Male name
When is Gerasimos’ name day?
Γεράσιμος · Gerasimos
Main name day
Saint Gerasimos of Kefalonia
Translation of the relics of Saint Gerasimos
The Greek name Γεράσιμος (Gerasimos) is celebrated on 16 August and on 20 October.
Also celebrated
The saints behind the name day
- Saint Gerasimos of Kefalonia16th centurySixteenth-century ascetic and patron saint of Kefalonia.Gerasimos came from the Notaras family and was born at Trikala in Corinthia in the early sixteenth century. He became a monk and, after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, settled on Kefalonia, where he founded a convent at Omala.Read more
- Venerable Gerasimus of the Jordan5th centuryAn ascetic from Lycia who in the 5th century founded a lavra near the River Jordan and, according to tradition, was accompanied by a tame lion.Gerasimus was born in Lycia in the 5th century and from a young age devoted himself to monastic life. According to tradition, he was drawn for a time to Monophysite teaching but was corrected after advice from the ascetic Euthymius and returned to Orthodox belief.Read more
Variants and other forms
- In Latin letters
- Gerasimos
- In Greek
- Γεράσιμος