When is Berenice’s name day?

Berenice 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 Berenice is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Veronica the Woman with the Issue of Blood

  July 12, Holy Woman, Βερονίκη

  St. Veronica is identified by tradition with the woman of the Gospel who had suffered from an issue of blood for twelve years and was healed when she touched the hem of the Lord's garment in faith. Tradition relates that she came from Caesarea Philippi.

  Name days: Veronica, Veroniki, Veronika, Vereniki, Verenike, Berenice, Veronique, Roniki

• Domnina and her daughters Bernike and Prosdoke

  October 4, Holy Woman, Δομνίνα, Βερνίκη και Προσδόκη

  Domnina, a Christian noblewoman of Antioch, fled with her two daughters to Edessa during the persecution of Diocletian. Her pagan husband pursued them with soldiers and seized them on the road.

  Name days: Domnina, Bernike, Berenice, Berniki, Veroniki, Veronica, Veronika, Prosdoke

Also celebrating with Berenice

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

Veronica, Veroniki, Veronika, Vereniki, Verenike, Veronique, Roniki, Domnina, Bernike, Berniki, Prosdoke

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.