the Warrior; St. John, Presbyter
Luke, Lukyan	from Latin	light coloured	Holy Martyr Luke Babylon, Cordulus, Deacon
Maksim	from Latin	greatest	Holy Martyr Max Persian, Cordulus
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Saint Paul, bishop

August 13th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Anton	from Latin	who enters the battle	Holy Martyr Anthony
Arseny	with ancient Greek.	courageous, mature	Saint Arseny Ninocmintsky, bishop
Basil	from Greek	regal	Saint Confessor Vasily Preobrazhensky, Kineshamsky, bishop (New Martyr)
Benjamin	from Heaven. Benjamin	the son of the right hand	Holy Martyr Veniamin Kazan, Petrograd, Gdovsky, Metropolitan (New Martyr)
Vladimir	from Old Russian	who owns the world	Saint Martyr Vladimir Kholodkovsky, Priest (New Martyr)
George / Egor	from Greek	cultivating land	The holy martyr George
Denis	from the ancient Greek. Dionysios	belonging to God Dionysus	Rev. Martyr Dionysius Vatopeda
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Holy martyr John Kovsharov Petrogradsky (New Martyr); holy martyr John Rumyantsev, priest (new martyr); St. John Bulgarian, Exarch
Joseph / Osip	biblical	God will increase	Saint Joseph Arimafeiska
Konstantin	from Greek	constant, persistent	Saint Confessor Konstantin Razumov, Priest (New Martyr)
Maksim	from Latin	greatest	Holy Martyr Maxim Rumyantsev (New Martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Trudolubov, Priest (New Martyr)
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Holy Martyr Sergius Shein (New Martyr)
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	Rev. Stefan, prince
Yuri	from the ancient Greek. Georgios	cultivating land	Saint Martyr Yuri (George) Petrogradsky (New Martyr)

August 14th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Pergian, Pampilian, farmer
Alim	from Arabic	scientist	Holy Martyr Alim McCave
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Holy martyr Dimitri Pavsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Elizar	from Heaven. Eleazar	God helped	Holy martyr Eleazar; holy martyr Eleazar Jerusalem; Holy Martyr Eleazar McCave
Leonty	from Greek	lion	Holy Martyr Leonty Pergian, Pampilian
Timothy	from Greek Timotheos	reverent God	Saint Timofey Prokoness
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	The holy martyr Theodore

August 15

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Basil	from Greek	regal	Rev. Vasily Spaso-Kubensky; holy martyr Vasily; Saint Blessed Vasily Moscow, Christ for the sake of the holy fool
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Holy Martyr John
Kirill	from Greek	lord	Holy Martyr Cyril
Plato	with ancient Greek.	broad -shouldered	Holy Martyr Platon Mountains, Priest (New Martyr)
Novel	from Latin	roman	Holy Roman
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	Holy martyr Stefan I Roman, dad; Holy First Martyr Stefan, Archdeacon
Taras	from Greek Tarasios	rebel, troublemaken	Saint Tarasiy
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	The holy martyr Theodore

August 16

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Anton	from Latin	who enters the battle	Rev. Anthony Roman, Novgorod
Vyacheslav	with ancient Sneslav.	the most important	Saint Martyr Vyacheslav Lukanin, deacon (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Rev. John Patalari, hegumen
Kuzma	from the Greek word "cosmos"	world order	Holy Hermit of Cosma Faransky (Palestinian), Antioch
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Pomerantsev, Priest (New Martyr)

August 17

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Righteous Alexy Elveushev, Bortsurmansk, presbyter
Andrew	from Greek	courageous	St. Andrew
Denis	from the ancient Greek. Dionysios	belonging to God Dionysus	Saint Dionysius Ephesus
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Holy martyr Dimitri Vorobyov (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Saint John Monk, Ephesus, Archbishop; St. John Ephesian; Saint John New Ephesus, Archbishop
Konstantin	from Greek	constant, persistent	Saint Exakustodian (Konstantin) Ephesian of 7 Ephesus Persons
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Holy Martyr Mikhail Zhuk, Hieromonk (New Martyr)
Semyon	from Heaven. Simeon	the one whom God heard	Holy Martyr Simeon Vorobyov (New Martyr)

August 18

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Efim	from Greek Evfimiy	pious	Saint Evfimiy Constantinople, Patriarch
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Holy Martyr John Smirnov, Deacon (New Martyr)

August 19

On this day, none of the saints is revered.

