Name day in March. Calendar of Orthodox names

Name days are a day of memory of a saint, in honor of which they gave a man a name. Earlier this holiday was much more important than the birthday, for every born after the baptism is given the Guardian Angel, who protects and protects. Today such traditions are also preserved, the babies are often given the name of the saint, the day he was born. For each month there is a church calendar, which details the name-day in March, April and other months. This article will help to understand what this holiday means and how to celebrate it.

Birthday in March

Feast of remembrance the name of the saint is a long-established tradition of the law and when it is appropriated to a baby at baptism, this day becomes his name-day. The patron protects the whole life of the person baptized by his name, helps in grief and misfortune, rejoices in happiness and success, and people in gratitude continue the Day of the Angel. How do they celebrate this day and what needs to be done? As a token of thanksgiving to your patron and Lord God, you should confess and take communion, you can also just go to the temple, put candles to the saints, say a prayer of thanksgiving. And surely on such a day you can not fight and swear, and kind and peaceful things will be highly appreciated by the Guardian Angel. What is the best gift for a birthday person? A valuable gift will be an icon with a saint, a silver cross, prayers, and you can also bring beautiful candles with stands, a spiritual book. In many peoples, celebration of the name day is still very popular. Since the seventeenth century, the name day began to be celebrated in Russia, then this holiday was more significant than the birthday.

Name day in March girls

The birth of man is one of the greatest sacraments that nature preserves. The name that gives the toddler to bear it all his life, so this choice should be approached seriously. It is best to choose from the church calendar. And if the young parents still want to give an unusual name, then at the baptism the second child is given the name of the saint, who will be his patron all his life. Name day in March is celebrated by Victoria, Marina, Vasilisa, Ulyana, Nick, Anastasia, Galina, Christina.

Men's birthday in March

The month of March is rich in men's name-day, in his calendar for almost every day has a holiday. This month, you should remember to congratulate Danil, Paul, Porphyry, Ilya, Samuel, Julian - all these male names have a holiday on the very first day of spring, the first of March. On the second, Feodor's birthday is celebrated , the third is Leo and Kuzma, the fourth is Eugene, Makar, Arkhip, Maxim, Fedot, Filimon, Bogdan, March 5th - Cornelius and Leo. In this spring month, there is no other abundance of name-day names. So, the sixth celebrate George and Timothy, the seventh - Athanasius, the eighth - Alexander, the ninth - Ivan, the tenth - Taras. Our ancestors called babies only in accordance with the church calendar, so that the child had a heavenly patron. In addition to the above, celebrate the name-day in March, the men's names are Sevastian, Vasily, Nikolai, Adrian, Constantine, Arkady, Valery, Grigory and Semyon.