Dorotheus or Dorotheos is a male given name from

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''Dōrótheos'' (), meaning "God's Gift", from (''dōron''), "gift" + (''theós''), "god". Its feminine counterpart is ''Dorothea'', (''Dorothy'').

Theodore Theodore may refer to: Places * Theodore, Alabama, United States * Theodore, Australian Capital Territory * Theodore, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Banana, Australia * Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada * Theodore Reservoir, a lake in Sask ...

means the same, with the root words in reverse order. The earliest form of the word is the

Mycenaean Greek Mycenaean Greek is the most ancient attested form of the Greek language, on the Greek mainland and Crete in Mycenaean Greece (16th to 12th centuries BC), before the hypothesised Dorian invasion, often cited as the ''terminus ad quem'' for the ...

''do-ra'', meaning "gifts", written in

Linear B Linear B was a syllabic script used for writing in Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of Greek. The script predates the Greek alphabet by several centuries. The oldest Mycenaean writing dates to about 1400 BC. It is descended from ...

syllabic script; the feminine form ''

Theodora Theodora is a given name of Greek origin, meaning "God's gift". Theodora may also refer to: Historical figures known as Theodora Byzantine empresses * Theodora (wife of Justinian I) ( 500 – 548), saint by the Orthodox Church * Theodora o ...

'' is also attested in Linear B as , ''te-o-do-ra''.

Linguistic variants

*Greek: ''Dorotheos'' (Δωρόθεος) *Latin: ''Dorotheus'' *English: ''Dorotheus'' *Russian: ''Dorofei'' (Дорофей) *Serbian: ''Dorotej'' (Доротеј) *Czech: ''Dorota'', ''Dora'' fem.

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Dorotheos (sculptor) Dorotheus or Dorotheos is a male given name from Greek ''Dōrótheos'' (), meaning "God's Gift", from (''dōron''), "gift" + (''theós''), "god". Its feminine counterpart is ''Dorothea'', (''Dorothy''). Theodore means the same, with the root wor ...

(5th century BC), of Argos, to whom

Kresilas Kresilas ( gr, Κρησίλας ''Krēsílas''; c. 480 – c. 410 BC) was a Greek sculptor in the Classical period (5th century BC), from Kydonia. He was trained in Argos and then worked in Athens at the time of the Peloponnesian War, as a follow ...

was pupil *

Dorotheus of Sidon Dorotheus of Sidon ( grc-gre, Δωρόθεος Σιδώνιος, c. 75 CE - ?? CE) was a 1st-century Greek astrologer and astrological poet, who, during the Hellenistic Period, wrote a didactic poem on horoscopic astrology in Greek, known as the ' ...

( fl. 75), Hellenistic astrologer *

Dorotheus of Tyre Saint Dorotheus bishop of Tyre (Lebanon), Tyre (present-day Lebanon; c. 255 – 362) is traditionally credited with an ''Acts'' of the Seventy Apostles (which may be the same work as the lost ''Gospel of the Seventy''), who were sent out accordin ...

(ca. 255 – 362), Christian presbyter and later bishop of Tyre * St.

Dorotheus (martyr) Dorotheus or Dorotheos is a male given name from Greek ''Dōrótheos'' (), meaning "God's Gift", from (''dōron''), "gift" + (''theós''), "god". Its feminine counterpart is ''Dorothea'', (''Dorothy''). Theodore means the same, with the root word ...

, who was martyred with

Gorgonius Saint Gorgonius of Nicomedia ( el, Ἅγιος Γοργόνιος Νικομηδείας) was a Christian martyr, part of the group Gorgonius, Peter Cubicularius and Dorotheus, who died in 304 AD at Nicomedia during the Diocletianic Persecution. ...

and Peter in the 4th century * Dorotheus (poet) (fl. 4th-century), Christian poet, known for ''

The Vision of Dorotheus ''The Vision of Dorotheus'' or ''Dorotheos'' ( grc, Όρασις Δωροθέου, Órasis Dorothéou) is an autobiographical Homeric Greek poem, composed in 343 lines of dactylic hexameter and attributed to "Dorotheus, son of Quintus the Poet". ...

''. * Dorotheus of Antioch, (c. 388 – 407), Arian Archbishop of Constantinople *

Dorotheus (jurist) Dorotheus ( el, Δωρόθεος) was a professor of Roman law in the law school of Berytus in Phoenicia. While his date of birth is unknown, he must at least have died before 542. He was one of the three commissioners appointed by the Eastern Roman ...

