When is Anthoula’s name day?

Anthoula 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 Anthoula is celebrated

The saints 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

• Anthusa of Constantinople

  April 12, Holy Woman, Ανθούσα

  Anthusa was the daughter of the iconoclast emperor Constantine V and twin sister of the future emperor Leo. Unlike her father she loved the holy icons and refused every proposal of marriage, giving her wealth to the poor.

  Name days: Anthousa, Anthusa, Anthoula

Also celebrating with Anthoula

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

Anthousa, Anthi, Anthusa

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.