Whose name day is it today?
Every Greek name day: who celebrates today, when each name is celebrated and which saints are commemorated.
Names
1 nameCommemorated today
1 feastName days
The next few days
Who celebrates tomorrow and over the next few days, so your wishes arrive on time.
- Tuesday, 6 Octobertomorrow
- Wednesday, 7 Octoberin 2 days
- Thursday, 8 Octoberin 3 days
- Friday, 9 Octoberin 4 days
Commemoration of the Righteous Forefather Abraham and his nephew Lot
- Saturday, 10 Octoberin 5 days
- Sunday, 11 Octoberin 6 days
No widely celebrated name days on this date.
Saint Philip the Evangelist, One of the Seven · Saint Philotheos Kokkinos
- George3 May· in 210 days
- Maria15 August· in 314 days
- John7 January· in 94 days
- Constantine21 May· in 228 days
- Helen21 May· in 228 days
- Dimitris26 October· in 21 days
- Nicholas6 December· in 62 days
- Panagiotis15 August· in 314 days
- Catherine25 November· in 51 days
- Basil1 January· in 88 days
- Sophia17 September· in 347 days
- Christos25 December· in 81 days
Calendar
Name days by month
Every day of the year has its own page with the names and saints celebrated on it.
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