Editing Abijah (section)

==Russian name==
The variant used in the [[Russian language]] is "{{lang|ru|А́вия}}" (''{{Lang|ru-latn|Aviya}}''),<ref name="Petrovsky" /> with "{{lang|ru|А́бия}}"<ref name="Petrovsky" /> or "{{lang|ru|Аби́я}}" (''{{Lang|ru-latn|Abiya}}''),<ref name="Superanskaya2" /> being older forms.<ref name="Petrovsky" /> Included into various, often handwritten, church calendars throughout the 17th–19th centuries, it was omitted from the official [[Synod]]al [[Menologium]] at the end of the 19th century.<ref name="Superanskaya2a">Superanskaya, pp.&nbsp;22, 23, and 277</ref> In 1924–1930, the name (as "{{lang|ru|Ави́я}}", a form of "''{{Lang|ru-latn|Abiya|italic=no}}''"<ref name="Superanskaya2" />) was included into various Soviet calendars,<ref name="Superanskaya2a" /> which included the new and often artificially created names promoting the new Soviet realities and encouraging the break with the tradition of using the names in the Synodal Menologia.<ref name="Dushechkina">[[Toronto Slavic Quarterly]]. Елена Душечкина. "[http://sites.utoronto.ca/tsq/12/dushechkina12.shtml Мессианские тенденции в советской антропонимической практике 1920-х - 1930-х годов]" {{in lang|ru}}</ref> In Russian it is only used as a female name.<ref name="Petrovsky" /><ref name="Superanskaya2" /> [[Diminutive]]s of this name include "{{lang|ru|А́ва}}" (''{{Lang|ru-latn|Ava}}'') and "{{lang|ru|Ви́я}}" (''{{Lang|ru-latn|Viya}}'').<ref name="Petrovsky"/>