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

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

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December 1

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Vinogradov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Plato	from Greek	wide (broad -shouldered)	Holy martyr Plato Ankir
Novel	from Latin	roman	Holy martyr Roman Kesarian (Antioch), deacon

December 2nd

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Adrian	from Latin	oria from Adria	Holy Martyr Adrian Poshekhonsky (Yaroslavl), abbot
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Mishutin, Priest (New Martyr)
Valentine	from Latin	strong, strong	Holy Martyr Valentin Kornienko (New Martyr)
Benjamin	from Hebrew Beniamin	the son of the right hand	Holy Martyr Veniamin Zykov, Hierodeacon (New Martyr)
Gennady	from Greek	noble	Rev. Martyr Gennady Rebiza (in the world of Gregory), Archimandrite (New Martyr)
Gerasim	from Greek	venerable	Holy Martyr Gerasim Sukhov, Hieromonk (New Martyr)
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Holy Martyr Grigory Rebiza, Archimandrite (New Martyr)
Denis	from Greek Dionysus	The god of fertility and winemaking	The holy martyr Dionysius
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Holy martyr Dimitri Kuklin, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Saint Martyr John Malinovsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Ignat	from Latin	fiery	Holy Martyr Ignatius Teslin, Priest (New Martyr)
Illarion	from Greek	happy	Saint Hilarion Georgian, Hieromonk
Konstantin	from Greek	constant, persistent	Saint Martyr Konstantin Mikhailovsky, Archpriest (Novomuch.)
Leonid	from Greek	coming from a lion	Holy Martyr Leonid Salkov (New Martyr)
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Holy Martyr Mikhail Dmitrov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Holy Martyr Petr Antonov (New Martyr)
Semyon	from Hebrew Simeon	the one whom God heard	Holy Martyr Simeon Krivosheev, Priest (New Martyr)
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Saint Martyr Sergius Makhaev, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Timothy	from Greek	reverent God	Holy Martyr Timofei Kucherov (New Martyr)
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Saint Theodore
Eldar	from Greek Iliodor	the gift of the sun	Saint Iliodor Magidsky (Pamphilian)
Jacob	from the biblical James	walking on the heels	The holy martyr James of Diamonds, Priest (New Martyr)

December 3

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Mishutin, Priest (New Martyr)
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Holy Martyr Alexy Amanov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Anatoly	from Greek	a resident of Anatolia	Holy martyr Anatoly Nicaean
Arseny	from Greek	courageous	Rev. Martyr Arseny Dmitriev, Igumen (New Martyr)
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Candelabrov, Priest (New Martyr)
Vladimir	with ancient Russian.	who owns the world	Saint Martyr Vladimir Medvedyuk, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Rev. Grigory Decapolit
Demyan	from Latinsky Damian	dedicated to the goddess Damia	Rev. Damian Yuryegorsky, Kargopol
Denis	from Greek Dionysus	The god of fertility and winemaking	Holy Martyr Dionysius Dorostolsky
Emelyan	from Greek	affectionate	Saint Martyr Emilian Panasevich, Priest (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Holy martyr John Zabolotny, Priest (New Martyr)
Illarion	from Greek	happy	Holy martyr Illarion the spokesman, hieromonk (New Martyr)
Joseph / Osip	biblical	God will increase	Saint Joseph Persian
Makar	from Greek	blissful	Holy Martyr Makariy Karmazin, Bishop (New Martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Zelenov, Priest (New Martyr)
Ostap	from Greek Eustathius	stable	Holy Martyr Eustathius Nicaean

