A baptismal name for a boy
Philotheos
6 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Philotheos
- Saint PhilotheosNovember 5A saint commemorated in the Greek Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Philotheos of AthosDecember 5A monk of Athos, venerated by the Georgian Church.
- Venerable Philotheos of XenophontosAn Athonite elder of Xenophontos Monastery, who reposed in 1986; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Saint Philotheos of SklatainaJune 13A saint of Sklataina who departed this life in 1545.
- Venerable Philotheos the HagioriteOctober 21Born in 1526 near Kavala, a monk of Dionysiou from about 1551, who reposed in 1610; a canonized saint.
- Saint Philotheos ZervakosAn archimandrite, abbot of Longovarda Monastery on Paros, who reposed in 1980; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Philotheos is November 5, the feast of Saint Philotheos. It is also kept on December 5, June 13, October 21.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 6 saints named Philotheos, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Philotheos is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Philotheos as patron.