When is Alkiviades’s name day?

Alkiviades’s name day is August 16, the feast of Alkiviades the Martyr.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on August 29 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on August 16.

The saint behind the name

• Alkiviades the Martyr

  August 16, Martyr, Αλκιβιάδης

  The synaxaria record that Saint Alkiviades confessed Christ and was burned alive for his faith.

  Name days: Alkiviadis, Alkiviades, Alkis

Also celebrating on August 16

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

Alkiviadis, Alkis

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.