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

Saints for children born in September.

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Saints names for boys in September: meaning, origin, patron saint

The table contains names for boys born in September. You can also see the saints for children born in october, november, december, january, february, march, april, may, june, july, august.

September 1

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Andrew	from Greek	courageous	Holy martyr Andrey Stratilat Tavriysky, military leader
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Lebedev, Priest (New Martyr)
Timothy	from Greek	reverent God	Holy martyr Timofey Palestinian

September 2

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Victor	from Latin	winner	Holy Martyr Viktor Filippol (Thracian)
Vladimir	from Old Russian	who owns the world	Saint Martyr Vladimir Chetverin, Priest (New Martyr)
Erofei	from the Greek hierophy	sacred	Saint Hierophy Hungarian (Turkish), bishop
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Saint John Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod, bishop
Maksim	from Latin	greatest	Holy Martyr Maxim Filipposky (Thracian)
Ostap	from Greek Eustathius	stable	Holy Martyr Eustathius Filippo (Thracian)
Samuel	biblical	God heard	vyaty Prophet Samuel, Judge Israeli
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	Saint Stefan I Hungarian, King
Timothy	from Greek	reverent God	Holy martyr Timofey Filippo (Thracian)
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Saint Theodore Rostov, Archbishop
Eldar	from Greek Iliodor	the gift of the sun	Holy Martyr Iliodor

September 3

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Holy Martyr Alexander
Ephraim	from Semitic Efraim	prolific	Popoda Efrem Smolensky
Ignat	from Latin	fiery	Rev. Ignatius Dalanov, Hieromonk (New Martyr)
Cornelius	from Roman	archer	Rev. Cornelius Paleostrovsky Olonets
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Holy Martyr Pavel Yagodinsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Faddey	from Greek / s Jewish	gift of God / Praise	Apostle from 70 Fadde

4 September

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Ratkovsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Saint Alexy Omsk (Orlov), Archbishop (New Martyr)
Athanasius	from Greek	immortal	Holy Martyr Athanasius Tarsian (Kiliki), bishop
Basil	from Greek	regal	Saint Martyr Vasily Smirnov, Priest (New Martyr)
Gabriel	from the biblical Gabriel	God is my power	Holy Martyr Gabriel Arkhangelsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Holy Martyr John Trojan (Velikoluksky), bishop (New Martyr)
Illarion	from Greek	happy	Rev. Illarion Tsurikov, Hieromonk (New Martyr)
Makar	from Greek	blessed, happy	Holy Martyr Makariy Orlovsky (Elveushev), Bishop (New Martyr)
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Holy Martyr Mikhail Lyubertsev, Priest (New Martyr)
Fedor	from the Greek Theodore	god's gift	Holy martyr Theodore Malyarovsky, priest (New Martyr)
Felix	from Latin	happy	The holy martyr Felix

September 5

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Ephraim	from Semitic Efraim	prolific	Holy Martyr Efrem Selenginsky (Kuznetsov), Bishop (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	Holy Martyr John Trojan (Velikoluksky), bishop (New Martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Holy martyr Nikolai Varzhansky, presbyter (new martyr)
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Holy Martyr Pavel Gaidai, Priest (New Martyr)

6 September

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Arseny	from Greek	courageous	Rev. Arseny Komelsky (Vologda), hegumen
George / Egor	from Greek	cultivating land	Rev. George Limniot
Kozma	from Greek	world order, universe	Equal -to -the -Apostle Cosmas of Etalian Athos Albanian, Hieromonk
Maksim	from Latin	greatest	Holy Martyr Maxim Gorlitsky (Sandovich)
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	St. Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia

September 7th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Vladimir	from Old Russian	who owns the world	Saint Martyr Vladimir Moshchansky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	St. John Cappadokiyt (Constantinople), Patriarch
Moses	biblical	who was removed from the water	Rev. Martyr Moses Kozhin, Hieromonk (New Martyr)

