When is Denis’s name day?

Denis 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 Denis is celebrated

The saints behind the name

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  Dionysios the Areopagite

  October 3, Hierarch, Διονύσιος Αρεοπαγίτης

  St. Dionysios the Areopagite was an Athenian of the first century, a member of the court of the Areopagus, converted when the Apostle Paul preached in Athens of the God whom the city honored without knowing. According to tradition he became the first Bishop of Athens and ended his life as a martyr.

  Name days: Dionysios, Dionysis, Denis, Dionisis, Dionysius, Dennis

• Dionysios of Zakynthos

  December 17, Hierarch, Διονύσιος ο Ζακυνθινός

  Dionysios was born on Zakynthos in 1547 to a noble family and became a monk on the Strofades islands. Made Archbishop of Aegina, he soon resigned his see and returned to his island, where he lived in humility at the monastery of the Theotokos at Anafonitria.

  Name days: Dionysios, Dionysis, Dionisios, Dennis, Denis, Dionysius, Dionysia, Dionisia

Also celebrating with Denis

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

Dionysios, Dionysis, Dionisis, Dionysius, Dennis, Dionisios, Dionysia, Dionisia

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.