Male name
When is Ephraim’s name day?
Εφραίμ · Efraim
Main name day
Saint Ephraim the Great Martyr
The Greek name Εφραίμ (Efraim) is celebrated on 5 May.
Also celebrated
The saints behind the name day
- Venerable Ephrem the Syrian4th centuryA deacon and ascetic from Nisibis in Mesopotamia (c. 306–373), author of numerous theological works and hymns in Syriac.Ephrem was born around 306–308 in Nisibis, in Mesopotamia. He was taught by the city's bishop, Jacob, who ordained him deacon; Ephrem nonetheless refused any higher rank and embraced monastic life early, writing a great many works of spiritual instruction and hymns.Read more
- Saint Ephraim the Great Martyr and Wonderworker15th centuryMonk of the Monastery of the Annunciation on Mount Amomon in Attica, martyred by the Turks in 1426; his relics were found in 1950 and are kept at the monastery in Nea Makri.Ephraim, born Konstantinos Morphes, was born in Trikala in 1384 and became a monk at the Monastery of the Annunciation on Mount Amomon in Attica. In 1424 Ottoman raiders killed the monastery's monks while he himself was away praying in a nearby cave.Read more
Variants and other forms
- In Latin letters
- Efraim, Ephraim
- English equivalents
- Ephraim, Ephrem
- In Greek
- Εφραίμ