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Отправлено Алексей Чумаков 00:00:30 06/06/2000
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Анахоретъ 09:26:07 03/06/2000
Что-то пока не находится тот список имен, что я имел ввиду — но вот нечто родственное по теме - from ASSUMPTION ORTHODOX QUARTERLY, Fall, 1990, which issue is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Archpriest Vladimir Stakhy Borichevsky (+ September 2, 1990) MEMORY ETERNAL! 57. What names can I name my children? There's no list of what are and aren't Orthodox first names, at least not in the Canons of the Church. However it is a long-standing Tradition in most Orthodox Churches to give children Christian first names. Christian names include names found in Holy Scripture, names of any saints (including the Western saints canonized before the Great Schism in 1054), feminine forms of names of male saints (Daniel — Danielle, Mark — Marcia, John — Joan or Joanne) and vice-versa (Mary-Marion), names which, in translation, mean the same as Christian names (Eugene and Kevin mean 'well born,' Deborah and Melissa mean 'bee'), and foreign language forms of saints names (John, Jovan, Ivan, Johann, Johannes, Hovhannes, Ioannis, Giovanni, Gian, Gianni, Jean, Juan, Ian, Iaian, Sean, Shawn, Shane, Hans, Ioann, Jan, Evan, Eoin, etc.). There are saints whose names are numbers one through nine so you can name children after them. This isn't one of our customs so it may seem odd to us, but it was common in antiquity, and is common in other parts of the world today. Names derived from feasts of the Church are permitted: Concepcion from Conception of the Virgin, Nancy from Annunciation, Noel or Noelle from Christmas, Stavros from the Cross, Pascal and Anastasia from Pascha.... Names of angels are commonly used. Children are also named after the Christian virtues: Faith, Hope, Love, and Sophia are also names ofsaints. You can also give your child a non-Christian name as long as you also use a Christian 'baptismal' name (this name is used when the child comes to any sacraments of the Church): then when your child becomes a saint, a new name can be added to the lists of saints. By the way, if someone is received into the Church who has already been baptized, it is not proper to give them a new name. An additional name may be given, if desired. Someone asked us, 'Is it possible to name a child Jesus?' It isn't a Russian tradition to name a child Jesus, but Jesus is a form of the name Joshua, so even Orthodox families can name their children after Our Lord. Other names honoring our Lord are: Sotirios (savior), Emmanuel (God with us) and Christos (Anointed). [and I forgot Dominic (Lord)]. Jesus is a common name in Hispanic families. Old-time Russian priests in America had a system for naming children when parents insisted on using non-Christian names: they took the initial of the proposed name and chose a Christian name with the same initial. An interesting exception to this is that Serbians give non-Christian names to children but they have a patron saint for the entire family. It's not proper to name children with diminutives of names. Instead of Sasha or Sandy or Greg, you must use full names: Alexander, Alexandra and Gregory. Of course you're free to call your child by a nickname, but when the Sacraments are administered, the full baptismal name must be given. See: _Wondrous is God in His Saints_ published in 1985, by Saint Anthony the Great Orthodox Publications, Alamagordo, New Mexico. Mary Hallick, _The Book of Saints_, 1984, Light & Life Publishing Co. E. G. Withycombe, _The Concise Dictionary of English Christian Names_, Omega Books, 1988. Вот еще кусочек, но опять не то - NOTA BENE: Hugh, Bernard, Dominic, Gerald, Richard, Augustine, Leonard, Raynor, Ralph, William, Guido, Herbert, Hubert, Conan, Bruno, Sigfried, Warren, Albert, Kevin, Sean, Ian, Geoffrey, Alan, Oliver, Fred, Eugene, Gerard, Kenneth, Alfonso, Harvey, Maurice, Arnold, Foster, Gilbert, Randall, Chad, Robert, and Aidan are all impeccably Orthodox Saints' names for Holy Baptism. >All input would be greatly appreciated. Don't know when you need to decide by, but the 1997 St. Hilarion Calendar is coming out at the end of August. It is the most complete source for Orthodox Saints' names available from any source in any language. The index of Saints' names runs to over 12,000 entries. Буду искать дальше. Вот вчера как раз читал "жития подвижников благочестия...", и там такой случай — женщина из России излечилась чудесным образом на источнике в Назарете (паломница), и желала постричься в монахини. Иерус. патриарх постриг ее с именем "Назарета", в честь того места, где произошло исцеление. Еще одно размышление. "Крещается раб Божий N..." — имя нарекается до крещения еще, и само существование двух десятков тысяч христианских имен суть свидетельство того что имена давались нехристианские. У некоторых народов это так и осталось, у некоторых — очень вольно понимается это "во имя" — греки, например, крестят мужеский пол во имя Богородицы и дают имена "Марио" или "Панайотис", у них же приняты и переходы с мужского имени на женское.
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