When is Chryse’s name day?

Chryse 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 Chryse is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Chryse the Martyr

  January 30, Holy Woman, Χρυσή

  St. Chryse was a Christian maiden of Rome in the third century who, tradition relates, had been exiled for her faith and lived at Ostia, where she encouraged the confessors imprisoned there. She was tortured and drowned in the sea with a stone about her neck.

  Name days: Chryse, Chrysi, Chrysa, Chrysoula

• Chrysi the New Martyr

  October 13, Holy Woman, Χρυσή

  Chrysi was born to a poor Christian family in the village of Slatena in the region of Meglena in Macedonia. Renowned for her beauty, she was seized by a Turk who tried to force her to accept Islam and become his wife.

  Name days: Chrysi, Chryssi, Chrysa, Chryssa, Chrysoula, Zlata, Chryse

Also celebrating with Chryse

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

Chrysi, Chrysa, Chrysoula, Chryssi, Chryssa, Zlata

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.