When is Efthaleia’s name day?

Efthaleia’s name day is March 2, the feast of Efthalia.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on March 15 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on March 2.

The saint behind the name

• Efthalia

  March 2, Holy Woman, Ευθαλία

  St. Efthalia was a virgin martyr of Sicily in the early centuries of the Church. Tradition relates that she came to faith in Christ together with her mother, and that when her pagan brother raged against her confession she would not renounce the Lord, and so gave her life for the faith.

  Name days: Efthaleia, Efthalia

Also celebrating on March 2

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

Efthalia

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.