When is Akilas’s name day?

Akilas’s name day is July 14, the feast of Aquila the Apostle.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on July 27 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on July 14.

The saint behind the name

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  Aquila the Apostle

  July 14, Apostle, Ακύλας

  St. Aquila, numbered among the Seventy Apostles, was a Jewish tentmaker who with his wife Priscilla received St. Paul into their home at Corinth and shared both his trade and his labors for the Gospel. The couple are mentioned with affection in the Scriptures, and their house served as a gathering place for the Church.

  Name days: Akilas, Aquila

Also celebrating on July 14

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

Aquila

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.