A baptismal name for a boy
Vissarion
5 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Vissarion
- Venerable Vissarion of the AgathonosJanuary 22Greek monk of the Agathonos Monastery near Lamia, tonsured in his teens, who died in 1991.
- Hieromartyr Vissarion SelininApril 18Russian priest born in 1876 in the Vladimir region, killed on 1 May 1918 at Urzhar; glorified in 2000.
- Venerable Martyr Vissarion Okulov of BelogoryeAugust 12Monk martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Venerable Vissarion RastorguevA Russian hieroschemamonk of Rossikon; Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Vissarion KhlystovA Russian hieroschemamonk of Rossikon; Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Vissarion is January 22, the feast of Venerable Vissarion of the Agathonos. It is also kept on April 18, August 12.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 5 saints named Vissarion, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Vissarion is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Vissarion of the Agathonos as patron.