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). 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, 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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