Female name
When is Chrysi’s name day?
Χρυσή · Chrysi
Main name day
Saint Chrysi the New Martyr
The Greek name Χρυσή (Chrysi) is celebrated on 13 October.
Also celebrated
The saints behind the name day
- Saint Chrysi the New Martyr18th centuryNew martyr from Moglena, martyred in 1795.Chrysi was born in the village of Slatena (today called Chrysi) in Almopia, in the region of Pella, the daughter of a poor father with four daughters. According to tradition, while gathering firewood in the fields with other women, she was abducted by a Turk who tried to persuade her to convert to Islam and marry him.Read more
- Holy Martyr Chryse (Aurea) of Ostia3rd centuryA Christian woman of noble birth martyred at Ostia near Rome under Claudius II (c. 269), thrown into the sea with a stone tied to her neck; in the West she is venerated under the Latin name Aurea.Chryse came from a noble family and was martyred around 269 under Emperor Claudius. According to tradition, when she was arrested as a Christian her torturers cut her sides open, burned the wounds with torches and broke her jaw with stones.Read more
Variants and other forms
- Other Greek forms and diminutives
- Χρύσα
- In Latin letters
- Chrysi, Hrysi
- In Greek
- Χρυσή