A baptismal name for a boy
Kosmas
10 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Kosmas
Venerable Martyr Kosmas the AetolianAugust 24Monk and itinerant preacher, teacher of the Greek Christians under Ottoman rule, killed in 1779.- Venerable Kosmas the ZographiteSeptember 22Bulgarian monk of Zographou Monastery on Athos, born in Tarnovo into a noble family, who died in 1323.
- Venerable Kosmas the PantokratorinosVinedresser of Pantokratoros who worked the vines with the Jesus Prayer, reposed in 1970; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Kosmas of KoutloumousiouAn Athonite elder of Koutloumousiou Monastery, who reposed in 1988; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Kosmas of Kavsokalyvia (d. 1952)An Athonite elder of Kavsokalyvia (Great Lavra), who reposed in 1952; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Kosmas of Kavsokalyvia (d. 1919)An Athonite elder of Kavsokalyvia (Great Lavra), who reposed in 1919; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Kosmas of the Great LavraAn Athonite elder of the Great Lavra, who reposed in 1903; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Kosmas of Little St Anne'sAn Athonite elder of Little St Anne Skete, who reposed in 1923; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Martyr Kosmas the AgiannaniteDecember 3A hesychast of St Anne Skete, beheaded at Constantinople for confessing Christ in 1760; canonized.
- Venerable Kosmas of GregoriouA hieromonk of Gregoriou on Mount Athos, missionary to Zaire, who reposed in 1989; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Kosmas is August 24, the feast of Venerable Martyr Kosmas the Aetolian. It is also kept on September 22, December 3.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 10 saints named Kosmas, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Kosmas is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Martyr Kosmas the Aetolian as patron.