A baptismal name for a boy
Demetrius
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Demetrius
Great Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-streamerOctober 26Martyr of Thessalonica, killed for his faith around 306, protector of his city.
Passion-Bearer Demetrius of UglichJune 3Youngest son of Ivan the Terrible, who died at Uglich in 1591 at the age of eight.
Saint Demetrius of RostovSeptember 21Metropolitan of Rostov, preacher and spiritual writer, author of the Lives of the Saints, who died in 1709.
Saint Demetrius of AlexandriaOctober 9Twelfth bishop and patriarch of Alexandria, who shepherded the church from 189 until his death in 232.
Right-Believing Demetrius II the Self-SacrificerMarch 12King of Eastern Georgia from 1270 until his execution by the Mongol Ilkhan in 1289, called the Self-Sacrificer.
Right-Believing Demetrius I of GeorgiaMay 23King of Georgia from 1125 to 1156, of the Bagrationi dynasty, also known as a poet.
Venerable Demetrius of BasarabovOctober 27Venerable of Basarbovo whose relics rest in Bucharest, patron of the city; canonized in 1955.
Venerable Demetrius of PrilutskFebruary 11Russian hieromonk, founder of the Saint Nicholas and Saviour monasteries at Prilutsk, died in 1392..jpg)
Hieromartyr Demetrius DobroserdovOctober 8Archbishop of Mozhaisk and vicar of Moscow, shot at Butovo on 21 October 1937.- Venerable Demetrius SkevophylaxJanuary 25Venerable of the 8th century, called skevophylax, that is keeper of the sacred vessels; commemorated on 25 January.
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New Martyr Demetrius the NeomartyrApril 14Greek new martyr born in 1779 and martyred at Tripoli in 1803; commemorated on 14 April.- New Martyr Demetrius of SlivenJanuary 30Bulgarian new martyr born in 1818 at Sliven and martyred in 1841.
Questions
The name day of Demetrius is October 26, the feast of Great Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-streamer. It is also kept on June 3, September 21, October 9, March 12, May 23, October 27, February 11, October 8.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Demetrius, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Demetrius is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Great Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-streamer as patron.