A baptismal name for a boy
Dorotheus
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Dorotheus
Venerable Dorotheus of GazaJune 5Monk and abbot of the monastery of Seridus near Gaza, author of spiritual instructions for monks..jpg)
Hieromartyr Dorotheus of TyreJune 5Bishop of Tyre, credited with a work on the Seventy Apostles; he died a martyr..jpg)
Venerable Dorotheus of RadonezhJuly 6Monk of the Trinity Lavra of St Sergius, called Dorotheus the Bookman, who died around 1613.- Venerable Dorotheus the EgyptianSeptember 16Hermit from the Thebaid who around 328 became one of the Theban hermits, and who died at the end of the 4th century.
Venerable Dorotheus of YugMay 23Schemamonk, founder of the Yug Hermitage, who died in 1622.- Venerable DorotheusJanuary 5A monastic ascetic commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Martyr DorotheusFebruary 18A martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Saint Dorotheus I of ThessalonikiBishop of Thessaloniki, who died around the year 520.
- Martyr Dorotheus KlimashevDecember 10A Russian believer who died a martyr for his faith in Christ during the communist persecution.
- Martyr Dorotheus of MeliteneNovember 7A martyr of Melitene, put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Martyr Dorotheus of NicomediaDecember 28A martyr of Nicomedia, put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Venerable Dorotheus the HermitSeptember 16Hermit of Egypt, remembered in the Paterikon.
Questions
The name day of Dorotheus is June 5, the feast of Venerable Dorotheus of Gaza. It is also kept on July 6, September 16, May 23, January 5, February 18, December 10, November 7, December 28.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Dorotheus, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Dorotheus is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Dorotheus of Gaza as patron.