A baptismal name for a boy
Arsenios
4 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Arsenios
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Venerable Arsenios the CappadocianOctober 28Priest born in Cappadocia who died on Corfu in 1924, the spiritual father of Paisios of Mount Athos.- Venerable Arsenios of VarnakovaMay 8A holy ascetic of Varnakova Monastery, who reposed in 1111.
- Venerable Arsenios MachairiotisAn elder of Machairas Monastery in Cyprus, who reposed in 2004; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Saint Arsenios the Cave DwellerAthonite monk, disciple and fellow ascetic of Joseph the Hesychast, reposed in 1983; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Arsenios is October 28, the feast of Venerable Arsenios the Cappadocian. It is also kept on May 8.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 4 saints named Arsenios, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Arsenios is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Arsenios the Cappadocian as patron.