Vissarion (, ) οr Visarion () is a Greek male name, which may refer to: Given name Saint Bessarion of Egypt, also Bessarion the Great or Passarion, Egyptian anchorite, thaumaturge and abbot, pupil of Saint Anthony the Great Basilios Bessarion (1403–1472), Greek scholar, Catholic cardinal and Latin patriarch of Constantinople Visarion, Metropolitan of Herzegovina (s. 1590–1602) Vissarion Belinsky (1811–1848), Russian literary critic Visarion Ljubiša (1823–1884), Metropolitan of Montenegro (s. 1882–84) Vissarion Dzhugashvili (1849–1909), father of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin Visarion Puiu (1879–1964), born as Victor Puiu, Romanian metropolitan bishop Visarion Xhuvani (1890–1965), Primate of the Orthodox Church of Albania (s. 1929–37) Vissarion Lominadze (1897–1935), Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician Vissarion Shebalin (1902–1963), Soviet Russian composer Vissarion Korkoliacos (1908–1991), Greek Orthodox monk Vissarion (born 1961 as Sergey Anatolyevitch Torop), Russian mystic Surname I. C. Vissarion (1879–1951), Romanian writer Greek masculine given names