Emily’s name day is May 30, the feast of Emmelia, Mother of Basil the Great.
Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on June 12 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on May 30.
The saint behind the name
Emmelia, Mother of Basil the Great
May 30, Holy Woman, Εμμέλεια
Emmelia was born in Cappadocia to a Christian family that had suffered in the persecutions and married Basil the Elder, a rhetorician. Of their ten children, four are numbered among the saints: Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Peter of Sebaste and Makrina the Younger.
Name days: Emmelia, Emmeleia, Aimilia, Emilia, Emily, Emilie
Also celebrating on May 30
These names share the feast, many of them other forms of the same name:
Emmelia, Emmeleia, Aimilia, Emilia, Emilie
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.
The calendar, on your phone each morning
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