When is Apphia’s name day?

Apphia’s name day is February 20, the feast of Apphia the Martyr.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on March 5 (a day earlier in leap years) of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on February 20.

The saint behind the name

• Apphia the Martyr

  February 20, Holy Woman, Απφία

  St. Apphia is greeted by the Apostle Paul in his Epistle to Philemon as a beloved fellow-Christian; tradition holds her to be the wife of Philemon, in whose house at Colossae the Church gathered.

  Name days: Apphia, Apfia

Also celebrating on February 20

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

Apfia

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.