A baptismal name for a boy
Gerasim
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Gerasim
Saint Gerasim DobroserdovJune 10Bishop of Astrakhan and Enotaevsk, canonized by the Russian Church, who died in 1880.
Venerable Gerasim of BoldinoMay 1Born at Pereslavl-Zalessky, founder of Boldino Monastery near Dorogobuzh; died in 1554.
Saint Gerasim of PermJanuary 24Third bishop of Perm, successor of Isaac, who continued the mission of Saint Stephen of Perm; died in 1447.- Venerable Martyr Gerasim of TismanaDecember 26Archimandrite, abbot of Arnota and Tismana, who died a martyr in 1951 at Târgu Ocna; canonized by the Romanian Church in 2024.
- Venerable Gerasim the BlackA venerable father of the Volokolamsk region, called the Black.
- Venerable Gerasim of LukhJanuary 23A venerable Russian father of the Lukh region, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Martyr Gerasim MochalovNovember 22A monastic martyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1937.
- Venerable Martyr Gerasim of ObnoraA monastic martyr of the Obnora region, commemorated in the Russian calendar.
- Venerable Gerasim of SolovkiAugust 9A hermit of the Solovki Islands, commemorated in the Russian calendar.
- Venerable Martyr Gerasim SukhovNovember 19A monastic martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Saint Gerasim of SuzdalJune 23A hierarch of Suzdal, commemorated in the calendar of the Russian Church.
- Venerable Martyr Gerasim of UglichA monk of Uglich, commemorated as a martyr in the Russian calendar.
Questions
The name day of Gerasim is June 10, the feast of Saint Gerasim Dobroserdov. It is also kept on May 1, January 24, December 26, January 23, November 22, August 9, November 19, June 23.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Gerasim, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Gerasim is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Gerasim Dobroserdov as patron.