Name days on 5 June
On 5 June, the name day is celebrated by people named Dorothea, Dorotheos and Ploutarchos. Feasts and commemorations of the day: Saint Dorotheus the Hieromartyr, Bishop of Tyre · Saint Plutarch.
Celebrating
3 namesSaints and feasts of the day
2 feastsSaint Dorotheus the Hieromartyr, Bishop of Tyre
Bishop of Tyre who survived the persecution of Diocletian and, according to tradition, was martyred at a great age under Julian the Apostate.
Bishop in Cyprus whom the chronicle of Leontios Machairas counts among the island's saints; no other details of his life survive.
About this day
In 2026, 5 June is a Friday.
Communities that follow the old (Julian) calendar commemorate this day's saints on 18 June of the civil calendar.