Name days of Valeria: patron saints

Decide how to call the long-awaited baby - it's very responsible. Parents always want only the best for their son or daughter, and therefore the name is chosen very carefully. It has long been known that its importance affects the fate of man. But even this sometimes turns out to be decisive. Now parents want to choose the most beautiful, unusual name. And before everything was completely different. The newborn was called the priest. The man who was born received the name of that saint, whose memory was honored on the day of his birth or on the day of christening. It was this reverend who became the patron of the new life, accompanied his namesake in his path. Therefore, modern parents should think about who will be next to their beloved child in the most difficult times.

But, as is known, there are many saints in the Christian Church. Many of them bear the same names. Even, it would seem, the rare name of Valery in the saints can be found twice. This is May 6 and June 20 (April 23 and June 7 in the old style). One could say that Valentine's name day after the church calendar is celebrated twice a year. But this is not so. Only one saint will be the patroness of the girl. Therefore, it is worth knowing a little more about the life of those women whom the Church has ranked as saints.

Tsarina Valeriya

The girl was forced to marry the cruel heathen Maximian, who later became emperor. After his death, the new emperor, Maximin, desired to take Valerius as his wife. And for the refusal, he exposes her and her mother, Queen Alexandra, to Syria, where they lived until his death. With the ascent to the throne of the new ruler, women wanted to return to their native Nicomedia. After all, according to rumors, Licinius did not hate Christians, but was even favorable to them. But these conversations were false. Treacherous Licinius ordered the execution of the exiles. Their beheaded bodies were thrown into the sea.

Valeria's name-day, named after this queen, can be celebrated on May 6.

Valeriya of Caesarea

Another saint, who bore this proud name, was the martyr Valerius of Caesarea. She was born a pagan. But after meeting with an unknown Christian came to the true faith. This prompted her to settle in seclusion and spend all the time praying for those who are mistaken in their beliefs, and for those who have converted to Christianity and are persecuted. Her faith in Christ was so strong that she helped her endure the brutal torture of the pagans, who forced her to renounce the true God.

Her memory is honored on June 20. It is on this day that Valery's name-days are celebrated. A girl named after this saint can safely count on her help. By the way, Valeria Kesaria is also known as Kaleria. And although the civil documents of Valeria and Kaleria are completely different people, according to the saints, these are two variants of the same name.

But it is possible that the parents called their daughter just like that, without thinking about who will be its patroness. When, in this case, should we celebrate Valeria's birthday? The patroness will be that saint, whose day of memory follows after the date of birth of the girl.

Name day Valeria is a worthy occasion to pay attention to this extraordinary, strong, bright, brave, bright and cheerful woman or girl. After all, the day of the memory of the patron saint was much more important than the birthday. It was then that they gathered guests, cooked beer and baked kalachi. Of course, now such importance is not given to this holiday, and Valery's name-days are preferred to celebrate in a quiet home atmosphere, but they will still appreciate sincere participation and congratulations.