When is Eleazar’s name day?

Eleazar’s name day is August 1, the feast of Seven Maccabees, Solomone and Eleazar.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on August 14 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on August 1.

The saint behind the name

• Seven Maccabees, Solomone and Eleazar

  August 1, Martyr, Επτά Μακκαβαίοι, Σολομονή και Ελεάζαρ

  The Holy Maccabees are the seven brothers who, with their mother Solomone and the aged scribe Eleazar, refused to break the Law of God under the Syrian king Antiochus Epiphanes. Their story is told in the Second Book of Maccabees.

  Name days: Eleazar, Solomoni, Solomone

Also celebrating on August 1

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

Solomoni, Solomone

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.