December 4

On this day, only the patronesses are remembered

5th of December

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Holy Martyr Alexy Benemansky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Archp	from Greek	the main rider	Rev. Arkhipp Herotop
Athanasius	from Greek	immortal	Holy Martyr Athanasius Milov, Priest (New Martyr)
Boris	from ancient Sneslav. Borislav	glorious in the struggle	Holy Martyr Boris Kozlov (New Martyr)
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Bova, Priest (New Martyr)
Vladimir	with ancient Russian.	who owns the world	Saint Martyr Vladimir Ryasensky, Priest (New Martyr)
Gerasim	from Greek	venerable	Holy Martyr Gerasim Mochalov, Hieromonk (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Holy Martyr John Baranov, Priest (New Martyr)
Ilya	biblical	My God is Yahweh	The holy martyr Elijah Blumglasses, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Maksim	from Latin	greatest	Holy Martyr Maxim Roman
Mark	from Latin	hammer	Rev. Martyr Mark Makhrov, monk (new martyr)
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Saint Mikhail Bulgarian, Warrior
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Holy Martyr Pavel Evdokimov, Priest (New Martyr)
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Peter (in the world of Yaropolk) Vladimir-Volynsky, prince
Savva	with Aramaic	elder	Rev. Martyr Savva Suslov, monk (new martyr)
Faddey	from the Greek Theodore	the gift of God	The holy martyr Fuddey
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Holy Martyr Theodore Gusev, Priest (New Martyr)
Jacob	from the biblical James	walking on the heels	Holy martyr Jacob Sokolov, priest (New Martyr)

December 6

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Alexander Nevsky, Grand Duke (in the baptism of Alexy)
Alexei	from Greek	protective
Boris	from ancient Sneslav. Borislav	glorious in the struggle	Saint Martyr Boris Ivanovsky, Bishop (New Martyr)
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Saint Grigory Akgantist, bishop
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	St. John Vasiliev (New Martyr)
Mitrofan	from Greek	revealed by the mother	Saint Mitrofan Voronezh, bishop
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Saint Theodore Antioch

December 7th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Levitsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Holy Martyr Alexy Tyutyunov, Priest (New Martyr)
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Rev. Gregory of Chrysopropelist
Evgeniy	from Greek	noble	Holy Martyr Evgeny Yakovlev, Priest (New Martyr); Holy Martyr Eugene
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Saint Martyr John Nikolsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Cornelius	roman birth name	archer	Holy martyr Korniliy Zlavovich, priest (New Martyr)
Mark	from Latin	hammer	Rev. Mark Triglian
Mitrofan	from Greek	revealed by the mother	Holy Martyr Mitrofan Koronitsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Holy Martyr Mikhail Bogoroditsky (New Marts)
Semyon	from Hebrew Simeon	the one whom God heard	Rev. Simon Soyginsky

December 8th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Vershinsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Andrew	from Greek	courageous	Saint Martyr Andrey Shershnev, Priest (New Martyr)
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Parisky, Priest (New Martyr)
Victor	from Latin	winner	Saint Martyr Viktor Smirnov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Holy Martyr Grigory Voinov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Saint Martyr John Vladimir, Priest (New Martyr)
Illarion	from Greek	happy	Holy Martyr Illarion Soloviev, Priest (New Martyr)
Clement	from Greek	gracious	Equal -to -the -Apostles Clement of Ohrid (Bulgarian), archbishop
Kuzma	from the Greek word "cosmos"	world order	The holy martyr Kosma Korotkikh, Priest (New Mill)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Kopninsky (New Martyr)
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Holy Martyr Pavel Kuzovkov (New Martyr)
Peter	from Greek	rock, stone	The holy martyr Per Alexandria, Patriarch; Rev. Peter Galati
Semyon	from Hebrew Simeon	the one whom God heard	Saint Martyr Simeon Afonkin, Priest (New Martyr)
Yaroslav	with ancient Sneslav.	glorious	Holy Martyr Yaroslav Savitsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)

9th December

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Athanasius	from Greek	immortal	Rev. Athanasius Cherepovetsky
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Agafonikov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
George / Egor	from Greek	cultivating land	St. George the Victorious
Daniel	biblical	God is my judge	Holy Martyr Daniil Meshchaninov, Priest (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Holy Martyr John Vinogradov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Ilya	biblical	My God is Yahweh	Holy Martyr Elijah Processheysky, Priest (New Martyr)
Innocent	from Latin	innocent	Saint Innocent Irkutsk, bishop
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Holy Martyr Mikhail Zelentsovsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Zamaraev, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Peter	from Greek	rock, stone	Holy Martyr Peter Tsaratkin (New Martyr)
Tikhon	from Greek	lucky	Rev. Martyr Tikhon Buzov, Archimandrite
Julian / Julius	roman birth name	—	Saint Julian, bishop
Jacob	from the biblical James	walking on the heels	Saint Jacob Syrian

