When is Charitini’s name day?

Charitini 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 Charitini is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Chariton, Charito and Companions, Martyrs with Justin

  June 1, Martyr, Χαρίτων και Χαριτώ

  The companions of Saint Justin the Philosopher were arrested with him in Rome under the prefect Rusticus during the reign of Marcus Aurelius. Among them was the virgin Charito and the layman Chariton, together with Evelpistus, Hierax, Paeon, Liberian and a second Justus.

  Name days: Chariton, Hariton, Charito, Charitini

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  Charitine

  October 5, Holy Woman, Χαριτίνη

  St. Charitina was a young Christian woman who suffered martyrdom during the persecutions at the beginning of the fourth century. An orphan raised by a pious guardian, she lived in prayer and purity, and when she was denounced as a Christian she confessed Christ boldly, enduring cruel tortures until she gave her soul to God.

  Name days: Charitine, Haritini, Charitini

Also celebrating with Charitini

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

Chariton, Hariton, Charito, Charitine, Haritini

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.