Demetrius (disambiguation)

The name Demetrius (Gr. Δημήτριος) means "son of Demeter" (Gr. Damater), lit. "Earth-Mother," from da, Doric form of Gk. ge "earth" + mater. Variations on this name include Demetrios, Demetri, Dimitrios, Dimitrius, Dimitri and Dmitri. 
There are several saints with this name:
*St. Demetrios the "Skevofylakas" (January 25)
*St. Demetrius, the New-Martyr (January 27)
*St. Demetrius of Chios, the New-Martyr (January 29)
*St. Demetrius the Wonderworker (d. 1392) of Priluki, Vologda (February 11) 
*St. Demetrius of Tornaras, the New-Martyr (March 19)
*St. Demetrios of Peloponnesos, the New-Martyr (April 13 and April 14)
*St. Demetrios the Neomartyr (April 14)
*St. Demetrios the Martyr (April 24)
*St. Demetrios, the New-Martyr (May 6)
*St. Demetrios the "Russian Basilopas" (May 15)
*St. Demetrios of Peloponnesos, also "Mitros" (May 28)
*St. Demetrios, the New-Martyr (June 2)
*St. Demetrios the Deacon, the Martyr (June 23), also called "Demetrianos"
*St. Demetrios, the Martyr (August 9)
*St. Demetrios the "Mpegiazis", the New-Martyr (August 11)
*St. Demetrios(August 16)
*St. Demetrios of Samarina Pindou, the young Martyr (August 17 and August 18)
*St. Demetrios (September 11)
*St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki (d. 306), the most venerated "Demetrius" in the orthodox church and is also known as "the Great" and "the Myrrh-streaming" (October 26).
*St. Dimitri of Rostov (1651-1709), a Russian bishop (September 21 and October 28))
*St. Demetrios the Martyr (November 15)
*St. Demetrios, the New-Martyr, 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
Category:Saints