A baptismal name for a boy
Paisius
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Paisius
Venerable Paisius of HilendarJune 19Bulgarian monk of Hilandar, author of the Slavonic-Bulgarian History, a figure of the Bulgarian National Revival.
Venerable Paisius VelichkovskyNovember 15Monk and theologian who spread the tradition of eldership in the Orthodox world, and who died in 1794 at Neamț.
Venerable Paisius the GreatJune 19Desert father of Scetis in Egypt, known in Europe as Paisius the Great, who died in 417.
Venerable Paisius of UglichJune 6Russian monk of Uglich, born Pavel Gavrenev, founder of the Protection of the Theotokos monastery; died 1504.
Venerable Martyr Paisius of PechengaDecember 28Abbot of Trifon Monastery at Pechenga from 1932 to 1939, born in 1881 to a peasant family; died a martyr in 1940.
Venerable Paisius of the CavesJuly 19Monk of the Kyiv Caves Lavra, venerated as a saint.- Venerable Martyr Paisius MoskotMay 19Hieromonk born in 1869, who died in Kharkiv on 15 December 1937; a local saint of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
- Saint Paisius YaroslavovThe most famous monk of Kamenny Monastery on Lake Kubenskoye in the Vologda region, who died in 1501.
- Venerable Paisius of GalichMay 23Russian archimandrite at the Dormition Monastery of Ovinsk, which became known through him; died in 1460.
- Venerable Paisius of KyivApril 17Cassock-novice of the Kyiv Caves Lavra and fool for Christ; glorified by the Russian Church in 2017.
- Saint PaisiusDecember 17
- Venerable Paisius BalabanovA schema-archimandrite of Rossikon; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Paisius is June 19, the feast of Venerable Paisius of Hilendar. It is also kept on November 15, June 6, December 28, July 19, May 19, May 23, April 17, December 17.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Paisius, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Paisius is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Paisius of Hilendar as patron.