When is Apostolia’s name day?

Apostolia 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 Apostolia is celebrated

The saints behind the name

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  Synaxis of the Holy Apostles

  June 30, Great Feast, Σύναξις Αποστόλων

  On the day after the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, the Church celebrates in one synaxis the Twelve Apostles of Christ. Chosen by the Lord to be with Him and to be sent out to preach, they received the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and carried the Gospel to the ends of the known world, nearly all of them sealing their witness with martyrdom.

  Name days: Apostolos, Apostolis, Tolis, Apostolia

• Apostolos the New

  August 16, Martyr, Απόστολος ο Νέος

  Saint Apostolos was born in the village of Agios Lavrentios on Mount Pelion and worked in Constantinople. Slandered before the authorities, he refused to deny Christ and was beheaded in the seventeenth century.

  Name days: Apostolos, Apostolis, Tolis, Apostolia

Also celebrating with Apostolia

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

Apostolos, Apostolis, Tolis

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.