(fl. 534), Byzantine jurist who helped draft the Justinian Code *

Dorotheus of Gaza Dorotheus of Gaza ( grc-gre, Δωρόθεος τῆς Γάζης ''Dorotheos tes Gazes''; 505 – 565 or 620,) or Abba Dorotheus, was a Christianity, Christian monk and abbot. Life He joined the monastery Abba Serid (or Abba Sveridus) near Gaza C ...

(505–565), monastic father *

Pope Peter IV of Alexandria Peter IV was the 34th Coptic Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria from 567 to 576. Peter IV succeeded the exiled Pope Theodosius I on the latter's death in 567. Because the Melkites were in control of Alexandria at the time, Peter IV lived in exil ...

, also known as Dorotheos (ruled in 565–569) * Dorotheus of Hilandar (fl. 1356–1382), protos of Mount Athos *

Dorotheus I of Athens Dorotheus I ( el, Δωρόθεος Αʹ) was the Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Athens from to 1392, and the first to reside in the city since 1205. He was the first Orthodox bishop of Athens to be allowed to reside in the city since its c ...

, metropolitan of Athens from 1388 to 1392 *

Dorotheos II of Trebizond Dorotheos II ( el, Δωρόθεος Βʹ) was the second metropolitan bishop of Trebizond under Ottoman rule. His tenure began in 1472. The origin of Dorotheos is unclear, nor is anything about his early life known except that prior to his appoin ...

, metropolitan of Trebizond from 1472 *

Dorotheos of Ohrid Dorotheus or Dorotheos is a male given name from Greek ''Dōrótheos'' (), meaning "God's Gift", from (''dōron''), "gift" + (''theós''), "god". Its feminine counterpart is ''Dorothea'', (''Dorothy''). Theodore means the same, with the root word ...

, 15th-century bishop *

Dorotheus IV Ibn Al-Ahmar Patriarch Dorotheus IV Ibn Al-Ahmar (died 1611), sometime known also as Dorotheus V,He is known as ''Dorotheus IV'' in the patriarchal lists of Korolevski and Skaff, as ''Dorotheus V'' in the list of Costantius. was Melkite Patriarch of Antioch f ...

(d. 1611), Patriarch of Antioch from 1604 to 1611. * Dorotheus of Mount Sinai and Raithu, Archbishop of

Mount Sinai Mount Sinai ( he , הר סיני ''Har Sinai''; Aramaic: ܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܝܢܝ ''Ṭūrāʾ Dsyny''), traditionally known as Jabal Musa ( ar, جَبَل مُوسَىٰ, translation: Mount Moses), is a mountain on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. It is ...

and Raithu * Archbishop

Dorotheus of Athens Dorotheus ( el, Δωρόθεος, secular name Ioannis Kottaras el, Ιωάννης Κοτταράς) was Archbishop of Athens and All Greece from 1956 to 1957. He was born in Hydra in 1888 and studied theology at the University of Athens, from ...

, Archbishop of All Greece 1956–1957 *

Dorotheos of Adrianople Dorotheus or Dorotheos is a male given name from Greek ''Dōrótheos'' (), meaning "God's Gift", from (''dōron''), "gift" + (''theós''), "god". Its feminine counterpart is ''Dorothea'', (''Dorothy''). Theodore means the same, with the root word ...

Dorotheos the Younger Dorotheus or Dorotheos is a male given name from Greek ''Dōrótheos'' (), meaning "God's Gift", from (''dōron''), "gift" + (''theós''), "god". Its feminine counterpart is ''Dorothea'', (''Dorothy''). Theodore means the same, with the root word ...

Dorotheos Polykandriotis Dorotheus or Dorotheos is a male given name from Greek ''Dōrótheos'' (), meaning "God's Gift", from (''dōron''), "gift" + (''theós''), "god". Its feminine counterpart is ''Dorothea'', (''Dorothy''). Theodore means the same, with the root word ...

, Church of Greece *

Pseudo-Dorotheus A number of late 3rd-century Christian works are pseudepigraphically attributed to Dorotheus of Tyre. These works describe the lives of the Apostles and their disciples, including tradition about Barnabas living in Rome , established_title ...

, 3rd-century Christian writer * Pseudo-Dorotheos of Monemvasia, 17th-century Greek chronicler *

Dorotheus (magister militum) Dorotheus or Dorotheos is a male given name from Greek language, Greek ''Dōrótheos'' (), meaning "God's Gift", from (''dōron''), "gift" + (''theós''), "god". Its feminine counterpart is ''Dorothea'', (''Dorothy''). Theodore (name), Theodore m ...

, Byzantine military leader

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