Amaryllis (given name) Amaryllis (given name) Amaryllis (Αμαρυλλίς) is a female ancient Greek name and means "sparkling". According to mythology, the name of the flower Amaryllis derived from the nymph Amaryllis. Amaryllis is not a very popular name in Greece, nor in other countries. It is not included in the Greek Orthodox calendar, that means, that Greek Orthodox knows no nameday for Amaryllis.(Update, Amaryllis name date in Greek Orthodox Christianity is October 10). The sources of this female name are located in the ancient Greek and Roman literature. In Theocritus’ Idylls, Amaryllis was wandering in the woods, and the Roman poet Virgil wrote
Hieromonk Roman Hieromonk Roman Hieromonk Roman (, secular name Alexander Ivanovich Matyushin, ; born November 16, 1954, village Ryabchovsk, Trubchevsky District, Bryansk Oblast) is a Russian poet, singer-songwriter and hieromonk of the Russian Orthodox Church. Alexander was born into a family of rural teachers. He graduated from the Philology Department at the University of Elista, then worked as a school teacher. In 1983 he was tonsured monk in the Pskov-Caves Monastery. In 1985, he was ordained. He served in the parishes of the Bryansk Oblast and in Kiev Pechersk Lavra. Alexander began writing poetry in his youth. He published 19 books of