Zacharias: Name Day
Orthros keeps the name day for Zacharias on September 5 on the New Calendar and September 18 on the Old Calendar: the feast of Zacharias and Elizabeth.
Also kept as Zachariah.
The saint
Zacharias and ElizabethZachariah, a priest of the Jerusalem Temple descended from Aaron, and his wife Elizabeth, sister of Saint Anna, lived long together in faithfulness to every commandment of God, yet remained childless into old age, a hardship their neighbors took as a sign of God's displeasure.Read the life ›Other saints named Zacharias
Questions
- When is the name day for Zacharias?
- Orthros keeps the name day for Zacharias on September 5 on the New Calendar and September 18 on the Old Calendar.
- Which saint's feast is the name day for Zacharias?
- It is the feast of Zacharias and Elizabeth.