Name day of Constantine according to the Orthodox calendar

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Baptism in the Orthodox Church implies, among other things, the rite of naming. The name is selected from the proposed list, which is called "saints", and is given to a person in honor of one or another saint, who from the moment of baptism will be considered his heavenly patron. And the day of church memory of this saint will henceforth become a name day for a person. In this article, we will talk about those days that Constantine's name day according to the church calendar may fall on.

June 15th. Martyr Constantine

This man came from a Muslim Turkish family. As a young man, he contracted smallpox and was already preparing for death. However, a certain Christian woman took the boy and carried him to an Orthodox church, where she washed his body with holy water. Immediately the young man recovered and returned home completely he althy. When this happened, he decided to takeChristianity, for which he went to Mount Athos, where he was baptized in one of the monasteries. When he announced this to his countrymen, they put him to death as an apostate. It happened in 1819. On the day of the death of a young man, his church memory is celebrated, and accordingly, the day of the angel Constantine is also celebrated.

June 18th. Saint Konstantin, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Russia

St. Constantine was from a family of Greeks. In 1155, the patriarch of Constantinople ordained him to the rank of bishop so that he would take the metropolitan see in Kyiv. Two years later, Prince Yuri Dolgoruky died, after which the confrontation began. During this struggle, Metropolitan Konstantin was removed from his chair, and he retired to Chernigov, where he was received by Bishop Anthony. After living there for two years, Saint Constantine died. His memory and name day of Constantine are celebrated on June 18.

August 11th. Saint Constantine, Patriarch of Constantinople

The future patriarch in his youth received an excellent education in Constantinople, where he then made a brilliant career for himself at the court of the emperor. However, in 1050, he fell into disgrace and, by order of Emperor Constantine Monomakh, was deprived of all regalia and expelled from the capital. As a result of this, he retires to a monastery and takes tonsure, and a few years later he returns to the capital as abbot of one of the monasteries. In 1959, he was elected to the vacant patriarchal throne, which he occupies untilhis own death in 1063. In the Orthodox Church, he is considered a saint. According to the new style, his memory is celebrated on August 11. Constantine's name day is also celebrated with her.

3 June. Equal-to-the-Apostles Emperor Constantine

This emperor of the Roman Empire put an end to the persecution of Christians in the empire and, moreover, proclaimed Christianity the state religion. He was born in 280 in Naissa, which is located on the territory of modern Serbia. His father was a military leader. The future head of the empire spent his youth at the court of Emperor Diocletian in Nicomedia. When the young man was 25 years old, the emperor abdicated his throne, as a result of which Constantine's father became the ruler of the western part of the empire. A year later, he died and Constantine ascended the throne. By 312, he had won a decisive victory over his political rivals and established his power in the western part of the empire. With his power, he legalized until that time the forbidden and oppressed Christian teaching and encouraged its dissemination. In 324, Constantine defeated the emperor of the eastern part of the empire, Licinius, and became the sole ruler. In 337, he fell ill with pneumonia and left for Nicomedia, where he died on May 22 of the same year. On this day, according to the church calendar, his memory is celebrated, as well as the day of the angel Constantine. The date of celebration according to the civil calendar falls on June 3.

8 January. Saint Constantine of Sinad (Phrygian)

This saint came from a Jewish family,living in the city of Sinad. He converted to Christianity in his youth, leaving his father's house for a monastery, where he was baptized and then became a monk. The church venerates him as a saint, celebrating January 8 every year. On this day, the name day of Constantine is celebrated by men baptized in his honor.

3 June. Prince Konstantin of Murom

The prince was born in the 70s of the 11th century in the family of the Grand Duke of Kyiv Yaroslav Svyatoslavich. In 1097 he received the Chernigov Principality as an inheritance. In addition, by coincidence, he had to reign in Murom and Ryazan. In 1110, Constantine lost the throne of Chernigov, which was taken by his nephew Vsevolod Olegovich. Therefore, he retired to Murom, where he lived until his death in 1129. The church is revered as one of the holy Russian princes. The day of his memory and the name day of Constantine are celebrated on June 3 according to the civil calendar.