When is Afrodisios’s name day?

Afrodisios’s name day is May 4, the feast of Aphrodisios and Companions.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on May 17 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on May 4.

The saint behind the name

• Aphrodisios and Companions

  May 4, Martyr, Αφροδίσιος, Λεόντιος και Αντωνίνος

  Aphrodisios, together with Leontios, Antoninos, Valerian, Makrobios, Misdas and others, confessed Christ at Scythopolis in Palestine. Refusing every inducement to sacrifice, they were tortured and put to death.

  Name days: Aphrodisios, Afrodisios, Leontios, Leontius

Also celebrating on May 4

These names share the feast, many of them other forms of the same name:

Aphrodisios, Leontios, Leontius

What to say on a name day

The Greek wish is Χρόνια Πολλά (Chronia Polla), “many years.” A call or a short message on the day is what people remember. See name day wishes you can send and what a name day is.