Male name
When is Athanasios’ name day?
Θανάσης · Αθανάσιος · Thanasis
Main name day
Saints Athanasius and Cyril of Alexandria
Translation of the relics of Saint Athanasius the Great
The Greek name Θανάσης (Thanasis, formally Αθανάσιος) is celebrated on 18 January and on 2 May.
The saints behind the name day
- Saint Athanasius the Great4th centuryArchbishop of Alexandria and defender of the faith of the First Ecumenical Council.Athanasius (c. 296–373) attended the First Ecumenical Council at Nicaea (325) as a deacon and shortly afterwards became archbishop of Alexandria.Read more
- Saint Cyril of Alexandria5th centuryArchbishop of Alexandria (412–444) who led the Third Ecumenical Council at Ephesus.Cyril was born around 370 in Alexandria. A nephew of Patriarch Theophilus, he received a thorough theological education and succeeded him on the city's archiepiscopal throne in 412.Read more
Variants and other forms
- Formal (church) form
- Αθανάσιος
- Other Greek forms and diminutives
- Θάνος, Νάσος
- In Latin letters
- Thanasis, Athanasios, Thanos
- English equivalents
- Athanasius
- In Greek
- Θανάσης