When is Efrosynos’s name day?

Efrosynos’s name day is September 11, the feast of Euphrosynos the Cook.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on September 24 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on September 11.

The saint behind the name

• Euphrosynos the Cook

  September 11, Venerable, Ευφρόσυνος ο Μάγειρας

  St. Euphrosynos was a simple monk of peasant birth who served as cook in his monastery, bearing the scorn of the brethren with patience and hidden prayer. Tradition relates that a priest of the monastery saw him in a dream standing in Paradise and received from him three apples, which he found beside his bed when he awoke.

  Name days: Euphrosynos, Efrosynos, Efrosinos, Evfrosinos

Also celebrating on September 11

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

Euphrosynos, Efrosinos, Evfrosinos

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.