How do I find my Greek name day?
How do I find my Greek name day?
If you are named after one, or if your name has the same meaning or derives from the name of one, their feast day is your name day. So if your name is John, for example, your official name day is January 7, the feast day of Aghios Ioannis (Saint John).
What’s Greek name day?
Name days are the days where a saint, martyr, or otherwise holy person is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church. Otherwise known abroad as “feast days”, these anniversaries usually are of the saint’s or martyr’s death due to refusing to denounce their faith at the hands of prosecutors of Christendom in the past.
What is the French way to say name day?
C’est la fête
Name Day in France (C’est la fête !) Bonjour !
What is name day calendar?
In each country, there is a different list called Name Day Calendar. Some names can be celebrated on more than one day of the year like Valentina or Valentine being celebrated on the 25th of July and on the Catholic Saint Valentine’s Day – 14th of February.
How are first names assigned to a day?
Names, however are widely known and celebrated. Each first name is assigned to one day in the calendar, based on religious traditions, historical events, birthday of a famous person who had the same first name, or on other facts.
Why do we celebrate name days?
The celebration of name days has been a tradition in Catholic and Orthodox countries since the Middle Ages. The custom originated with the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic calendars of saints, where believers, named after a particular saint, would celebrate that saint’s feast day.
How do they celebrate namedays in Greece?
In Greece people celebrate their namedays with gatherings and gifts much like an actual birthday. See all the Greek name days by date and find out when your Greek friends and loved ones celebrate their name. Here’s the full calendar of namedays celebrated in Greece and beyond in 2021:
