Gerasimos

Gerasimos (), latinised as Gerasimus and sometimes anglicised as Gerassimos, is a Greek given name derived from "γέρας" ("géras", "gift of honour, prize, reward"). The suffix -ιμος gives the meaning "the one who deserves honour".

Saints

• Gerasimus of the Jordan, monk and abbot of the 5th century; saint
• Gerasimos, Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Symeon, Christian author in Arabic, 12th/13th century; saint
• Gerasimos of Euripos, Orthodox monk, disciple of Gregory of Sinai, missionary in Greece during Frankish occupation (c. 1320s); saint
• Gerasimus of Kefalonia, and monk of the 16th century from the Greek island of Kefalonia; saint

Orthodox patriarchs and bishops

Patriarch Gerasimus

Patriarch Gerasimus or Patriarch Gerasimos may refer to:

Patriarchs of Constantinople

• Gerasimus I of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch in 1320–1321
• Gerasimus II of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch in 1673–1674
• Gerasimus III of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch in 1794–1797

Patriarchs of Alexandria

• Patriarch Gerasimus I of Alexandria, ruled in 1620–1636
• Patriarch Gerasimus II (Palladas) of Alexandria, Greek Patriarch of Alexandria in 1688–1710
• Patriarch Gerasimus III of Alexandria, ruled in 1783–1788

Other Orthodox patriarchs

• Gerasimus I, Serbian Patriarch, Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch in 1574–1586
• Gerasimus I of Jerusalem, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and later Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem in the late 19th century

Orthodox bishops

• Metropolitan Gerasimos Avlonites, Greek Orthodox bishop of the Diocese of Arcadia in Crete in the 18th century
• Gerasimos Michaleas, bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church of America in the 21st century

Given name

More at "See also: #Related articles"

• Gerasimos Vokos, a Greek writer
• Gerasimos Arsenis, a Greek politician
• Gerasimos Skiadaresis, a Greek actor

See also

Related names; similarly sounding names

• Gerasim, slavicised form of Gerasimos, for instance ; )
• Gherasim, Romanian form of Gerasimos
• Erasmus (disambiguation), Latin name derived from Greek: ἐράσμιος (erásmios, “lovely, pleasant, beloved, desired”) > Ἔρασμος (Érasmos) > Erasmus
• Hieronymus, Latin name derived from Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos, “holy name”); anglicised to Jerome

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