Male name
When is Cyril’s name day?
Κύριλλος · Kyrillos
Main name day
Saints Athanasius and Cyril of Alexandria
The Greek name Κύριλλος (Kyrillos) is celebrated on 18 January.
Also celebrated
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
- Saints Cyril and Methodius9th centuryBrothers from Thessaloniki, enlighteners of the Slavs.Cyril (born Constantine) and Methodius were brothers from Thessaloniki. In the ninth century they were sent from Byzantium as missionaries to Great Moravia.Read more
Variants and other forms
- In Latin letters
- Kyrillos, Kirillos
- English equivalents
- Cyril
- In Greek
- Κύριλλος