When is Emilianos’s name day?

Emilianos 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 Emilianos is celebrated

The saints behind the name

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  Emilian of Dorostolum

  July 18, Martyr, Αιμιλιανός

  St. Emilian was a Christian of Dorostolon on the Danube who suffered martyrdom in the fourth century, in the reign of Julian the Apostate. Moved by zeal for the true God, he entered a pagan temple and overturned the idols; when another man was blamed for the deed, he came forward and confessed it freely rather than let the innocent suffer.

  Name days: Aimilanos, Emilianos, Emilios

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  Emilian the Confessor

  August 8, Hierarch, Αιμιλιανός

  St. Emilian was bishop of Cyzicus in the ninth century, during the renewed persecution of the holy icons. Summoned to reject the veneration of the icons of Christ and the saints, he refused, defending the Orthodox faith with firmness before the iconoclast emperor.

  Name days: Emilianos, Emilios

Also celebrating with Emilianos

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

Aimilanos, Emilios

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.