When is Bernike’s name day?

Bernike’s name day is October 4, the feast of Domnina and her daughters Bernike and Prosdoke.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on October 17 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on October 4.

The saint behind the name

• 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 on October 4

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

Domnina, Berenice, Berniki, Veroniki, Veronica, Veronika, 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.