August 20

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Holy Martyr Alexander Khotovitsky (New Martyr)
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Saint Martyr Alexy Vorobyov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Anton	from Latin	who enters the battle	Rev. Anthony Optinsky
Athanasius	from Greek	immortal	Holy Martyr Athanasius Egorov, Igumen (New Martyr)
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Amenitsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Dementia	from Latin	tamer	Rev. Dometius Athos; Monk martyr Domedia Persian, Syrian, Hierodeacon
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Holy Martyr Dimitri Milovidov, Priest (New Martyr)
Elisha	from Heaven. Elisha	God is salvation	Holy Martyr Elisha Stolder, Deacon (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Saint Martyr John Voronets, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Mitrofan	from Latin	mother revealed	Saint Mitrofan Voronezh, bishop (in the schema - Macarius)
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Saint Martyr Mikhail Plyshevsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Peter	from Greek	rock, stone	Holy Martyr Petr Tokarev, Priest (New Martyr)

August 21

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Hermann	from Latin	brotherly, close	Saint German Solovetsky, hermit
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Rev. Grigory Sinait; Saint Gregory Pechersky, icon painter
Emelyan	from Greek	affectionate	Holy Confessor Emilian Kizic, bishop
Joseph / Osip	biblical	God will increase	Rev. Martyr Joseph Baranov (New Martyr)
Leonid	from Greek	coming from a lion	Holy Martyr Leonid
Miron	from Greek	expecting Miro	Saint Miron Cretan, bishop
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Shumkov, Priest (New Martyr)
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Rev. Theodore Orovsky, hegumen

August 22

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Holy Martyr Alexy Constantinople
Anton	from Latin	who enters the battle	Holy Martyr Anthony Alexandria
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Holy Martyr Grigory, Protospafari
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Holy martyr Dimitri Constantinople
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Holy Martyr John of Constantinople
Leonty	from Greek	lion	Holy Martyr Leonty Constantinople
Makar	from Greek	blissful	Rev. Makariy Oredezhsky
Matvey	from the tree. Matthew	granted by God	Holy Martyr Matthew
Peter	from Greek	rock, stone	Holy Martyr Peter Constantinople
Samuel	from Heaven. Shemiel (Shmuel)	God heard	Saint Samuel
Julian, Julius	roman birth name	—	Holy Martyr Julian Constantinople
Jacob	from the biblical James	walking on the heels	Holy martyr Jacob Constantinople

August 23

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Athanasius	from Greek	immortal	Holy Martyr Athanasius Kislov, Priest (New Martyr)
Vyacheslav	with ancient Sneslav.	the most important	Saint Martyr Vyacheslav Zaksha, Priest (New Martyr)
Lavr, Lavrenty	—	lauren tree	Blessed Lavrenty Kaluga, Christ for the sake of the holy fool; Holy Martyr Lavrenty Roman, Archbianacon
Novel	from Latin	roman	Holy Martyr Roman Roman
Savva	with Aramaic	elder	Rev. Savva Storozhevsky, Zvenigorodsky, Igumen

24 August

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Holy Martyr Alexander Roman
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Pechersky, Hieromonk
Makar	from Greek	blissful	Holy Martyr Makarii
Maksim	from Latin	greatest	Holy Martyr Maxim Roman
Mark	from Greek Marcos	hammer	Holy Martyr Mark
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	The Blessed Theodore Vasilievich Ostrozhsky, Pechersky, Monk, Prince; Rev. martyr Theodore Pechersky

25-th of August

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Rev. Martyr Alexander, the novice of the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery; Saint Alexander Klite, bishop
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Rev. Martyr Alexy, novice of the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery
Anton	from Latin	who enters the battle	Holy Martyr Anthony, Hieromonk of the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery
Arkady	from the ancient Greek. Arcadios	a resident of Arcadia	Rev. Martyr Arkady, monk of the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Infantyev, Priest (New Martyr)
Vyacheslav	with ancient Sneslav.	the most important	Saint Martyr Vyacheslav, Hieromonk of the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery
Hermann	from Latin	brotherly, close	Rev. Martyr German Garedzhiyan
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Rev. Martyr Dimitri, monk of the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery
Efim	from Greek Evfimiy	pious	Rev. martyr Euphymi, the monk of the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery; Holy Martyr Efimy, Hierodeacon, Monk of the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Holy martyr John Nikolsky, Priest (New Martyr); Rev. Martyr John, the novice of the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery; Holy Martyr John, Hieromonk of the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery
Ilya	from Heaven. Eliyahu	my God is Yahweh	Holy Martyr Elijah, hieromonk of the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery
Leonid	from Greek	coming from a lion	Saint Martyr Leonid Biryukovich, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Matvey	from the tree. Matthew	granted by God	Holy Martyr Matthew, Hierodeacon, monk of the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Rev. Martyr Mikhail Garedzhiyan
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Dobumov, Priest (New Martyr)
Peter	from Greek	rock, stone	Rev. Martyr Peter (another), the novice of the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery; Rev. Martyr Peter, novice of the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery
Savva	with Aramaic	elder	Rev. Martyr Savva, monk of the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Rev. Martyr Sergius, novice of the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery; Holy Rev. Martyr Sergius, Hieromonk of the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	Rev. Stefan
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Rev. Martyr Theodore, novice of the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery
Jacob	from the biblical James	walking on the heels	Rev. Martyr James, novice of the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery; Rev. Martyr James (another), novice of the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery

