When is Anestis’ name day?

• Jan22

  22 January

  Saint Anastasius the Persian

This is a movable feast: it depends on the date of Orthodox Easter and changes every year.

• 2026Sunday 12 April 2026Easter Sunday (the Resurrection)
• 2027Sunday 2 May 2027Easter Sunday (the Resurrection)
• 2028Sunday 16 April 2028Easter Sunday (the Resurrection)

• Saint Anastasius the Persian7th centuryPersian soldier who became a Christian monk and was martyred in 628.Anastasius was born in Persia as Magundat, the son of a Zoroastrian priest. He served as a soldier in the army of King Khosrow II and was in Jerusalem when the Persians captured the city in 614 and carried off the True Cross. His contact with Christianity there led him to convert; he was baptised and became a monk at a monastery in Jerusalem, taking the name Anastasius.Read more

In Latin letters

Anestis

In Greek

Ανέστης