Male name
When is Myron’s name day?
Μύρωνας · Μύρων · Myronas
Main name day
Saint Myron, Bishop of Crete
The Greek name Μύρωνας (Myronas, formally Μύρων) is celebrated on 8 August.
Also celebrated
The saints behind the name day
- Saint Myron the Hieromartyr3rd centuryPriest in Achaia who was beheaded during the persecution of Decius (250).Myron came from a wealthy family in Achaia but devoted himself to the Church and was ordained a priest, caring daily for the poor, widows and orphans of his parish.Read more
- Saint Myron, Bishop of CreteBishop of Crete from Avrakia near Knossos; according to his Life he was a farmer known for his charity, became a priest and, once the persecution ended, bishop, and died aged one hundred.Myron came from Avrakia in Crete, near Knossos. He married and worked as a farmer, always giving part of his harvest to the poor — the more he gave away, the more his crops increased.Read more
Variants and other forms
- Formal (church) form
- Μύρων
- In Latin letters
- Myronas, Myron, Miron
- English equivalents
- Myron
- In Greek
- Μύρωνας