When is Eftychis’s name day?

Eftychis 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 Eftychis is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Eutyches of Melitene

  May 28, Hierarch, Ευτυχής Μελιτηνής

  Eutyches was a bishop of Melitene in Armenia in the apostolic age, remembered as a fellow-laborer of the holy Apostles. He suffered persecution for the Gospel and was put to death.

  Name days: Eftychis, Eutyches

• 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 Eftychis

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

Eutyches, Eftihos, Eftychios, 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.