Elpidoforos’s name day is April 3, the feast of Elpidephoros, Dius, Bithonius and Galycus.
Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on April 16 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on April 3.
The saint behind the name
Elpidephoros, Dius, Bithonius and Galycus
April 3, Martyr, Ελπιδηφόρος, Δίος, Βυθόνιος και Γάλυκος
These four martyrs are commemorated together in the synaxaria. Tradition relates that each met a different death for the faith: Elpidephoros was beheaded, Dius was stoned, Bithonius was drowned in the sea, and Galycus was given to wild beasts.
Name days: Elpidoforos, Elpidophoros, Elpidiforos
Also celebrating on April 3
These names share the feast, many of them other forms of the same name:
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.
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