When is Anastas’s name day?

Anastas’s name day is January 22, the feast of Anastasios the Persian.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on February 4 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on January 22.

The saint behind the name

• Anastasios the Persian

  January 22, Martyr, Αναστάσιος ο Πέρσης

  St. Anastasios was a Persian soldier who, tradition relates, was drawn to Christ when the True Cross was carried to Persia after the sack of Jerusalem in 614. Baptized in Jerusalem, he became a monk; returning to Persia he was arrested, tortured, and strangled in 628.

  Name days: Anastasios, Anastasis, Anastasius, Tasos, Anastas

Also celebrating on January 22

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

Anastasios, Anastasis, Anastasius, Tasos

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.