A baptismal name for a boy
Arkadios
3 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Arkadios
- Saint Arkadios the WonderworkerAugust 29Bishop of Arsinoe in Cyprus, a wonderworker.
- Hieromartyr Arkadios of IvironSeptember 11A hieromonk of Iviron killed at Kydonies in Asia Minor in 1922 with Gabriel; venerated locally (Vatopedi Monastery).
- Venerable Arkadios of VatopediAn Athonite elder of Vatopedi Monastery, who reposed in 1934; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Arkadios is August 29, the feast of Saint Arkadios the Wonderworker. It is also kept on September 11.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 3 saints named Arkadios, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Arkadios is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Arkadios the Wonderworker as patron.