The Name of God in the Lives of Saints: St. Gregory the Illuminator of Armenia

One luminary is the sovereign of the day, and it is like unto the unquenchable, unfailing, inextinguishable and uninterrupted light of Thine Only-begotten Son, which will be revealed to Thy righteous ones in the age to come, where there are no days, no nights, no months and no weeks, and hours, and no periods of time, no rotation of years and ages, but there is only the Lord and only His Name.

Life of St. Gregory the Illuminator of Armenia Agathangelos, History of the Aremnians, 91.

The Name of God in the Lives of Saints: St. Andrew the Fool for Christ's sake

O Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Life-giving, Indivisible Trinity... for the sake of Thy Name we bend the knee of our soul, body, heart and spirit, asking, begging and beseeching Thee: O God, God, terrible Name of Sabaoth, Good, Holy, Lord, Creator, Maker, Almighty, incline Thy Ear and receive kindly our humble peoples’ supplication and prayer, count us worthy of being purified by Thy Might and by Thy Name, compassionate and merciful Lord, slow to anger and rich in mercy. Come, Father, Son and Holy Spirit! Come, terrible Lightning of the Godhead, Come, terrible Might! Come, O Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, bless and sanctify us, mingle us (with Divinity) and fill us with the Holy Spirit, forgiving our transgressions, whether we have committed them in word or deed or thought!

Prayer of St. Andrew the Fool for Christ's sake

The Name of God in the Lives of Saints: Holy Martyr Abo

For fearful and holy, powerful and wondrous, lordly and almighty is His Name; it is not possible for us to fathom the richness of His Name.

Life of the Holy Martyr Abo the Perfumer (+786)

Icon: copyright and courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Boston, MA.

The Name of God in the Lives of Saints: St. Basil of Ancyra

“My chief name is ‘Christian,’ derived from ‘Christ,’ the Name that is eternal and beyond human understanding.”

Life of the Holy Hieromartyr Basil of Ancyra (+362)

The Name of God in the Lives of Saints: St. Stephen the New

Likewise, our conscience makes no accusation against us when we show reverence for the sacred vessels, since we know that they have been sanctified by the invocation of the Name of Christ.

Life of St. Stephen the New, Confessor for the Holy Icons.