Callistus

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Callistus

• Saint Callistus I of ConstantinopleJune 20Athonite monk and supporter of Gregory Palamas, Ecumenical Patriarch in 1350-1353 and 1354-1363.
• CISaint Callistus II XanthopoulosNovember 22Byzantine hesychast monk and spiritual writer, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 1397.
• CMartyr CallistusMarch 6Nobleman of Amorium, taken captive by the Saracens and beheaded at Zimara in 845 with the other martyrs.
• CMartyr CallistusOctober 15A martyr, put to death around 1003.
• CAMartyr Callistus of AmoriumMarch 6Martyr of Amorium in Phrygia, who suffered for Christ.
• COVenerable Martyr Callistus OparinOctober 17A monastic martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
• CLVenerable Martyr Callistus LevchenkoMay 13A Ukrainian monk and venerable martyr, killed for the faith in 1937.
• CNMartyr Callistus of NicaeaSeptember 2Martyr of Nicaea, remembered in the early martyrologies.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Callistus?

The name day of Callistus is June 20, the feast of Saint Callistus I of Constantinople. It is also kept on November 22, March 6, October 15, October 17, May 13, September 2.

II.Which saints bore the name Callistus?

The Sinaxarion archive holds 8 saints named Callistus, with their lives and icons.

III.Is Callistus a good baptismal name?

Yes. Callistus is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Callistus I of Constantinople as patron.