Male name
When is Orestis’ name day?
Ορέστης · Orestis
Main name day
Saint Orestes the Martyr
The Greek name Ορέστης (Orestis) is celebrated on 10 November.
Also celebrated
The saints behind the name day
- Saint Orestes of Tyana4th centuryMartyr from Tyana in Cappadocia.Orestes came from Tyana in Cappadocia and, according to some sources, was a physician. During the persecution of Diocletian, around 289, the governor Maximus tried every means to force him to renounce Christ, without success.Read more
- Saints Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius and Orestes4th centuryFive martyrs of Diocletian's persecution in Armenia.The five saints were martyred in Asia Minor during Diocletian's persecution. Eustratius, a senior officer, was arrested by the duke Lysias, cruelly tortured and finally thrown into a fire, after first being forced to walk in iron shoes lined with spikes.Read more
- Saints Riginos and Orestes of CyprusMartyrs put to death near Limassol in Cyprus, where their memory is chiefly honoured.Riginos and Orestes are not mentioned in the older Synaxaria; what is known of them comes from a liturgical service published in Limassol in 1902. According to it, they came from Chalcedon - or more likely Carthage - where they were arrested and imprisoned for being Christians.Read more
Variants and other forms
- In Latin letters
- Orestis
- English equivalents
- Orestes
- In Greek
- Ορέστης