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Greek Name Days

Name days on 23 March

On 23 March there are no widely used names celebrating. Feasts and commemorations of the day: Saint Nikon the Hieromartyr · Saint Luke of Adrianople.

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Celebrating

No widely celebrated name days on this date.

Saints and feasts of the day

2 feasts

  • Saint Nikon the Hieromartyr

    A former soldier who became abbot of a hundred and ninety monks and was martyred with them in Sicily.

  • Saint Luke of Adrianople

    A young man from Adrianople who converted to Islam out of childhood fear, repented as a monk on Mount Athos, and was martyred in Mytilene in 1802.

About this day

  • In 2026, 23 March is a Monday.

  • Communities that follow the old (Julian) calendar commemorate this day's saints on 5 April of the civil calendar.