Name day is the day of remembrance of the saint in whose honor they gave the person a name. Previously, this holiday was much more important than a birthday, because each born after baptism is given a Guardian Angel, which protects and protects. Today, such traditions have also been preserved; infants are often given the name of the saint on whose day he was born. Each month has its own church calendar, which details are painted in March, April and other months. This article will help you understand what this holiday means and how to celebrate it.
Name day in March
The feast of remembrance is the name of the saint is a long tradition, and when it is assigned to a baby at baptism, this day becomes his birthday. The patron saint preserves the whole life of a person baptized by his name, helps in grief and misfortune, rejoices in happiness and success, and people celebrate Angel Day in gratitude . How is this day celebrated and what needs to be done? As a sign of thanksgiving, his patron and Lord God should confess and partake, you can also just go to the temple, put candles on the saints, say a thanksgiving prayer.
And you must not quarrel and curse on such a day, and good and peaceful deeds will be highly appreciated by the Guardian Angel. What is the best way to present a birthday? A valuable gift will be an icon with a saint, a silver cross, a prayer book, and you can also bring beautiful candles with stands, a spiritual book. Among many peoples, the celebration of name day is still very popular. Starting from the seventeenth century, name-days began to be celebrated in Russia, then this holiday was more significant than a birthday.
Birthday March Girls
The birth of man is one of the greatest sacraments that nature preserves. The name that they give the baby will be his whole life, so this choice should be taken seriously. It’s best to pick from the church calendar. And if the young parents still want to give an unusual name, then at baptism a second is given to the child - the name of the saint, who will be his patron all his life. Victoria, Marina, Vasilisa, Ulyana, Nick, Anastasia, Galina, Kristina celebrate the birthday in March.
Men's birthday in March
The month of March is rich in men's birthday, in his calendar almost every day is a holiday. This month you should not forget to congratulate Danil, Pavel, Porfiry, Ilya, Samuel, Julian - all these male names have a holiday on the very first day of spring, the first of March. The second day is celebrated by Fedor’s name day, the third by Leo and Kuzma, the fourth by Eugene, Makar, Arkhip, Maxim, Fedot, Filimon, Bogdan, and on the fifth of March by Korniliy and Leo.
This spring month is like no other abundance of name days. So, the sixth is celebrated by George and Timothy, the seventh by Athanasius, the eighth by Alexander, the ninth by Ivan, and the tenth by 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, masculine names Sevastyan, Vasily, Nikolai, Adrian, Konstantin, Arkady, Valery, Grigory and Semyon celebrate name days in March.