A baptismal name for a boy· A rare, distinctive name
Athanasios
9 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Athanasios
Venerable Athanasios the MeteoriteApril 2014th-century monk, founder of the Great Meteoron, the first Meteora monastery; commemorated April 20.
Venerable Athanasios PariosJune 24Greek hieromonk, theologian and hymnographer, Teacher of the Nation and leader of the Kollyvades; died on Chios in 1813.- Saint Athanasios of XirokriniSeptember 8Greek saint born in 1749 at Xirokrini and died in 1774.
- Venerable Athanasios of GrigoriouAn abbot of Grigoriou Monastery, who reposed in 1953; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Athanasios of IvironA humble elder and lover of the Theotokos of Iviron Monastery, who reposed in 1973; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Athanasios of PantokratorosAn Athonite elder of Pantokratoros Monastery, who reposed in 1959; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Athanasios of the Great LavraAn Athonite elder of the Great Lavra, who reposed in 1940; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Athanasios of KoutloumousiouAn Athonite elder of Koutloumousiou Monastery, who reposed in 1945; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Athanasios of LakkoskitiAn Athonite elder of Lakkoskiti (St Paul's), who reposed in 1961; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Athanasios is April 20, the feast of Venerable Athanasios the Meteorite. It is also kept on June 24, September 8.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 9 saints named Athanasios, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Athanasios is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Athanasios the Meteorite as patron.