A baptismal name for a boy
Demetrios
5 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Demetrios
- Venerable Demetrios of GrigoriouAn Athonite elder of Grigoriou Monastery, who reposed in 1976; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- New Martyr Demetrios of ChiosJanuary 29A new martyr of the island of Chios, who died in 1802; venerated locally.
- New Martyr Demetrios Manousakis of MouliaAugust 16A new martyr of Moulia in Crete, who died in 1867; venerated locally (Crete).
- New Martyr Demetrios Begiazis of LesbosAugust 11A new martyr of Agiasos on Lesbos, who died a martyr at Kasaba in Asia Minor in 1816.
- New Martyr Demetrios of ConstantinopleJanuary 27A new martyr killed for the faith in Constantinople in 1784.
Questions
The name day of Demetrios is January 29, the feast of Venerable Demetrios of Grigoriou. It is also kept on August 16, August 11, January 27.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 5 saints named Demetrios, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Demetrios is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Demetrios of Grigoriou as patron.