Veronica's name day, bringing victory

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

Veronica has been the name people have called their daughters since ancient times. Veronika, Ferenika, Berenika, Verenika, Virineya - all these are variations of the same female name, which sounds differently in the mouths of numerous peoples of the world.

But even with the same spelling, this name can have a different pronunciation: among the Slavs it sounds like Veronica, and among Western peoples like Veronica (with an emphasis on the second syllable).

From the history of naming

The custom of giving a newborn a name in honor of a saint arose in Russia immediately after the adoption of Orthodoxy. It was believed that the canonized saint, after whom the child is named, would patronize him and protect him from adversity, would become a kind of guardian angel of the namesake person.

The name of the canonized saint was given to the child at baptism and was chosen according to the calendar, or the holy calendar - a list of saints compiled in calendar order. Sometimes, according to the calendar, up to a dozen names of saints fall on the same date, whose memory should be honored on this day. And the parents of the child are faced with a choice of whom to name their child after (by the way, according to the calendar, Veronica's name day also coincides with the day of the angel Mary,Marina and Margarita).

After the revolution of 1917, the tradition of giving a child a name according to the church calendar, as well as faith in God, fell into oblivion. Children of the Soviet era began to be called Vilens (in honor of V. I. Lenin) and Interns (in memory of the conference of the First International), as well as Angels and Ernests (in solidarity with the leaders of anti-capitalism).

The current generation of young parents, for the most part, calls the child more pretentious, and if they choose a name according to the calendar, it is more a tribute to fashion than faith in a heavenly patron.

Veronica and Veronique: interesting features of names

More than one and a half thousand names are mentioned in the calendar, and most of them are male. To compensate for this injustice, the so-called paired names came into use among the people - Alexander and Alexandra, Valentin and Valentina, Eugene and Eugenia, etc. That is, the female name was derived from the male one.

In the case of the name Veronica, everything happens exactly the opposite. From the female Veronica came the male name - Veronica (victorious). However, the male version has remained almost unclaimed and is extremely rare.

When to celebrate Veronica's birthday

Saint Veronica is revered by both Catholics and Orthodox. There is a legend according to which this woman showed compassion for Jesus Christ, who was going to the place of execution, giving him her head scarf so that the Savior could wipe the bleeding wounds and sweat. Subsequently, the face of Christ appeared on the board, and in memory of this event, pilgrims repeating the ascent of the Savior toGolgotha, make a stop at the supposed site of a significant action.

Despite the general interpretation of events, Veronica's name day according to the Orthodox calendar and the Catholic church calendar falls on different dates. Catholics commemorate Saint Veronica on July 12. They, as a sign of the miraculous manifestation of the face of Christ on the scarf, endowed Saint Veronica with the property of patronizing photographers and photography.

Veronica celebrates name day Orthodox on the following dates:

• July 25 - Veronica the Righteous;
• July 30 - Veronica the Martyr;
• October 17 - Veronica (Virineya) of Edessa.

It turns out that according to the church calendar, Veronica can celebrate her name day more than once. But it won't be right. A person should have only one patron saint and one angel day.

Determining the date of your name day is quite simple. Look into the holy calendar and find the next day when the memory of the saint, whose name is destined for you by fate, is honored.

So it turns out that Veronica, like other people, should celebrate her name day not three times, but once - on the date of honoring her patron closest to her birthday.

The most famous Veronica in the world

In addition to Christian and Catholic saints revered throughout the world, the name Veronica became known to people thanks to:

• Veronica Castro - actress of Mexican cinema;
• Louise Veronica Ciccone - American pop singer,preferring to be called Madonna;
• Veronika Izotova - actress of Soviet and Russian cinema;
• Veronica Kruglova - singer of the 60-70s;
• Veronika Dudarova, a female conductor who led huge orchestras;
• Veronika Mavrikievna - the brilliant embodiment of an intelligent old woman by actor Vadim Tonkov.