Male name
When is Zacharias’ name day?
Ζαχαρίας · Zacharias
Main name day
The Prophet Zechariah and Saint Elizabeth
The Greek name Ζαχαρίας (Zacharias) is celebrated on 5 September.
Also celebrated
The saints behind the name day
- The Prophet Zechariah and the Righteous Elizabeth1st centuryThe parents of Saint John the Baptist.Zechariah was a priest in Jerusalem in the days of Herod; according to John Chrysostom and other Church Fathers, he was in fact the high priest. He and his wife Elizabeth were childless in old age. While he was burning incense in the temple, an angel announced that he would have a son, John; because he doubted, he was struck mute until the child was born.Read more
- Prophet Zechariah6th century BCThe eleventh of the Twelve Minor Prophets, who after the return from the Babylonian exile (6th century BC) encouraged, together with Haggai, the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem.Zechariah was the eleventh of the twelve Minor Prophets of the Old Testament, son of Berechiah and grandson of Iddo, from the tribe of Levi. His name means "God remembers".Read more
Variants and other forms
- Other Greek forms and diminutives
- Ζάχος
- In Latin letters
- Zacharias, Zaharias
- English equivalents
- Zachary, Zechariah
- In Greek
- Ζαχαρίας