December 10

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Rev. Martyr Alexy Gavrin (New Martyr)
Andrew	from Greek	courageous	Saint Andrei Simbirsky
Boris	from ancient Sneslav. Borislav	glorious in the struggle	Saint Martyr Boris Ivanovsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Basil	from Greek	regal	Saint Martyr Vasily Sokolov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Vladimir	with ancient Russian.	who owns the world	Saint Martyr Vladimir Smirnov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Vsevolod	from Slavyansky	who owns everyone	Vsevolod Novgorod, Pskov, prince (in baptism Gabriel)
Gabriel	from the biblical Gabriels	God is my power	Vsevolod Novgorod, Pskov, prince (in baptism Gabriel)
Demyan	from Latinsky Damian	dedicated to the goddess Damia	Rev. Damian Yuryegorsky, Kargopol
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Holy martyr Dimitri Belyaev, priest (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Holy Martyr John Glazkov, Priest (New Martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Andreev, Priest (New Martyr)
Novel	from Latin	roman	Holy Roman Antioch (Syrian)
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Saint Martyr Sergius Amanov, Priest (New Martyr)
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Holy martyr Theodore Dorofeev, priest (New Martyr)
Jacob	from the biblical James	walking on the heels	Holy martyr Jacob Persiain

December 11th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Rev. Martyr Alexy Gavrin (New Martyr)
Andrew	from Greek	courageous	Saint Andrei Simbirsky
Basil	from Greek	regal	Saint Martyr Vasily Sokolov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Holy Martyr Grigory Byzantine
Daniel	biblical	God is my judge	Rev. Martyr Daniel
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Holy martyr John of Byzantine
Konstantin	from Greek	constant, persistent	Saint Konstantin III, king
Nicephorus	from Greek	who brings victory	Holy martyr Nicephorus, presbyter
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Krylov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Holy Martyr Pavel
Peter	from Greek	rock, stone	Holy Martyr Petr Vorona, Priest (New Martyr)
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Holy martyr Sergius, presbyter
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	Martyr Stefan Byzantine
Timothy	from Greek	reverent God	Holy martyr Timothy, bishop
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Saint Fedor Rostov, Archbishop
Thomas	biblical	twin	Holy Martyr Thomas, Deacon

12 December

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Daniel	biblical	God is my judge	Rev. Daniel
Denis	from Greek Dionysus	The god of fertility and winemaking	Holy Martyr Dionysius Corinthian
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Holy Martyr John
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Nikolai Solunsky, archbishop

December 13th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Andrew	from Greek	courageous	Martyr Andrey
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Saint Martyr John Honestov, Priest (New Martyr)

December 14th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Anton	from Latin	who enters the battle	Saint Anthony is new
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Saint Dimitri Trishaly
Naum	biblical	comfortable	Prophet from 12 Naum

December 15th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Andrew	from Greek	courageous	Rev. Andrey Oksirinfsky (Egyptian)
Athanasius	from Greek	immortal	Saint Athanasius Pechersky
Boris	from ancient Sneslav. Borislav	glorious in the struggle	Holy Martyr Boris (New Martyr)
Vladimir	with ancient Russian.	who owns the world	Saint Martyr Vladimir Preferansky, Priest (New Martyr)
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Holy martyr Dimitri Blagoveshchensky, priest (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Holy martyr John Vishnevsky, Priest (New Martyr); Rev. John Oxyrinf (Egyptian)
Kirill	from Greek	lord	Rev. Cyril Fileot
Konstantin	from Greek	constant, persistent	Holy Martyr Konstantin Nekrasov, Priest (New Martyr)
Kuzma	from the Greek word "cosmos"	world order	Rev. Martyr Cosmas Magda, Hieromonk (New Martyr)
Matvey	from the New Testament Matthew	granted by God	Holy Martyr Matthew Alexandrov, Priest (New Martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Ershov, Priest (New Martyr)
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Holy Martyr Pavel Podori, Priest (New Martyr)
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Holy Martyr Sergius Kudryavtsev, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	Saint Stefan Serbian, King
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Holy martyr Theodore Aleksinsky, priest (New Martyr)

