When is Agapitos’s name day?

Agapitos can be celebrated on 2 feasts in the Orthodox calendar. People keep the feast of the saint they were named for, or the one their family has always kept.

Every feast on which Agapitos is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Agapitos of Synnada

  February 18, Hierarch, Αγαπητός Συνάου

  St. Agapitos was born in Cappadocia and became a monk in his youth, famed for his asceticism and his miracles. Forced into military service under Licinius, he was wounded for his faith, then released and ordained; the Emperor Constantine later made him Bishop of Synnada.

  Name days: Agapitos

• Agapitus of the Kiev Caves

  June 1, Venerable, Αγαπητός ο Ανάργυρος

  Saint Agapitus was a monk of the Kiev Caves Lavra in the eleventh century, a disciple of Saint Anthony of Kiev. He tended the sick of the monastery and of the city with prayer and humble remedies, asking no payment, and so received the title of Unmercenary Physician.

  Name days: Agapitos, Agapitus

Also celebrating with Agapitos

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

Agapitus

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.