8 September

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Adrian	from Latin	coming from Adria	Holy Martyr Adrian Nicomedius
Victor	from Latin	winner	Say martyr Vlik Ellansky, Priest (New Martyr)
George / Egor	from Greek	cultivating land	Confessor Georgy Kossov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Holy Martyr Dmitry Morozov (New Martyr)
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Saint Martyr Petr Iovlev, Priest (New Martyr)
Novel	from Latin	roman	Confessor Roman Bear, Archpriest (New Martyr)

9th of September

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Kitserov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Vladimir	from Old Russian	who owns the world	Saint Martyr Vladimir Sokolov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Confessor Dmitry Kryuchkov, Priest (New Martyr)
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Saint Martyr Mikhail Voskresensky, Priest (New Martyr)
Savva	with Aramaic	elder	Rev. Savva Venifal
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	Holy Martyr Stefan Nemkov, Priest (New Martyr)

10 September

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Sokolsky, Priest (New Martyr)
George / Egor	from Greek	cultivating land	Rev. Martyr George Timofeev (New Martyr)
Demid	from the Greek deomide	the thought of God	Holy Martyr Diomid Tarsyanin (Nicaean)
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Rev. Martyr John Sretensky (New Martyr)
Illarion	from Greek	happy	Rev. Illarion Pechersky
Kassian / Kasyan	from Latin	son, a descendant	Rev. Cassian Pechersky, recluse
Lavr, Lavrenty	—	lauren tree	1. Holy Martyr Lavrenty 2. Rev. Lavrenty Pechersky
Moses	biblical	who was removed from the water	Monk Moses Pechersky, Wonderworker
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Georgievsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Savva	with Aramaic	elder	Rev. Savva Pskov (Kryletsky)
Seraphim	with Hebrew.	fire Angel	Holy Martyr Seraphim Kuzmin, Hieromonk (New Martyr)
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Holy Martyr Sergius Zaitsev, Archimandrite (New Martyr)
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	Rev. Martyr Stefan (New Martyr)

11 September

Name

Origin

Meaning

The patron saint

Ivan

from the biblical John

God's mercy

Holy Martyr John the Prophet (Forerunner, Baptist of the Lord)

12-th of September

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Patriarch Alexander Constantinople
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Alexy Nevsky (in the world Alexander), Grand Duke
Athanasius	from Greek	immortal	Rev. Athanasius Ostrovsky
Gabriel	from the biblical Gabriel	God is my power	Holy Martyr Gabriel I Serbsky, Patriarch
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Saint Grigory Serbian, bishop
Daniel	with Hebrew.	My God is the judge	Saint Daniel Moscow, prince
Denis	from Greek Dionysus	The god of fertility and winemaking	Rev. Dionysius Ostrovsky
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	St. John of Constantinople (posttaken), Patriarch
Ignat	from Latin	fiery	Rev. Ignatius Ostrovsky
Cornelius	from Roman	archer	Rev. Cornelius Ostrovsky
Leonid	from Greek	coming from a lion	Rev. Leonid Ostrovsky
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Saint Pavel Constantinople (New), Patriarch
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Saint Peter Cheltsov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Rev. Fedor Ostrovsky

September 13th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Lyubimov, Priest (New Martyr)
Vladimir	from Old Russian	who owns the world	Saint Martyr Vladimir Dvinsky, Deacon (New Martyr)
Gennady	from Greek	noble	Saint Gennady Constantinople, Patriarch
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Saint Martyr Dmitry Smirnov, Priest (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	St. John, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Russia
Miron	from Greek	intimidated oil (incense)	Holy Martyr Miron Rzhepik, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Holy Martyr Mikhail Kosukhin, Priest (New Martyr)

September 14th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Jesus	from Hebrew. Yeshua	God is salvation	Righteous IISUS Navin
Semyon	from Simeon	listening	Saint Simeon Stolpnik (Antioch), Archimandrite

