When is Chrysostom’s name day?

Chrysostom can be celebrated on 3 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 Chrysostom is celebrated

The saints behind the name

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  John Chrysostom

  January 27, Great Feast, Ιωάννης Χρυσόστομος

  St. John Chrysostom, the Golden-Mouthed, was born in Antioch in the fourth century. First a monk and then a priest famed for his preaching, he was taken to Constantinople and consecrated its Archbishop. He preached constantly on the Scriptures, gave generously to the poor, and fearlessly rebuked the luxury and injustice of the powerful, for which he was twice driven into exile, dying with words of thanksgiving, glorifying God for all things.

  Name days: Ioannis, Giannis, Yiannis, Chrysostomos, John, Chrysostom

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  Chrysostomos the New of Florina

  August 25, Hierarch, Χρυσόστομος ο Νέος Φλωρίνης

  St. Chrysostomos the New, Metropolitan of Florina, was a hierarch and confessor of the twentieth century. A learned and ascetic bishop, he took up the leadership of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece who held to the traditional church calendar, and for this confession he endured deprivation, censure, and exile, bearing all with patience and meekness.

  Name days: Chrysostomos, Chrysostom

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  John Chrysostom (repose)

  November 13, Hierarch, Ιωάννης Χρυσόστομος

  St. John Chrysostom, the golden-mouthed preacher, was Archbishop of Constantinople at the turn of the fifth century. The greatest homilist of the Church, he expounded the Scriptures to his flock, defended the poor, and rebuked the powerful without fear, for which he was twice driven into exile; he died on the road in exile, with the words Glory to God for all things on his lips.

  Name days: Ioannis, Giannis, Chrysostomos, John, Chrysostom

Also celebrating with Chrysostom

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

Ioannis, Giannis, Yiannis, Chrysostomos, John

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.