When is Aquila’s name day?

Aquila 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 Aquila is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Aquila and Priscilla

  February 13, Apostle, Ακύλας και Πρίσκιλλα

  Aquila, a Jew of Pontus, and his wife Priscilla were tentmakers living in Corinth when St. Paul came to lodge and work with them. They accompanied him to Ephesus, instructed Apollos in the faith, and opened their home as a church.

  Name days: Akylas, Aquila, Priscilla, Priskilla, Prisca

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  Aquila the Apostle

  July 14, Apostle, Ακύλας

  St. Aquila, numbered among the Seventy Apostles, was a Jewish tentmaker who with his wife Priscilla received St. Paul into their home at Corinth and shared both his trade and his labors for the Gospel. The couple are mentioned with affection in the Scriptures, and their house served as a gathering place for the Church.

  Name days: Akilas, Aquila

Also celebrating with Aquila

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

Akylas, Priscilla, Priskilla, Prisca, Akilas

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.