Name days on 8 March
On 8 March, the name day is celebrated by people named Hermes and Theofylaktos. Feasts and commemorations of the day: Holy Apostle Hermes · Saint Theophylact the Confessor, Bishop of Nicomedia.
Celebrating
2 namesSaints and feasts of the day
2 feastsAn apostle of the Seventy greeted by Paul in the Epistle to the Romans (16:14) who, according to tradition, became bishop of Dalmatia.
Saint Theophylact the Confessor, Bishop of Nicomedia
A bishop of Nicomedia who defended the holy icons and was exiled by the iconoclast emperor Leo V, dying in exile (c. 840–845).
About this day
In 2026, 8 March is a Sunday.
Communities that follow the old (Julian) calendar commemorate this day's saints on 21 March of the civil calendar.