December 16th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Andrew	from Greek	courageous	Saint Martyr Andrey Kosovsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Gabriel	from the biblical Gabriels	God is my power	Saint Gabriel Gansky (Khorsky), bishop
George / Egor	from Greek	cultivating land	Saint Georgy Sedov (Novmartiyik)
Ephraim	from Semitic Efraim	prolific	Rev. Ephraim
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Saint John Silent/Silent Sabban Savvait, bishop
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Ershov, Priest (New Martyr)
Savva	with Aramaic	elder	Rev. Savva Storozhevsky, Zvenigorodsky, Igumen
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Holy martyr Theodore Alexandria, archbishop

December 17

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Posokhin, Priest (New Martyr)
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Saint Martyr Alexy Saburov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy martyr Vasily Kashin, deacon, new martyr
Gennady	from Greek	noble	Saint Gennady Novgorod, Archbishop
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Holy Martyr Dimitri Nerdomsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Holy martyr John Pyankov, Archpriest (New Martyr); St. John Damaskin, chanter
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Yakhontov, Priest (New Martyr)

December 18

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Gennady	from Greek	noble	Holy Martyr Gennady Poyuk, Hieromonk (New Martyr)
Zakhar	from the biblical Zachariah	the memory of the Lord	Rev. Zachariah Egyptian (monastery)
Ilya	biblical	My God is Yahweh	Saint Elijah Chetverukhin, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Savva	with Aramaic	elder	Rev. Savva Signified (Mutalaski), Igumen
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	St. Sergius Pravdolyubov, Priest (New Martyr)

December 19th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Maksim	from Latin	greatest	St. Maxim Kyiv, Metropolitan
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Nikolai Miroliki or St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

December 20

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Anton	from Latin	who enters the battle	Rev. Anthony Siysky, Hieromonk
Basil	from Greek	regal	Saint Martyr Vasily Mironin, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Rev. Grigory Athos
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	St. John of Pechersky, Postnik
Ignat	from Latin	fiery	Rev. Ignatius Vlacherynsky
a lion	from Greek Leon	a lion	Holy Leo
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Saint Martyr Mikhail Uspensky, Priest (New Martyr)
Nicephorus	from Greek	who brings victory	Holy Martyr Nikifor Litvinov, Deacon (New Martyr)
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Rev. Pavel obedient (guide)
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Holy Martyr Peter Krestov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Saint Martyr Sergius Galkovsky, Hieromonk (New Martyr)

21 December

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Kirill	from Greek	lord	Rev. Cyril Chelmogorsk
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Saint Martyr Sergius Orlov, Priest (New Martyr)

December 22

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Buvratsev, Priest (New Martyr)
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Yagodin, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Vladimir	from Old Russian	who owns the world	Saint Martyr Vladimir Vinogradov, Priest (New Martyr)
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	Rev. Stefan Novosyasitel (Constantinople)

December 23

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Tuberovsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Saint Martyr Alexy Vvedensky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Anatoly	from Greek	a resident of Anatolia	Holy Martyr Anatoly Pravdolubov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Holy Martyr Grigory Berdenev (New Martyr)
Evgeniy	from Greek	noble	Holy Martyr Evgeny Caesarean
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	St. John Serbian, King
Konstantin	from Greek	constant, persistent	Saint Martyr Konstantin Bazhanov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Lavr, Lavrenty	—	lauren tree	Holy Martyr Lavrenty Kogtev (New Martyr)
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Holy Martyr Mikhail Kobzev, Archpriest (Novomuch.)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Karasev, Priest (Novomuch.)
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Holy Martyr Petr Grishin (New Martyr)
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Rev. Martyr Sergius Sorokin, Hieromonk (New Martyr)
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	Saint Stefan Serbsky (Brankovich), King
Thomas	biblical	twin	Rev. Thomas Defurkin, Igumen
Jacob	from the biblical James	walking on the heels	The holy martyr Jacob Shestakov, Priest (Novomuch.)

