When is Domnina’s name day?

Domnina 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 Domnina is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Domnina the Venerable

  January 5, Holy Woman, Δομνίνα

  St. Domnina is commemorated on January 5 as a venerable woman who lived in asceticism and reposed in peace. The synaxaria preserve little beyond the record of her holy life.

  Name days: Domnina

• Parthena, Domnina and Neollina

  January 11, Holy Woman, Παρθένα, Δομνίνα και Νεολλίνα

  Sts. Neollina, Domnina and Parthena were virgins of Edessa who suffered martyrdom for Christ. The synaxaria record their names and their steadfast confession, but the details of their contest have not been preserved.

  Name days: Parthena, Domnina, Neollina

• Domnina the New

  March 1, Holy Woman, Δομνίνα

  St. Domnina the New was an ascetic of Syria in the fifth century, known from the writings of Theodoret of Cyrrhus. She lived in a small hut of reeds in her mother's garden, spending her days in prayer and tears, eating only lentils and wearing a rough garment that hid her face.

  Name days: Domnina

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

Also celebrating with Domnina

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

Parthena, Neollina, Bernike, Berenice, Berniki, Veroniki, Veronica, Veronika, Prosdoke

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.