Païsius or Païsios is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Saints Pishoy or Bishoy, 320-417 AD, an Egyptian desert father and Christian saint; Παΐσιος Paisios is the Greek form and Paisius the Latin form Saint Paisius of Uglich, Abbot (1504) Saint Paisius Velichkovsky, 17th century monk and theologian, the founder of modern Eastern Orthodox staretsdom Saint Paisius of Hilendar (Paisiy Hilendarski), an 18th-century Bulgarian National Revival figure Saint Paisios (Eznepidis), also known as Elder Paisios of Mount Athos, a 20th-century schema-monk Hierarchs Patriarch Paisius I of Jerusalem, 17th century Patriarch Paisius of Alexandria, patriarch from 1657 to 1678 Patriarch Paisius I of Constantinople Patriarch Paisius II of Constantinople, 18th century Serbian Patriarch Paisius I (1614-1647) Serbian Patriarch Paisius II (1758) Paisius Ligarides Paisius II of Caesarea, Metropolitan of Caesarea in Cappadocia from 1832 to 1871