Name days Leonid in the church calendar

The name Leonid has Greek roots and in translation means "coming from the lion". It gives its owner a firmness of character, enthusiasm and optimism.

When celebrating the birthday of Leonid

Leonid celebrates his name-day several times a year, and his saints are considered saints who bore this name. When does Leonid accept congratulations? The day of the angel (name-day) of this person falls on the following days: March 23, April 28 and April 29, June 9 and June 18, July 30, then August 21, September 12, September 15 and September 28, December 27.

The patron saints of the name are the martyrs Leonid of Corinth, Leonid of Egypt, Leonid of Ustnedum and others.

Leonid of Corinth (March 23, April 29)

Leonid was one of the martyrs who died in Corinth in 258, at the time of the ruler of Decius. Since 250 the persecution of Christians has been conducted in the city. All believers who refused to renounce their beliefs were martyred.

St. Leonid was one of the students of Kondrat, a deeply religious man who gathered hundreds of people in the desert near Corinth. When the Roman warlord Jason arrived in the city to execute the followers of Jesus Christ, the young man, along with other novices, received martyrdom. This happened on the first day of the holiday of Easter of 258. First the martyrs were thrown into the water. But they did not drown, but stood up and walked with their feet on its surface. Then the torturers boarded the ship, caught up with people, tied ropes to their necks and drowned them.

Leonid's names are celebrated on March 23 and April 29. On this day the church remembers him and other martyrs of Corinth.

Name day Leonid on the church calendar June 18. Leonid of Egypt

The martyr Leonid comes from a noble Roman family. He was well built, handsome, and from an early age had a true faith in the Lord. For this, he subsequently accepted the death of a martyr.

During the reign of Emperor Maximian (approximately from 305 to 311) persecutions and extermination of Christians continued. They were brutally tortured, forcing them to give up their faith, and if this did not happen, people were killed. Among them was the martyr Leonid.

He was seized with other believers, among whom were Markian, Nikandr, and began to be brutally beaten with rods. Then they threw him in the dungeon, they gave no water, no food, and continued to be bullied. The martyrs did not renounce their faith in the Lord, and one day an angel appeared to them, who healed their wounds. Learning of this, many pagans accepted Christianity.

The martyr reposed in prison from hunger and thirst on June 18. The place of his burial is unknown. On this day celebrate the birthday of Leonid. The Holy Church on June 18 recalls the martyr Leonid of Egypt.

Leonid Ustnedumsky (July 30)

Leonid Ustnedumsky was born in 1551 on the Yaroslavl land in the family of peasants. Gave faith to the Lord and a literate person, parents in his childhood taught him to read. Leonid led the ordinary life of a peasant, engaged in farming, visited the church. But one day, at the age of 50, the Virgin appeared to him in a dream and said to go to the Morghevskaya Nikolaev desert, take there the icon of the Mother of God Hodegetria and transfer it to the Turin mountain, which is on the river Luza.

The Elder considered himself unworthy of such a divine revelation and did not go anywhere. But soon he took monastic vows at the Kozheezersky Monastery in the Arkhangelsk Region. The Virgin Mary appeared to Leonid in a dream three more times, until he finally fulfilled her instructions.

Soon, in 1608, a church was erected on the indicated site in honor of the Entry into the Temple of the Blessed Virgin. Later it was moved icon Hodegetria. Hieromonk died on July 30 (according to the new style) in 1654. On this day, the birthday of Leonid. The Orthodox Church during the service on July 30 recalls hieromonk Leonid.