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Greek Holy Days, Name Days And Icons


Future Greek Easter Dates:

April 27, 2008 | April 19, 2009 | April 4, 2010


The "twelve great feasts," as they occur in chronological order after September 1, are:

1)  The Nativity of the Virgin Mary (September 8)
2)  The Elevation of the Life-giving Cross (September 14)
3)  The Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the Temple (November 21)
4)  Christmas (December 25)
5)  Epiphany (January 6)
6)  The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (February 2)
7)  The Annunciation (March 25)
8)  Palm Sunday (the Sunday before Easter)
9)  The Ascension (40 days after Easter)
10) Pentecost (50 days after Easter)
11) The Transfiguration (August 6)
12) The Repose of the Virgin Mary (August 15)

     

List of Greek Name Days & Dates: ( Alphabetize List )

JANUARY

January 1 - New Year's Day - Agios Basileios, Vassilis (Basil)

January 6 - Theofania, Theofanis, Fotis, Fanis, Fotini

January 7 - Synaksi Ioannos, Ioannis, Yannis (John)

January 8 - Dominikis

January 10 - Grigorios Nussis

January 11 - Theodosios, Thodoris (Theodore)

January 17 - Antonios, Antonis, Antonios (Anthony)

January 18 - Athanasios & Kurillos, Thanassis

January 19 - Makarios, Makarios

January 20 - Eythimios, Thimios

January 21 - Maximos, Massimos/ Neofytos / Agnis (Agnes)

January 22 - Anastasios / Timothetos, Tassos

January 23 - Agathagellos

January 24 - Xenis, Xeni

January 25 - Grigorios Theologos / Margarita, Grigoris, Grigorios (Gregory)

January 26 - Xenofontos

January 29 - Ignatios

January 30 - Trion Ierarxon

January 31 - Kyros & Ioannos Aaron

FEBRUARY

February 1 - Tryfonos

February 2 - Ypapanti tos Sotiros

February 5 - Agathis (Agatha)

February 6 - Voskolos / Fotios

February 7 - Parthenios

February 8 - Zaxarios / Theod. Stratilatos

February 9 - Nikiforos

February 10 - Charalampous / Zinonos, Haralambos, Hara, Hariklia

February 11 - Vasios

February 12 - Meletios

February 13 - Akula & Priskillis (Priscilla)

February 14 - Ayxentios, Valentini, St. Valentine

February 15 - Eusevios

February 17 - Theodoros Tironos / Poulcherias

February 18 - Leontos Romis

February 20 - Agathonos / Vissarionos

February 22 - Anthi (Anthea)

February 23 - Polykarpos

February 23 - Nestoros

February 25 - Tarasios

February 26 - Porfurios

MARCH

March 1 - Marias Aigyptias
- Eudokias / Tis Tyrofagos

March 2 - Euthalias

March 3 - Kleonikos

March 5 - Kononos

March 7 - Laurentios (Laurens)

March 8 - Theofulaktos

March 16 - Xristodoslos

March 17 - Alexios, Alexios, Alexis (Alex)

March 18 - Kurillos

March 19 - Xrysanthos, Chrisantos

March 21 - Iakovos

March 25 - Euagelismos tis Theotokos, Evagelos, Eva, Vangelis

March 27 - Ilarionos, Lydia

March 31 - Ypatios

APRIL

April 6 - Eutyxios

April 15 - Leonidas (Leo)

April 23 - Ag. Georgios, Giorgos, Yorgos (George)

April 24 - Elisabet (Elisabeth, Lisa)

April 25 - Marcos (Mark)

MAY

May 2 - Zoodochos Pigis

May 3 - Timotheos (Timothy)

May 4 - Pelagias

May 5 - Eirinis, Irini (Irene)

May 6 - Serafim

May 7 - Akakios

May 9 - Christoforos (Chris)

May 10 - Simonos (Simon)

May 11 - Kurillos & Methodos

May 13 - Sergios, Sergios/ Glykerias, Glykeria (Sergio)

May 15 - Paxomios

May 17 - Andronikos

May 18 - Ioulias, Ioulia (Julia, July, Julie)

May 19 - Menandrios

May 21 - Konstantinos & Elenis, Konstantinos, Kostas, Thina, Kostathina, Eleni (Helen)

May 27 - Ioannos Rosos

May 28 - Tis Analipseos

May 29 - Theodosias

May 30 - Isaakios (Isaac)

JUNE

June 2 - Nikiforos

June 4 - Marthas & Marias, Martha

June 5 - Dorotheos (Dorothea, Dorothy)

June 7 - Sevastianis (Sebastian)

June 8 - Kalliopis

June 11 - Vartholomaios / Varnava

June 22 - Zinonos

June 29 - Petros & Paulos, Petros, Pavlos (Peter, Paul)

June 30 - Sunaksi ton 12 Apostolon, Apostolis, Apostolos

JULY

July 1 - Kosma & Damianos (Damian)

