A baptismal name for a boy
Kallinikos
6 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Kallinikos
Saint Kallinikos of EdessaAugust 8Metropolitan of Edessa from 1967 to 1984, canonized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate on 23 June 2020.- Venerable KallinikosA monk of Dionysiou Monastery on Athos, reposed in 1903; Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Hieromartyr KallinikosJune 23Bishop of Kydonia in Crete, killed in 1821; canonized in 2000.
- Hieromartyr KallinikosJune 23Bishop of Diopolis in Crete, killed in 1821; canonized in 2000.
- Venerable Kallinikos of KatounakiaAn Athenian recluse for over forty years in his cell, reposed in 1930; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Kallinikos the AthoniteAn Athonite elder of Mount Athos, who reposed in 1961; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Kallinikos is August 8, the feast of Saint Kallinikos of Edessa. It is also kept on June 23.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 6 saints named Kallinikos, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Kallinikos is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Kallinikos of Edessa as patron.