September 15th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Anatoly	from Greek	a resident of Anatolia	Holy Martyr Anatoly Barashkov (New Martyr)
Anton	From Greek or Latin	entering the battle opposing	Saint Anthony Pechersky
Bogdan	from the Greek Theodot	given by God	Holy martyr Theodot Cappadocian (Caesarean)
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Zelensky, Priest (New Martyr)
Victor	from Latin	winner	Holy Martyr Viktor Basov, Priest (New Martyr)
Vladimir	from Old Russian	who owns the world	Saint Martyr Vladimir Morinsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Hermann	from Latin	native	Holy Martyr German Vyaznikovsky (Ryashentsev), bishop
Efim	from Euphemius, from Greek	pious	Holy Martyr Efimiy Goryachev, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Saint Martyr John Melnichenko, Priest (New Martyr)
Leonid	from Greek	coming from a lion	Holy Martyr Leonid
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Holy Martyr Mikhail Trubnikov (New Martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Biryukov, Priest (New Martyr)
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Holy Martyr Pavel Yelkin (New Martyr)
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Holy Martyr Peter Novoselsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	Holy Martyr Stefan Yaroshevich, Priest (New Martyr)
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	The holy martyr Theodore
Philip	from Greek	horses	Holy Martyr Philip
Julian / Julius	roman birth name	—	The holy martyr Julian

16 of September

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Saint Martyr Alexei Zinoviev, Priest (New Martyr)
Andrew	from Greek	courageous	Saint Martyr Andrey Dalnikov, Priest (New Martyr)
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Kolmykov, Priest (New Martyr)
Vladimir	from Old Russian	who owns the world	Saint Martyr Vladimir Sadovsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Dorofei	from Greek	granted by God	Holy Martyr Dorofei Nicomidyan
Efim	from Euphemius, from Greek	pious	Holy Martyr Efimiy Nicomedius
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Blessed John Vlasy (Rostov)
Ilya	biblical	My God is Yahweh	Saint Martyr Ilya Bazhanov, Archpriest
Konstantin	from Greek	constant, persistent	Righteous Konstantin new, king
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Holy Martyr Mikhail Sushkov, Priest (New Martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Susyevsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Holy martyr Peter Nicomidysky
Novel	from Latin	roman	Holy Martyr Roman Marchenko, Priest (New Martyr)
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Saint Martyr Sergius Phenomenov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Philip	from Greek	horses	Holy Martyr Philip Shatsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Hariton	from Greek	crumbling with mercy	Holy Martyr Khariton

September 17

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Blokhin (New Martyr)
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Yezhov (New Martyr)
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Holy Martyr Grigory Shlissurging (Lebedev), Bishop (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Saint Martyr John Romashkin, Priest (New Martyr)
Mitrofan	from Greek	revealed by the mother	Saint Mitrofan Voronezh
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Holy Martyr Mikhail Bogorodsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Moses	biblical	who was removed from the water	The Prophet Moses is God -see
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Hvoshchev, Priest (New Martyr)
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Holy Martyr Pavel Vasilievsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Holy Martyr Peter Lebedinsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Semyon	from Simeon	listening	Holy Martyr Simeon Turkin (New Martyr)
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	Holy Martyr Stefan Kuskov, Hieromonk (New Martyr)
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Holy martyr Theodore Kandavelsky Nicomidian
Julian / Julius	roman birth name	—	Rev. Julius Mirimidonian

September 18

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Saint Martyr Alexey Belkovsky, Archbishop (New Martyr)
Athanasius	from Greek	immortal	Rev. Martyr Athanasius Brest, Igumen
Gleb	from German Gotlib	favorite the gods	Blessed Gleb, prince (in the baptism of David)
David	with Hebrew.	darling	Blessed Gleb, prince (in the baptism of David)
Efim	from Euphemius, from Greek	pious	Holy Martyr Efimiy Kochev (New Martyr)
Zakhar	from the biblical Zachariah	memory of the Lord / Man	The Prophet Zakharia is righteous
Maksim	from Latin	greatest	Holy Martyr Maxim Antioch
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	The holy martyr Theodore Nicomidy (Constantinople)

September 19

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Andrew	from Greek	courageous	Holy Martyr Andrei Alexandria, Warrior
Archp	from Greek	the main rider	Rev. Arkhip Herotop
Vsevolod	from Slavyansky	owning everything	Saint Martyr Vsevolod Potemkin, Priest (New Martyr)
David	with Hebrew.	darling	Rev. David Ermopolsky
Denis	from Greek Dionysus	The god of fertility and winemaking	Holy Martyr Dionysius Alexandria
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Saint Martyr Dmitry Spassky, Priest (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Saint Martyr John Pavlovsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Kirill	from Greek	lord	Holy Martyr Kirill Gortinsky, bishop
Konstantin	from Greek	constant, persistent	Holy Martyr Konstantin Theological, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Makar	from Greek	blessed, happy	Holy Martyr Makarii Alexandria
Michael	biblical	who, like God	archangel Michael

