Male name
When is Porfyrios’ name day?
Πορφύριος · Porfyrios
Main name day
Saint Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia
The Greek name Πορφύριος (Porfyrios) is celebrated on 2 December.
Also celebrated
The saints behind the name day
- Saint Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia20th centuryAthonite hieromonk (1906–1991), one of the best-known spiritual figures of modern Greece.Porphyrios (born Evangelos Bairaktaris) was born in 1906 on Evia. As a young man he became a monk at Kafsokalyvia on Mount Athos.Read more
- Saint Porphyrius the Mime3rd centuryA stage mime from Ephesus who, according to the Synaxarion, became a Christian and was beheaded around 270, in the reign of Emperor Aurelian.Porphyrius came from Ephesus and grew up among theatre mimes; performing this art under Emperor Aurelian, he often mocked Christian customs and rites.Read more
Variants and other forms
- In Latin letters
- Porfyrios, Porfirios, Porphyrios
- In Greek
- Πορφύριος