A baptismal name for a boy
Paisios
4 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Paisios
Venerable Paisios of Mount AthosJune 29Athonite monk known as Elder Paisios, a beloved spiritual guide, who died in 1994 at Souroti.
Venerable Paisios BasiasJune 7Greek monk born in 1801 and died in 1888, honored as a saint.- Venerable Paisios of KarakallouAn Athonite elder of Karakallou Monastery, who reposed in 1954; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Martyr Paisios of PrečistaMay 27A monk of Prečista Monastery in Macedonia, killed with his brethren in 1558.
Questions
The name day of Paisios is June 29, the feast of Venerable Paisios of Mount Athos. It is also kept on June 7, May 27.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 4 saints named Paisios, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Paisios is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Paisios of Mount Athos as patron.