September 20

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Andrew	from Greek	courageous	St. Andrew (Rodion) Oslyabi, a warrior-monk
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Medvedev, Deacon (New Martyr)
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Sungurov, Priest (New Martyr)
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Holy Martyr Grigory Averin, Priest (New Martyr)
Evgeniy	from Greek	noble	Saint Martyr Evgeny Gorky (Zernov), Metropolitan (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Saint John Novgorod, Metropolitan
a lion	from Greek Leon	a lion	Rev. Martyr Lev Egorov, Archimandrite (New Martyr)
Luke	from Latin	light coloured	Rev. Luke Glubo -Ruschensky (Cappadocian), hegumen
Makar	from Greek	blessed, happy	Rev. Makariy Optinsky
Michael	biblical	who, like God	Saint Martyr Mikhail Tikhonitsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Ashchelyev, Igumen (New Martyr)
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Holy martyr Peter Snezhitsky, priest (New Martyr)
Savva	with Aramaic	elder	Righteous Savva Trodsky
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	Holy Martyr Stefan Kreydich, Priest (New Martyr)

September 21

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
George / Egor	from Greek	cultivating land	Rev. George (Mheidze), Archimandride
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Rev. John (Maisuradze), Archimandride

September 22nd

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Akim	from Hebrew. Joachim	erected by God	1. Rev. Joachim Opchsky 2. Bogoorer Joachim righteous
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Vinogradov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Saint Martyr Alexy Uspensky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Athanasius	from Greek	immortal	Holy Martyr Athanasius Solunsky
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Razumov, Priest (New Martyr)
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Holy Martyr Grigory Garyaev, Priest (New Martyr)
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Saint Martyr Dmitry Troitsky, Deacon (New Martyr)
Zakhar	from the biblical Zachariah	memory of the Lord / Man	Holy Martyr Zakhary Voronezh (Lobov), Archbishop (New Martyr)
Joseph / Osip	biblical	God will increase	Saint Joseph Volokolamsk (Volotsky), Igumen (New Martyr)
Nikita	from Greek	winner	Saint Nikita Constantinople (Hartulary)
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Saint Martyr Sergey Zavlonsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Theodosius	from Greek Theodosius	God-given	Saint Theodosius Chernigov, Archbishop
Theophanes	from Greek	epiphany	Rev. Theophanes, confessor
Hariton	from Greek	crumbling with mercy	Holy Martyr Khariton

23 September

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Andrew	from Greek	courageous	Andrey (Joasaf) Spasokubensky (Kamensky), prince
Basil	from Greek	regal	Holy Martyr Vasily Malinin, Priest (New Martyr)
Gabriel	from the biblical Gabriel	God is my power	Rev. Gabriel Yatsik, Archimandrite (New Martyr)
Gleb	from German Gotlib	favorite the gods	Holy Martyr Gleb Apukhtin, Priest (New Martyr)
Evgeniy	from Greek	noble	Saint Martyr Evgeny Popov, Priest (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Holy Martyr John Popov, Priest (New Martyr)
Kassian / Kasyan	from Latin	son, a descendant	Rev. Kassian Kamensky, hegumen
Clement / Klim	with Greek / from Latin	vine / gracious	Apostle Clement
Konstantin	from Greek	constant, persistent	Holy Martyr Konstantin Kolletsky, Priest (New Martyr)
Luke	from Latin	light coloured	Apostle from 70 Luki (Luka) Laodiki
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Pavlinov, Priest (New Martyr)
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	1. St. Pavel Pechersky 2. St. Pavel Nicaean
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Holy Martyr Petr Yurkov, Priest (New Martyr)
Semyon	from Simeon	listening	Holy Martyr Simeon Turkin (New Martyr)

