Gerasimos (), latinised as Gerasimus and sometimes anglicised as Gerassimos, is a Greek given name derived from "γέρας" ("géras", "gift of honour, prize, reward"

Henry George Liddell Henry George Liddell (; 6 February 1811– 18 January 1898) was dean (1855–1891) of Christ Church, Oxford, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1870–1874), headmaster (1846–1855) of Westminster School (where a house is now named after ...

& Robert Scott (1940)
γέρας
in ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', Oxford, Clarendon Press, via perseus.tufts.edu.). The suffix -ιμος gives the meaning "the one who deserves honour".

Saints

Gerasimus of the Jordan Gerasimus of the Jordan (, Abba Gerasimus, Holy Righteous Father Gerasimus of Jordan—also spelled Gerasimos or Gerasim) was a Christian saint, monk and abbot of the 5th century AD. Biography Gerasimus was born into a wealthy family in the prov ...

, 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 Gregory of Sinai, or in Serbian and Bulgarian Grigorije Sinaita ( 1260s – 27 November 1346), was a Greek Christian monk and writer from Smyrna. He was instrumental in the emergence of hesychasm on Mount Athos in the early 14th century. Bio ...

, 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 Gerasimus I of Constantinople (; died 20 April 1321) was the list of Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1320 to 1321. He was born in Alaşehir, Philadelphia and became abbot of the prestigious M ...

, Ecumenical Patriarch in 1320–1321 *

Gerasimus II of Constantinople Gerasimos (), latinised as Gerasimus and sometimes anglicised as Gerassimos, is a Greek given name derived from "γέρας" ("géras", "gift of honour, prize, reward"Henry George Liddell & Robert Scott (1940)γέραςin ''A Greek-English Lexi ...

, 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 Gerasimus I (1839-1897) was Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (1886-1891) and Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem from March 11, 1891, to February 21, 1897. It was during his administration as Patriarch of Jerusalem that the full significance ...

, 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 Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco (born Gerasimos Michaleas; August 2, 1945) is a Greek Eastern Orthodox prelate who became the Metropolitan of San Francisco in the Greek Orthodox Church in 2005. His spiritual flock comprises 67 Greek Ort ...

, bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church of America in the 21st century

Given name

More at "See also: #Related articles" *

Gerasimos Vokos Gerasimos Vokos (; 1868–1927) was a Greek scholar, writer, painter, and journalist. Descended from the Arvanite family Vokos family of Hydra, he was born in Patras in 1868 and died in Paris, France in 1928. He began his career as a journali ...

, a Greek writer *

Gerasimos Arsenis Gerasimos Arsenis (; 30 May 1931 – 19 April 2016) was a Greek politician who served as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament in various terms, as well as several appointments to Government Ministries in successive Governments with the Panhelle ...

, a Greek politician *

Gerasimos Skiadaresis Gerasimos Skiadaresis (; born 18 December 1960) is a Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Pro ...

, a Greek actor

References

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