When is Anthousa’s name day?

Anthousa can be celebrated on 3 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 Anthousa 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

• Anthousa of Seleucia

  August 22, Holy Woman, Ανθούσα

  Saint Anthousa was the daughter of pagan parents in Seleucia of Syria who sought out the bishop Athanasios and was baptized by him. She lived thereafter as an ascetic in the wilderness for many years, while Athanasios and her two servants Charisimos and Neophytos were martyred under Valerian.

  Name days: Anthousa, Anthusa

Also celebrating with Anthousa

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

Anthoula, 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.