A baptismal name for a boy
Hierotheus
6 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Hierotheus
- Hieromartyr HierotheusAugust 14A Georgian priest, numbered among the new martyrs of Georgia killed in 1924.
- Venerable HierotheusNovember 28One of seven monks commemorated together in the Greek Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Martyr Hierotheus GlazkovAugust 22A monastic martyr of the Russian Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Hierotheus the NewSeptember 13An Athonite venerable of Iviron, who died in 1745.
- Saint Hierotheus of HungaryAugust 7A bishop sent to preach the faith in Hungary, in the tenth century.
- Hieromartyr Hierotheus (Afonin)May 31Bishop of Nikolsk, slain for the faith during the atheist persecution in Russia.
Questions
The name day of Hierotheus is August 14, the feast of Hieromartyr Hierotheus. It is also kept on November 28, August 22, September 13, August 7, May 31.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 6 saints named Hierotheus, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Hierotheus is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Hieromartyr Hierotheus as patron.