December 24th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Daniel	biblical	God is my judge	Rev. Daniil Stolpnik
Emelyan	from Greek	affectionate	Holy Martyr Emelyan Kireev, Priest (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Holy Martyr John Epiphany, Priest (New Martyr)
Luke	from Latin	light coloured	Rev. Luke Stolpnik, Chalkidon
Nicephorus	from Greek	who brings victory	Svyat Nicephorus Foka, king
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Vinogradov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Saint Peter ascetic
Terenty	roman birth name	—	The holy martyr Terenty

December 25th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Holy Martyr Alexander Jerusalem, Patriarch

December 26

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Pospelov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Saint Martyr Alexy Rozhdestvensky, Archpriest (Novomuch.)
Arkady	from Greek	a resident of Arcadia	Rev. Arkady Vyazemsky (Novotorzhsky)
Arseny	from Greek	courageous	Rev. Arseny Latrian, abbot
Basil	from Greek	regal	Saint Martyr Vasily Pokrovsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Vladimir	with ancient Russian.	who owns the world	Saint Martyr Vladimir Lozina-Lozinsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Gabriel	from the biblical Gabriels	God is my power	Holy Martyr Gabriel Serbian, Patriarch
Hermann	from Latin	native	Rev. German Alaskinsky
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Holy Martyr Grigory Faddeev, Priest (New Martyr)
Evgeniy	from Greek	noble	Martyr Evgeny Sevastian
Emelyan	from Greek	affectionate	Saint Martyr Emilian Kireev, Priest (Novomuch.)
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Holy Martyr John Menkov (New Martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Amassia, Priest (New Martyr)
Jacob	from the biblical James	walking on the heels	Holy Martyr Jacob Gusev, Priest (New Martyr)

27th of December

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Illarion	from Greek	happy	Saint Ilarion Suzdal (Yuryevsky)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Kovalev, Priest (Novomuch.)

December 28th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Rozhdestvensky, Priest (New Martyr)
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Vinogradov, Priest (New Martyr)
Illarion	from Greek	happy	Holy Martyr Ilarion Troitsky, Archbishop (New Martyr)
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Rev. Pavel Latrian
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	Saint Stefan Surozhsky, Archbishop

December 29th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Kolokolov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Arkady	from Greek	a resident of Arcadia	Holy Martyr Arkady Bezhetsky, Bishop (New Martyr)
Vladimir	with ancient Russian.	who owns the world	Saint Martyr Vladimir Alekseev, Priest (Novomuch.)
Ilya	biblical	My God is Yahweh	The holy martyr Elijah is alternate, priest (Novomoch.)
Makar	from Greek	blissful	Holy Martyr Makariy Smirnov, Hieromonk (New Martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	St. Nicholas Chrysoverg Constantinople, Patriarch
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Holy Martyr Pavel Favorite, Priest (New Martyr)
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Holy Martyr Peter Zinoviev, Priest (Novomuch.)
Semyon	from Hebrew Simeon	the one whom God heard	Saint Simeon Antioch, Archbishop

December 30th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Savelov, Priest (New Martyr)
Daniel	biblical	God is my judge	Saint Daniel, Prophet; Saint Daniel Niver (Egyptian)
Denis	from Greek Dionysus	The god of fertility and winemaking	Saint Dionysius Egina, Archbishop
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	St. John Sardian, bishop; St. John of Earth, Priest (New Martyr)
Nikita	from Greek	winner	Martyr Nikita
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Bepyatyukov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Holy Martyr Peter Pokrovsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	Daniel Nivert, Egyptian (in the Stefan schema)
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Saint Martyr Sergius Florinsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)

Dec. 31

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Victor	from Latin	winner	Holy Martyr Viktor Matveev (New Martyr)
Vladimir	with ancient Russian.	who owns the world	Saint Martyr Vladimir Preobrazhensky, Priest (New Martyr)
George / Egor	from Greek	cultivating land	Saint George, Stolpnik
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Holy Martyr John Mironsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Ilya	biblical	My God is Yahweh	Holy Martyr Elijah Benemansky, Priest (New Martyr)
Mark	from Latin	hammer	Saint Mark Roman, deacon
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Saint Mikhail Singell (Constantinople)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Nikolai Veliko Ustyuzhsky, Archbishop
Sevastian	from Greek	highly respectable	St. Sevastian Mediolansky, Roman
Semyon	from Hebrew Simeon	the one whom God heard	Saint Simeon Verkhotursky
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Holy Martyr Sergius Astakhov, Deacon (Novomuch.)
Faddey	from the Greek Theodore	the gift of God	Saint Faddeus Tverskoy, Archbishop (New Martyr)
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Rev. Theodore