A baptismal name for a boy
Philotheus
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Philotheus
Saint Philotheus KokkinosOctober 11Twice Ecumenical Patriarch, a leader of the Byzantine monastic revival, who died in 1379..jpg)
Saint Philotheus of TobolskJune 10Metropolitan of Siberia and Tobolsk from 1702, died at Tyumen in 1727, honored among the Siberian saints.- Venerable Philotheus of SinaiMonk and spiritual writer in Egypt who lived before 1100, probably in the ninth or tenth century.
- Martyr PhilotheusJanuary 12A martyr of Antioch, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Venerable Philotheus of AthosA venerable monk of Mount Athos, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
- Venerable Philotheus of MravinaSeptember 15A venerable monk of Mravina in Bithynia, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
- Martyr Philotheus of SamosataJanuary 29A martyr of Samosata, put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Venerable Philotheus of PhilotheouJanuary 24Athonite venerable monk, founder of Philotheou Monastery on Mount Athos.
- Saint Philotheus the PresbyterSeptember 15Presbyter of Asia Minor, honored as a saint.
- Venerable Philotheus of KaryesDecember 5Venerable Athonite monk of Karyes.
- Venerable Philotheus the FounderJanuary 24Founder of Philotheou Monastery on Mount Athos.
- Venerable Philotheus of DionysiouOctober 21Venerable Athonite monk of Dionysiou Monastery.
Questions
The name day of Philotheus is October 11, the feast of Saint Philotheus Kokkinos. It is also kept on June 10, January 12, September 15, January 29, January 24, December 5, October 21.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Philotheus, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Philotheus is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Philotheus Kokkinos as patron.