Agabus’s name day is April 8, the feast of Agabus, Rufus, Phlegon and Asyncritus.
Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on April 21 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on April 8.
The saint behind the name
Agabus, Rufus, Phlegon and Asyncritus
April 8, Apostle, Άγαβος, Ρούφος, Φλέγων και Ασύγκριτος
These four are numbered among the Seventy Apostles. Agabus is the prophet of the Acts of the Apostles who foretold the famine under Claudius and the arrest of Paul in Jerusalem. Rufus, greeted by Paul in the Epistle to the Romans, is said by tradition to have become bishop of Thebes in Greece.
Also celebrating on April 8
These names share the feast, many of them other forms of the same name:
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.
The calendar, on your phone each morning
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