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Greek Name Days

Name days on 9 February

On 9 February, the name day is celebrated by people named Nikiforos and Pankratios. Feasts and commemorations of the day: Holy Martyr Nicephorus · Saints Marcellus, Philagrius and Pancras.

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Celebrating

2 names

Saints and feasts of the day

2 feasts

  • Holy Martyr Nicephorus

    A Christian of Antioch martyred in 257 under Valerian; according to tradition he persistently sought reconciliation with the priest Sapricius and was beheaded in his place when the latter denied Christ.

  • Saints Marcellus, Philagrius and Pancras

    According to tradition a disciple of the Apostle Peter and bishop of Tauromenium (Taormina) in Sicily in the 1st century, commemorated together with his father Marcellus and Philagrius of Cyprus.

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About this day

  • In 2026, 9 February is a Monday.

  • Communities that follow the old (Julian) calendar commemorate this day's saints on 22 February of the civil calendar.