When is Andronikos’s name day?

Andronikos 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 Andronikos is celebrated

The saints behind the name

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  Andronikos the Apostle

  May 17, Apostle, Ανδρόνικος

  The Holy Apostle Andronikos was one of the Seventy, greeted by St. Paul in the Epistle to the Romans as his kinsman and fellow prisoner, notable among the apostles and in Christ before him. With his fellow laborer Junia he preached the Gospel and turned many from idols to the living God.

  Name days: Andronikos

• Andronikos and Athanasia

  October 9, Venerable, Ανδρόνικος και Αθανασία

  Andronikos was a goldsmith of Antioch in the fifth century, married to Athanasia; they gave a third of their earnings to the poor and lived in piety. When both of their children died on the same day, they resolved to give themselves wholly to God.

  Name days: Andronikos, Andronicus, Andronicos, Athanasia

Also celebrating with Andronikos

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

Andronicus, Andronicos, Athanasia

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.