Agios

Agios

Agios may be a plural of the word agio. It may also refer to:

aints

Agios is also a transliteration of Greek 'Άγιος', meaning 'Holy'. It is equivalent to the English-language epithet 'Saint'. For example, St John is known in Greek and related languages as 'Agios Ioannis'. Greek 'Άγιος' may also be transliterated as 'Aghios'. See also Agioi (meaning 'Saints') and Agia (the female epithet).

Places

Agios forms part of the name of many places in Greece and Cyprus.

Places known as 'Agios' include:

* Agios, a settlement in Euboea, Greece
* Agios, a settlement near Aidipsos, Euboea, Greece
* Agios Alexios, Patras, Achaea, a neighbourhood in Greece
* Agios Amvrosios, a town formerly in Greece, now called Esentepe and part of Kyrenia in Cyprus
* Agios Andreas, a division of Katakolo, a town in Elis, Greece
* Agios Andreas, a settlement in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece
* Agios Andreas, a settlement in Arcadia, Greece
* Agios Andreas, a settlement in Cyclades, Greece
* Agios Andreas, Patras, Achaea, a neighbourhood in Greece
* Agios Andreas Beach, in Arcadia, Greece
* Agios Andronios, a town formerly in Greece, now called Topçuköy and part of Famagusta District in Cyprus
* Agios Andronikos, a town formerly in Greece, now called Yeşilköy and part of Famagusta District in Cyprus
* Agios Antonios, a settlement in Lasithi, Crete, Greece
* Aghios Antonios station, a railway station in Athens, Greece
* Agios Apostolios, a settlement in Laconia, Greece
* Agios Arsenios, a village of Naxos Island, Greece
* Agios Athanasios, a settlement in Boeotia, Greece
* Agios Athanasios, a settlement near Paralia Kalamiotissa, Boeotia, Greece
* Agios Athanasios, Thessaloniki, a village in Greece
* Agios Athanasios (Xanthi), Greece, a village
* Agios Charalampos, a settlement in Cyclades, Greece
* Agios Charalampos (Kozani), Greece, a village
* Agios Charalampos, a settlement in Phthiotis, Greece
* Agios Chartion, a town formerly in Greece, now called Ergenekon and part of Famagusta District in Cyprus
* Agios Christoforos, a city in Kozani, Greece
* Agios Christoforos, a settlement in Laconia, Greece
* Agios Dimitrios (disambiguation), the name of many places in Greece and Cyprus, and a Greek-American school
* Agios Dionyssios, Patras, Achaea, a neighbourhood in Greece
* Agios Dometios, a suburb of Nicosia, Cyprus
* Agios Efstathios, a town formerly in Greece, now called Zeybekköy and part of Famagusta District in Cyprus
* Agios Efstratios, a Greek island. See Saint Eustratius (Island)
* Agios Efstratios, a settlement in Laconia, Greece
* Agios Eleftherios, the name of two villages in Greece
* Agios Eleftherios (church), a tiny church in Athens, Greece
* Agios Epiktios, a town formerly in Greece, now called Çatalköy and part of Kyrenia in Cyprus
* Agios Ermolaos, a town formerly in Greece, now called Şinnevler and part of Kyrenia in Cyprus
* Agios Eustratios, a Greek island. See Saint Eustratius (Island)
* Agios Georgios, the name of many places and churches in Greece and Cyprus
* Agios Germanos, a village in Macedonia, Greece
* Agios Gordis, a village in Corfu, Greece
* Agios Iakovo, a town formerly in Greece, now called Altınova and part of Famagusta District in Cyprus
* Agios Ilias, the name of two villages in Greece
* Agios Ilias Thiras, a settlement in Santorini, Cyclades, Greece
* Agios Ioannis, the name of many places in Greece
* Agios Isidoros, the name of a few places in Greece
* Agios Kirykos, a municipality in Icaria, Greece
* Agios Konstantinos, the name of a few places in Greece
* Agios Kosmas, a beach in Athens, Greece
* Agios Kyprianos, a settlement in Laconia, Greece
* Agios Kyrillos, a settlement in Heraklion, Greece
* Agios Loukas, a settlement in Euboea, Greece
* Agios Mamas, a beach of Spetses, one of the islands of Greece
* Agios Mammas, a settlement in Laconia, Greece
* Agios Minas, Chios, a municipality in Greece
* Agios Nektarios, Patras, a neighbourhood in Greece
* Agios Nikitas, Lefkada, a town and municipality in Greece
* Agios Nikolaos, the name of many places in Greece
* Agios Nikolaos (Cyprus), the name of several places in Cyprus
* Agios Onoufrios, a district of Parelioi, Corfu, Greece
* Agios Panteleimonas, a settlement in Arcadia, Greece
* Agios Panteleimonas, a settlement in Elis, Greece
* Agios Panteleimonas, a settlement in North Kynouria, Arcadia, Greece
* Agios Pavlos, a beach on the south coast of Crete, Greece
* Agios Pavlos, Thessaloniki, a municipality in Greece
* Agios Petros, Arcadia, a village in Greece
* Agios Petros, Lefkada, a town in Greece
* Agios Polikarpos, a village in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece
* Agios Prokopios, a settlement on Mykonos, Greece
* Agios Prokopios, a village in Naxos Island, Greece
* Agios Semnis, a settlement in Heraklion, Greece
* Agios Serafim, a village in Phthiotis, Greece
* Agios Sergios, a town formerly in Greece, now called Yeniboğayiçi and part of Famagusta District in Cyprus
* Agios Silas, a settlement in Heraklion, Greece
* Agios Sostis, a village at the border of three prefectures in Greece
* Agios Spyridonas, the name of two villages and a municipality in Greece
* Agios Stefanos, Achaea, a village in Greece
* Agios Stefanos, a settlement in Arcadia, Greece
* Agios Stefanos, a settlement in Lasithi, Crete, Greece
* Agios Stefanos, a settlement on Mykonos, Greece
* Agios Stefanos, a settlement in Phthiotis, Greece
* Agios Stefanos, East Attica, a suburb in Greece
* Agios Stefanos, Mykonos, a sandy beach in Greece
* Agios Symeon, a town formerly in Greece, now called Avtepe and part of Famagusta District in Cyprus
* Agios Theodoros, a town formerly in Greece, now called Çayırova and part of Famagusta District in Cyprus
* Agios Thomas, the name of several places in Greece
* Agios Vasileios, the name of two villages in Greece
* Agios Vasillios, a village formerly in Greece, now called Türkeli and part of Sinop Province in Cyprus
* Agios Vlasios, the name of several places in Greece and Cyprus
* Ano Agios Vlassios, a settlement in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece
* Agios Yiannis, alternative transliteration of Agios Ioannis, the name of many places in Greece

Other

Other uses of 'Agios' include:

* "Agios o Theos, agios ischyros, agios athanatos, eleison imas", the Trisagion hymn of the Divine Liturgy
* Ag. Dimitrios F.C., a football club in Agios Dimitrios, Greece
* Agios Andreas Hospital in Patras, Greece
* Agios Dimitrios A.C., an athletics club in Agios Dimitrios, Greece
* Agios Kerykos Archaeological Collection, a museum in Ikaria, Greece
* Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre in Athens, Greece
* Agios Nikolaos Archaeological Museum in Crete, Greece

ee also

* Agia, the Greek female epithet meaning 'Saint'
* Agioi, the Greek epithet meaning 'Saints'
* Agis
* Agius, a surname
* "Agos", an Armenian newspaper


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