When is Cosmas’s name day?

Cosmas can be celebrated on 4 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 Cosmas is celebrated

The saints behind the name

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  Cosmas, Bishop of Chalcedon

  April 18, Hierarch, Κοσμάς

  St. Cosmas the Confessor was Bishop of Chalcedon in the ninth century, during the second period of iconoclasm. Raised in the monastic life before his consecration, he refused to renounce the veneration of the holy icons when the emperor demanded it, and for this he was stripped of his see and endured persecution and exile.

  Name days: Cosmas, Kosmas

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  Kosmas and Damian of Rome

  July 1, Martyr, Κοσμάς και Δαμιανός

  Sts. Kosmas and Damian of Rome were brothers and physicians of the third century who healed the sick freely in the name of Christ, accepting no payment, for which they are counted among the Holy Unmercenaries. Their charity and their faith drew many to the Church, and according to tradition they ended their lives as martyrs.

  Name days: Kosmas, Cosmas, Damian, Damianos

• Kosmas of Aitolia

  August 24, Apostle, Κοσμάς ο Αιτωλός

  Saint Kosmas was born in Aitolia in 1714 and became a monk of Philotheou on Mount Athos. With the blessing of the Patriarch he travelled through Greece, Epirus and Albania for many years, preaching to the enslaved people, founding schools and calling the faithful back to the Gospel.

  Name days: Kosmas, Cosmas

The other feasts are listed in the table above, each with a link to the saint’s life.

Also celebrating with Cosmas

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

Kosmas, Damian, Damianos, Argyris, Argiris, Anargyros, Argyro, Argiro, Anargyri, Damiani

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.