A baptismal name for a boy
Dositheus
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Dositheus
Venerable Dositheus of GazaFebruary 19Monk of the sixth century, a former page and disciple of Dorotheus of Gaza; he died young of a severe illness.
Venerable Dositheus of PskovOctober 8Disciple of Saint Euphrosynus of Pskov, an ascetic at Verkhny Ostrov, who died in 1481 or 1482.- Hieromartyr Dositheus of TbilisiSeptember 12Archbishop of Tbilisi and confessor of Queen Darejan, martyred by Persian soldiers on 12 September 1795.
Hieromartyr Dositheus TsereteliMarch 6Georgian metropolitan of Kutaisi, born around 1750 and died in 1820; venerated as a hieromartyr.- Venerable Dositheus of BeloozeroA venerable monk of Beloozero, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
- Venerable Dositheus of CherepovetsA venerable monk of Cherepovets, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
- Venerable Dositheus Kolchenkov of GlinskSeptember 9A venerable monk of Glinsk, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
- Venerable Dositheus of PecherskAugust 28A venerable monk of the Kiev Caves Lavra, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
- Venerable Dositheus of SolovkiAugust 9A Russian monk, a recluse in the Solovki lands on the White Sea.
- Saint Dositheus of TbilisiJanuary 25Sfânt al Bisericii Georgiei, cinstit la Tbilisi.
- Venerable Dositheus the Teacher of SecuA teacher and abbot of the Skete of Zosimas, later Secu Monastery, from 1582 to 1606; not formally canonized.
- Saint Dositheus of Carpathian RusA hierarch associated with Carpathian Rus, honored by the Orthodox Church.
Questions
The name day of Dositheus is February 19, the feast of Venerable Dositheus of Gaza. It is also kept on October 8, September 12, March 6, September 9, August 28, August 9, January 25.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Dositheus, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Dositheus is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Dositheus of Gaza as patron.