Demetrius (disambiguation)
The name Demetrios (Δημήτριος) is derived from the name of Demeter, a pagan goddess of agriculture from ancient Greece.
The best known St. Demetrios is St. Demetrios of Thessaloniki (d. 306), also known as "the Great" and "the Myrrh-flowing" (October 26).
The Church also commemorates several other saints named "Demetrios" (also spelled Demetrius, Demetri, Dimitrios, Dimitrius, Dimitri, Dmitri):
- St. Demetrios the "Skevofylakas" (January 25)
- New Martyr Demetrios (January 27)
- New Martyr Demetrios of Chios (January 29)
- St. Demetrius the Wonderworker (d. 1392) of Priluki, Vologda (February 11)
- New Martyr Demetrios of Tornaras (March 19)
- New Martyr Demetrios of Peloponnesos (April 13 and April 14)
- St. Demetrios the Neomartyr (April 14)
- Martyr Demetrios (April 24)
- Mew Martyr Demetrios (May 6)
- St. Demetrios the "Russian Basilopas" (May 15)
- St. Demetrios of Peloponnesos, also "Mitros" (May 28)
- New Martyr Demetrios (June 2)
- Martyr Demetrios the Deacon, also "Demetrianos" (June 23)
- Martyr Demetrios (August 9)
- New Martyr Demetrios the "Mpegiazis" (August 11)
- St. Demetrios(August 16)
- Martyr Demetrios of Samarina Pindou, the young (August 17 and August 18)
- St. Demetrios (September 11)
- St. Dimitri of Rostov (1651-1709), a Russian bishop (September 21 and October 28))
- Martyr Demetrios (November 15)
- New Martyr Demetrios, commemorated on the 3rd Sunday of Pentecost
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