When is Arsenis’s name day?

Arsenis 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 Arsenis is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Arsenios the Great

  May 8, Venerable, Αρσένιος ο Μέγας

  Arsenios was a learned Roman deacon chosen by the Emperor Theodosius as tutor to his sons Arcadius and Honorius. Praying for guidance, he heard a voice telling him to flee from men and be saved, and he departed secretly for the desert of Scetis in Egypt.

  Name days: Arsenios, Arsenis, Arsenius, Arsenia

• Arsenios of Cappadocia

  November 10, Venerable, Αρσένιος ο Καππαδόκης

  Saint Arsenios was born in Farasa of Cappadocia in the nineteenth century and served as priest and teacher of his village for some fifty years, known for his ascetic life and the many healings worked through his prayers. He baptized the infant who would become Saint Paisios the Athonite.

  Name days: Arsenios, Arsenis, Arsenius

Also celebrating with Arsenis

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

Arsenios, Arsenius, Arsenia

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.