A baptismal name for a boy
Meletios
3 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Meletios
Hieromartyr Meletios of KitrosJuly 21Bishop of Kitros, martyred in Thessaloniki on 19 May 1821 at the start of the Greek Revolution.- Venerable Meletios of YpseniFebruary 12Greek Orthodox monk associated with Ypseni on the island of Rhodes, venerated as a saint.
- Saint Meletios of RyazanJanuary 14Hierarch of Ryazan, honored in the Russian Church.
Questions
The name day of Meletios is July 21, the feast of Hieromartyr Meletios of Kitros. It is also kept on February 12, January 14.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 3 saints named Meletios, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Meletios is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Hieromartyr Meletios of Kitros as patron.