A baptismal name for a boy
Apollos
5 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Apollos
Apostle ApollosJanuary 4Learned Jew of Alexandria who preached at Ephesus and Corinth, a fellow worker of the Apostle Paul.- Venerable ApollosJune 10A venerable father commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Venerable ApollosJanuary 25A venerable ascetic of Egypt, honored by the undivided Church.
- Venerable Martyr Apollos FedoseevNovember 27A Russian monk put to death for his faith in Christ in 1937, during the communist persecution.
- Martyr Apollos of NicomediaApril 21A martyr of Nicomedia, put to death for his faith in Christ.
Questions
The name day of Apollos is January 4, the feast of Apostle Apollos. It is also kept on June 10, January 25, November 27, April 21.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 5 saints named Apollos, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Apollos is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Apostle Apollos as patron.