September 24th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Victor	from Latin	winner	Holy martyr Victor, priest
Hermann	from Latin	native	Rev. German Valaam
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Saint Martyr Dmitry Skeptic (Gellespontic), prince
a lion	from Greek Leon	a lion	Holy Martyr Leo
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Sharogorov, Deacon (New Martyr)
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Holy martyr Peter Aleutsky
Novel	from Latin	roman	The holy martyr Roman
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Rev. Sergius Valaam

September 25th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Holy Martyr Alexei Voroshin (New Martyr)
Athanasius	from Greek	immortal	Rev. Athanasius Serpukhovsky
Daniel	with Hebrew.	My God is the judge	Rev. Daniel
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Holy Martyr John Preudents, Priest (New Martyr)
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Zhitov, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Semyon	from Simeon	listening	Righteous Simeon Verkhotursky
Fedor	from Greek	god's gift	Holy Martyr Theodore Lebedev, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Julian / Julius	roman birth name	—	Holy Martyr Julian Galatian

September 26th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexander	from Greek	defender	Saint Martyr Alexander Aksenov, Priest (New Martyr)
Erofei	from the Greek hierophy	sacred	Rev. Hierophy
Ilya	biblical	My God is Yahweh	Holy martyr Ilya Tomsk
Cornelius	from Roman	archer	Holy martyr Korniliy, centurion
Leonty	from Greek	lion	Holy Martyr Leonty Alexandria
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Vasyukovich, Deacon (New Martyr)
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Rev. Peter Attste
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	Holy Martyr Stepan Kostogryz, Priest (New Martyr)
Julian / Julius	roman birth name	—	Rev. Julius (Julius) Mirmidonyan

September 27

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Ivan	from the biblical John	god's mercy	John Zlatoust (Constantinople)

September 28th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Andrew	from Greek	courageous	Saint Martyr Andrey Kovalev, Priest (New Martyr)
Bogdan	from the Greek Theodot	given by God	Holy martyr Theodot Markianopl
Gerasim	from Greek	venerable	Rev. Gerasim
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Holy Martyr Grigory Konokotin, Priest (New Martyr)
Dmitry	from Greek	belonging to Demeter	Holy Martyr Dimitri Ignatenko, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Holy martyr John Cretan
Ignat	from Latin	fiery	Holy Martyr Ignat Biryukov, Archimandrite (New Martyr)
Joseph / Osip	biblical	God will increase	Saint Joseph Alaverd, bishop
Leonid	from Greek	coming from a lion	Holy Martyr Leonid
Makar	from Greek	blessed, happy	Rev. Martyr Makariy Solunsky
Maksim	from Latin	greatest	Holy Martyr Maxim Markianopol (Mizi)
Nikita	from Greek	winner	Saint Martyr Nikita Gottfsky Constantinople
Nikolai	from Greek	the winner of the peoples	Saint Martyr Nikolai Tsvetkov, Protodeacon (New Martyr)
Peter	from Greek	stone, rock	Holy Martyr Petr Petrikov, Priest (New Martyr)
Stepan	from the Greek Stefan	the crown, diadem	First Martyr Stefan, Archdeacon
Jacob	biblical	walking on the heels	Holy Martyr James Leonovich, Priest (New Martyr)

September 29th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Alexei	from Greek	protective	Righteous Alexy Mechev
Victor	from Latin	winner	Holy martyr Victor Chalkidonsky
Gregory	from Greek	awake	Saint Martyr Grigory Raevsky, Archpriest (New Martyr)
Joseph / Osip	biblical	God will increase	Holy martyr Joseph Feodosiopol
Sergey	from Etruscan	highly respectable	Saint Martyr Sergius Losev, Priest (New Martyr)

September 30th

Name	Origin	Meaning	The patron saint
Ivan	from the biblical John	God's mercy	Blessed John Vlasy (Rostov)
Ilya	biblical	My God is Yahweh	Saint Martyr Ilya Bazhanov, Archpriest
Miron	from Greek	intimidated oil (incense)	Holy Martyr Miron Kiprov (from the city of Tamas), bishop
Paul	from Latin	small, younger	Rev. Martyr Pavel Moiseev, Archimandrite (New Martyr)