Male name
When is Theodore’s name day?
Θοδωρής · Θεόδωρος · Thodoris
Main name day
Saturday of Saint Theodore
This year: Saturday 28 February 2026
The Greek name Θοδωρής (Thodoris, formally Θεόδωρος) is celebrated on the Saturday of Saint Theodore (the first Saturday of Lent).
Also celebrated
Dates in the coming years
This is a movable feast: it depends on the date of Orthodox Easter and changes every year.
- 2026Saturday 28 February 2026Saturday of Saint Theodore (first Saturday of Lent)
- 2027Saturday 20 March 2027Saturday of Saint Theodore (first Saturday of Lent)
- 2028Saturday 4 March 2028Saturday of Saint Theodore (first Saturday of Lent)
The saints behind the name day
- Saint Theodore the Recruit4th centurySoldier and martyr from Amasea in Pontus.Theodore was a new recruit (tiron) in the Roman army and was martyred in the early fourth century.Read more
- Great Martyr Theodore Stratelates4th centuryA military commander from Euchaita, based at Heraclea Pontica, who was martyred under Emperor Licinius in the early 4th century.Theodore came from Euchaita in Asia Minor and served as a military commander (stratelates) at Heraclea Pontica. When Emperor Licinius began persecuting Christians, Theodore gathered the city's gold and silver idols on the pretext of offering sacrifice, then broke them up and gave the precious metal to the poor.Read more
Variants and other forms
- Formal (church) form
- Θεόδωρος
- Other Greek forms and diminutives
- Θόδωρος
- In Latin letters
- Thodoris, Theodoros, Todoris
- English equivalents
- Theodore
- In Greek
- Θοδωρής