July 3 - Yakinthos

July 7 - Kuriakis, Kiriaki

July 8 - Theofilos / Prokopios

July 9 - Pagratios

July 11 - Eufimias / Olgas

July 12 - Veronikis (Veronica)

July 14 - Nikodimos

July 16 - Athinogenoss

July 17 - Marinas, Marina

July 18 - Aimilianos (Emile)

July 20 - Profiti Elia, Ilias

July 22 - Marias Magdalinis, Magdalini, Magda, Magdalena, Lena

July 26 - Parakseuis

July 27 - Panteleimonos, Pantelis

July 29 - Kallinikos

July 31 - Iosif Arimatheias, Iosif, Sifi

AUGUST

August 6 - Sotiris, Sotiria

August 7 - Asterios

August 15 - Assumption Day - Koimisis tis Theotokos, Panayotis, Panagiotis, Maria, Despina, Thespina, Marios

August 24 - Kosma tos Aitolos

August 26 - Andrianos & Natalias, Adrianos, Nathalia, Natalia (Adrian)

August 27 - Fanourios

August 30 - Alexandros, Alexandros
(Alexandra, Sandra, Sander, Alexander)

SEPTEMBER

September 1 - Simeon

September 3 - Anthimos

September 4 - Moisi/Ermionis

September 5 - Zaxarios, Zacharias

September 8 - Gennisi tis Theotokos

September 9 - Ioakeim & Annis

September 11 - Evathia (Eve)

September 13 - Kornilios / Aristeidos

September 14 - Ypsositos Timios Stauros, Stavros (Steven)

September 15 - Nikita

September 16 - Eyfimias

September 17 - Sofias, Pisteos, Agapis, Elpidas, Sofia, Agapi, Elpida

September 18 - Eumenios / Ariadnis (Ariadne)

September 20 - Eustathios, Stathis

September 22 - Fokas

September 23 - Sullipsi Prodromos

September 24 - Theklas

September 25 - Eyfrosinis

September 26 - Metastasi Ioannos Euaggelistos

September 27 - Kallistratos

September 29 - Kuriakos, Kiriakos

OCTOBER

October 1 - Ananios / Pomanos Melodos

October 2 - Kuprianos / Iosstiounis

October 3 - Dionisios Aeropagitos, Dionisos

October 4 - Ierotheos

October 5 - Xaritinis

October 6 - Thoma (Thomas, Tom)

October 7 - Poluxronios

October 8 - Pelagias

October 9 - Iakovos (Jakob)

October 10 - Eulampios

October 15 - Loskianos

October 18 - Loska, Loskas (Lucas, Luke)

October 19 - Kleopatras

October 20 - Artemios / Gerasimos Kefallinias, Yerasimos

October 21 - Sokratous, Sokrates, Sokratis

October 23 - Iakovos (Jacob)

October 24 - Sevastianis (Sebastian)

October 26 - Dimitrios Myrovlitos, Dimitris, Dimitrios, Dimitria (Jim, James)

October 27 - Nestoros

October 28 - Agias Skepis

October 30 - Zinovios

NOVEMBER

November 1 - Ag. Anarron/ Kosma & Damianos, Anargiros, Argiris, Kosmas, Damianos (Damian)

November 8 - Mixael & Gavriel, Mixalis, Michail, Michali, Angelos, Stamatis, Stamos (Michael, Angelo, Gabriel)

November 9 - Nektarios

November 11 - Mina / Viktoros (Victor)

November 13 - Ioannos Xrysostomos

November 14 - Filippos, Philippos (Philip)

November 16 - Mathaios (Matthias)

November 18 - Platonos

November 21 - Eisodia tis Theotokos, Despina, Maria (unmarried)

November 22 - Filimonos

November 25 - Merkourios / Aikaterinis, Katerina (Catherine)

November 26 - Stulianos, Stella, Stelios, Stylianos

November 27 - Nathanail

November 30 - Andrea, Andreas (Andrew)

DECEMBER

December 1 - Theoklitos

December 2 - Muropis

December 4 - Varvaras, Barbara

December 5 - Savva, Savas

December 6 - Nikolaos, Nikos

December 7 - Amvrosios, Ambrosius

December 9 - Agias Annis, Anna

December 12 - Spuridonos, Spiros

December 13 - Eustratios / Loskias, Stratos, Stratis, Lukia

December 15 - Eleutherios, Elefterios, Lefteris

December 17 - Daniel / Dionysios Zakunthos, Dionysos

December 18 - Sevastianos & Zois

December 19 - Aglaias

December 20 - Ignatios

December 21 - Themistokleous, Ioulia, Julia, Julie

December 22 - Anastasias, Anastasia

December 24 - Eugenias, Evyenia

December 25 - Christmas Day, Christos, Chrisa, Chrisanthi, Christina

December 26 - Emmanouil / Synaksi Theotokos, Manolis, Manuella, Emma

December 27 - Stefanos, Stephania (Steven, Stephan, Stefania)


Future Greek Easter Dates:

April 27, 2008 | April 19, 2009 | April 4, 2010

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