A baptismal name for a boy
Agapios
3 saints bore this name
Saints named Agapios
- Saint Agapios PapantonopoulosDecember 24
- Venerable Agapios of KavsokalyviaAn Athonite elder of Kavsokalyvia (Great Lavra), who reposed in 1962; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Agapios the MillerA monk and miller of Dionysiou Monastery on Athos, reposed in 1919; Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Agapios is December 24, the feast of Saint Agapios Papantonopoulos.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 3 saints named Agapios, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Agapios is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Agapios Papantonopoulos as patron.