When is Dionisios’s name day?

Dionisios’s name day is December 17, the feast of Dionysios of Zakynthos.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on December 30 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on December 17.

The saint behind the name

• 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 on December 17

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

Dionysios, Dionysis, Dennis, Denis, Dionysius, 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.