August, 26th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Holy Martyr Alexy Vvedensky, Deacon (New Martyr)
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Alexandrin (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Saint Martyr John Shishev, Priest (New Martyr)
Konstantin	from Greek	constant, persistent	Saint Martyr Konstantin Popov, Priest (New Martyr)
Maksim	from Latin	greatest	Rev. Maxim the Confessor; Blessed Maxim Moscow, Christ for the sake of the holy fool
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Orlov, Priest (New Martyr)
Seraphim	with Hebrew.	fiery	Saint Martyr Serafim Zvezdinsky, Bishop (New Martyr)
Tikhon	from Greek	fate, case	Saint Tikhon Zadonsky, Voronezh, bishop
Jacob	from the biblical James	walking on the heels	Holy Martyr Jacob Arkhipov, Priest (New Martyr)

August 27

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Rev. Confessor Alexander Urodov, Archimandrite (New Martyr)
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Holy Martyr Alexy Zverev (New Martyr)
Arkady	from the ancient Greek. Arcadios	a resident of Arcadia	Rev. Arkady Vyazemsky and Novotorzhsky
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Epiphany, Chernihiv, Archbishop (New Martyr)
Vladimir	from Old Russian	who owns the world	Saint Martyr Vladimir Tseedrinsky, Archpriest; Saint Martyr Vladimir Smirnov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Matvey	from the tree. Matthew	granted by God	Holy Martyr Matthew Pomeranians, Archimandrite (New Martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Tolgsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Semyon	from Heaven. Simeon	the one whom God heard	Holy Martyr Simeon Trapezund
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Holy martyr Theodore Zakharov (New Martyr)

August 28

On this day, none of the saints is revered.

August 29

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Sokolov, Priest (New Martyr)
Demid	from the ancient Greek. Domedes	the thought of Zeus/God	Holy Martyr Diomid Tarsyanin
Lavr, Lavrenty	—	lauren tree	Great Martyr Lavrenty Consientinopol
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	Holy Martyr Stefan Khitrov, Priest (New Martyr)
Jacob	from the biblical James	walking on the heels	Holy Martyr James Gortinsky (New Martyr)

August 30

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Saint Martyr Alexy Velikoselsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Holy Martyr Dimitry Ostrumov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Ilya	from Heaven. Eliyahu	my God is Yahweh	Rev. Elijah Calabrian
Miron	from Greek	expecting Miro	Holy martyr Miron Kizic, presbyter
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Holy martyr Pavel Ptolemaidsky
Philip	with ancient Greek.	horses	Holy martyr Philip Nicomedian; Rev. Philip Sukhonsky

August 31

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
George / Egor	from Greek	cultivating land	Saint George I of Constantinople, Patriarch
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Holy Martyr Grigory Bronnikov, Priest (New Martyr)
Denis	from the ancient Greek. Dionysios	belonging to God Dionysus	Holy Martyr Dionysius Trebian
Evgeniy	from Greek	noble	Holy martyr Evgeny Dmitrov, psalmist
Emelyan	from Greek	affectionate	Holy Martyr Emilian Trebian, bishop
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Rev. John Rylsky; Saint John V of Constantinople, Patriarch
Illarion	from Greek	happy	Holy Martyr Ilarion Trebian, Hieromonk
a lion	from Greek	a lion	Holy Martyr Leo
Luke, Lukyan	from Latin	light coloured	Rev. Luke Bulgarian
Makar	from Greek	blissful	Holy Confessor Makariy Pelikitsky, abbot
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Holy Martyr Mikhail Eregodsky (New Martyr)