A baptismal name for a boy
Methodius
10 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Methodius
Equal-to-the-Apostles MethodiusApril 6Brother of Saint Cyril, missionary among the Slavs and archbishop of Moravia, who died in 885.
Saint Methodius I of ConstantinopleJune 14Patriarch of Constantinople from 843 to 847, known for restoring the veneration of the holy icons.
Hieromartyr Methodius of OlympusJune 20Bishop and church writer, who died a martyr around the year 311.
Venerable Methodius of PeshnoshaJune 4Disciple of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, founder of Saint Nicholas Monastery at Peshnosha; died in 1392.
Venerable Methodius of PochaivOctober 10According to tradition, a Greek monk of Athos and the first abbot of Pochaiv Monastery, who died in 1228.
Hieromartyr Methodius KrasnoperovFebruary 4Bishop of Petropavlovsk and vicar of the Omsk diocese, who died a martyr in 1921; canonized in 2000..jpg)
Hieromartyr Methodius IvanovAugust 27Hieromonk born in Simbirsk in 1899, executed at Butovo in September 1937; canonized in 2000.- Venerable Martyr Methodius FedorenkoA hieromonk of Rossikon from Poltava province, shot by the Bolsheviks in 1918; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Saint Methodius of NyvritosJune 25A saint of Nyvritos in the Rethymno region of Crete.
- Hieromartyr Methodius MayborodaMay 13A hieromartyr of Ukraine who gave his life for Christ in 1938.
Questions
The name day of Methodius is April 6, the feast of Equal-to-the-Apostles Methodius. It is also kept on June 14, June 20, June 4, October 10, February 4, August 27, June 25, May 13.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 10 saints named Methodius, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Methodius is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Equal-to-the-Apostles Methodius as patron.