When are the Days of the Angel of Anna, a beautiful female name, celebrated? You can answer this question simply by listing the dates. But let's find out what the name day tradition means, what is the meaning of this name, what characteristics do women with the name Anna have?
Name Day, Angel Day
In Orthodoxy, at baptism, a person is given another name - a name before God. It is chosen from the names of the faces of the saints, whose memory is celebrated either on his birthday or on the days passing by. Thus, at this moment a person gains a “heavenly” namesake, the dates of reverence of which (according to the church calendar) will be the days of his name day.
"As for our name day ..."
The tradition of celebrating a name day is coming back. Either people are looking for an additional reason for the holiday, or they really turn to spirituality - this is on the conscience of each person. In Russia, name-days were celebrated from the 17th century, and “birthdays”, in our understanding, were introduced after the revolution, when everything religious was destroyed in any of its manifestations.
Days of Angel Anna
Name day is the regiment of saints with the same name that was given to a person at baptism. Since there are several saints with the same name in Svyatki, so name days can be several times a year, or even a month. However, it happens that a baby is called with the name Anna at baptism in honor of a certain saint. Then the Days of the Angel of Anna are celebrated only on the day of remembrance of this canonized woman.
“According to your name, let your life be”
This is what the Optina Elder said. What does the name "Anna" mean? From Hebrew - “grace”, “grace”. The name "Anna" has such energy characteristics - sincerity, sincerity, activity. Women with the name Anna are sacrificial; they have too serious an approach to life and to themselves. Often they choose the path of altruism, throwing their personal needs and goals on the sidelines. The result of such “mercy” can be illness and unsettled life. However, beautiful wives come out of them because of their patience, thrift and tolerance. The main thing for Anna is to meet not a gloomy bore, with the same "serious" outlook on life, but an "easy", sincere and caring man who will save her from herself.
What date is Angel's Day Anna (name day)
All Annas can celebrate their name day (Days of an Angel) on such dates according to the church calendar (Saints) :
- February - 13, 16;
- April - 8, 13;
- May - 25, 26;
- July - 18;
- August - 5, 8;
- September - 10, 22;
- October - 15;
- November - 4, 10;
- December - 3, 22.
These dates are the Days of the Angel of Anna.
The patron saints are namesake
Annas called several holy women and great martyrs, who for their deeds were ranked saints. Let's remember them: Anna the Prophetess, mother of the prophet Samuel; Anna Selevsky, Anna Novgorodskaya (princess), Anna Kashinskaya, Anna (Euthymianus) Vifinskaya, daughter of Fanuilova, Agniya (Anna) Rimskaya, Anna Adrianopolskaya, Anna Levkadia, Anna mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Illustrious Anne
Not canonized, but no less significant women with this name in our society: Anna Pavlova (ballerina), Anna Samokhina (Russian film and theater artist), Anna Akhmatova (writer, poetess), Anna Golubkina (sculptor), Anna Zegers (writer) .