When is Anthi’s name day?

Anthi’s name day is February 22, the feast of Anthousa and her Twelve Servants.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on March 7 (a day earlier in leap years) of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on February 22.

The saint behind the name

• Anthousa and her Twelve Servants

  February 22, Holy Woman, Ανθούσα

  St. Anthousa and the twelve servants of her household confessed Christ together and were beheaded. The Synaxaria record only the fact of their martyrdom.

  Name days: Anthousa, Anthoula, Anthi

Also celebrating on February 22

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

Anthousa, Anthoula

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.