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Joasaph (Greek: Ιωάσαφ; Russian: Иоасаф) is a masculine given name. Joasaph is another name for Josaphat, the legendary martyred prince in the story of Barlaam and Josaphat; according to E. A. Wallis Budge, this name Joasaph ultimately originated as a mistranslation of Bodhisattva. The Ethiopic form of the name is Yewasef. People with this name include:

  • John VI Kantakouzenos (1292–1382), Byzantine emperor from 1347 to 1354, assumed the name Joasaph Christodoulos after his retirement to a monastery
  • Joasaph I of Constantinople (fl. 1460s), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Joasaphus, Metropolitan of Moscow (died 1556), Metropolitan of Moscow from 1539 to 1542
  • Joasaph II of Constantinople (fl. 1550s–1560s), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Joasaph of Belgorod (1705–1754), bishop of Belgorod
  • Joasaph Bolotov (1760–1799), Russian Orthodox missionary in Alaska
  • Joasaph (McLellan) (1962–2009), Head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
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