When is Eftihos’s name day?

Eftihos 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 Eftihos is celebrated

The saints behind the name

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  Eutychios

  April 6, Hierarch, Ευτύχιος

  St. Eutychios was Patriarch of Constantinople in the sixth century, in the days of the emperor Justinian. A monk raised to the patriarchal throne, he presided at the Fifth Ecumenical Council, and later, refusing to accept a teaching that compromised the reality of Christ's human nature, he was deposed and spent years in exile in a monastery.

  Name days: Eutychios, Eftihos

• Eutyches the Apostle

  August 24, Apostle, Ευτύχης

  St. Eutyches was a disciple of the apostolic age, remembered by tradition as a follower of St. John the Theologian who also accompanied St. Paul in his labors for the Gospel. Preaching Christ in various lands, he endured imprisonment and torments for the faith.

  Name days: Eftihos, Eftychios, Eftychis, Eftihios, Eftychia, Eftihia

Also celebrating with Eftihos

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

Eutychios, Eftychios, Eftychis, Eftihios, Eftychia, Eftihia

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.