A baptismal name for a boy
Theodotus
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Theodotus
Martyr Theodotus of AncyraMay 18Innkeeper of Ancyra, who sheltered persecuted Christians under Diocletian and was martyred in 303.- Saint Theodotus of CyreniaMarch 2Bishop of Cyrenia in Cyprus, who died around the year 315.
- Martyr TheodotusJanuary 1A martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church, put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Martyr TheodotusJanuary 1A holy unmercenary physician commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Venerable TheodotusJanuary 25A venerable abbot of the Pouplios Monastery, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Saint TheodotusSeptember 17A saint of Thrace, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr Theodotus of AdrianopleA martyr of Adrianople, put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Martyr Theodotus of CyzicusApril 29A martyr of Cyzicus, put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Venerable Theodotus Levchenko of GlinskSeptember 9A venerable monk of the Glinsk Hermitage, who died in 1859.
- Martyr Theodotus of RomeJuly 4A martyr of Rome, put to death for his faith in Christ.
- Martyr Theodotus Georgiev RuiJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Martyr Theodotus of TomisJuly 5A martyr of Tomis from the early Christian centuries of Dobruja.
Questions
The name day of Theodotus is May 18, the feast of Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra. It is also kept on March 2, January 1, January 25, September 17, April 29, September 9, July 4, June 11.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Theodotus, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Theodotus is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra as patron.