Myrto

Mirto

From the Greek for 'myrtle', a plant associated with beauty and remembrance. Saint Myrto is venerated in the Orthodox tradition, her feast celebrated in September alongside Saint Thekla the Protomartyr.

Myrsini

Myrsinaki · Mirsini

From the Greek for 'myrtle', a plant long associated with beauty, remembrance, and sacred ritual. Celebrated on September 24 alongside Saint Thekla the Protomartyr, the name evokes the fragrant grace of a life devoted to God.

Silouan

Silouanos · Silvanus · Silvan · Silvanos

From the Latin for 'of the forest'. Saint Silouan the Athonite was a Russian peasant who spent nearly fifty years as a monk on Mount Athos, remembered for his humility and his prayer for the whole world.