Name days on 8 May
On 8 May, the name day is celebrated by people named Arsenios and Theologos. Feasts and commemorations of the day: Saint John the Theologian (commemoration of the holy dust from his tomb) · Saint Arsenius the Great.
Celebrating
2 namesSaints and feasts of the day
2 feastsSaint John the Theologian (commemoration of the holy dust from his tomb)
The “disciple whom Jesus loved”, author of the fourth Gospel; tradition holds that he wrote Revelation on Patmos.
Roman deacon and tutor to the sons of Theodosius the Great who left the imperial court to live as a hermit in the Egyptian desert.
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About this day
In 2026, 8 May is a Friday.
Communities that follow the old (Julian) calendar commemorate this day's saints on 21 May of the civil calendar.