When is Agathaggelos’s name day?

Agathaggelos’s name day is January 23, the feast of Agathangelos the Martyr.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on February 5 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on January 23.

The saint behind the name

• Agathangelos the Martyr

  January 23, Martyr, Αγαθάγγελος

  St. Agathangelos was a Roman who was baptized by St. Clement of Ankyra and became his companion in the long years of his sufferings. Together they endured tortures in many cities before being beheaded at Ankyra in the early fourth century.

  Name days: Agathangelos, Agathangelus, Agathaggelos

Also celebrating on January 23

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

Agathangelos, Agathangelus

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.