Demetrius (disambiguation)

The name Demetrios (Δημήτριος) is derived from the name of Demeter, a pagan goddess of agriculture from ancient Greece.

There are several saints named "Demetrios" (also spelled Demetrius, Demetri, Dimitrios, Dimitrius, Dimitri, Dmitri):

• St. Demetrios of Thessaloniki (d. 306), also known as "the Great" and "the Myrrh-flowing" (October 26)
• St. Demetrios the Neomartyr (April 14)
• St. Dimitri of Rostov (1651-1709) was a Russian bishop (October 28 and September 21)

There are several historical hierarchs with this name:

• Demetrius I (Papadopoulos) of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch, 1972-1991)
• Demetri (Khoury) of Jableh (1995-2003)
• Dimitrije (Pavlovic) of Serbia (Patriarch of Serbia, 1920-1930)

There are several current hierarchs with this name:

• Demetrios (Trakatellis) of America
• Demetrios (Kantzavelos) of Mokissos
• Dimitrios (Couchell) of Xanthos

There are also other persons with this name:

• Fr. Demetrios Constantelos, modern author
• Fr. Dimitri Tsakas
• Hieromonk Dimitry (Obuhoff)
• Dimitry Pospielovsky, modern author