When is Erasmus’s name day?

Erasmus can be celebrated on 3 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 Erasmus is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Erasmus of the Kiev Caves

  February 24, Venerable, Έρασμος

  St. Erasmus was a monk of the Kiev Caves who spent his entire fortune on the adornment of the monastery church. Later tempted by despair over his lost wealth, he fell ill, but was consoled by a vision of the Theotokos assuring him that his offering was accepted.

  Name days: Erasmos, Erasmus

• Erasmus and Onesimus with Fourteen Martyrs

  May 10, Martyr, Έρασμος και Ονήσιμος

  Erasmus and Onesimus, with fourteen companions, are remembered together with the brothers Alphaeus, Philadelphus and Cyprinus as martyrs of Sicily. They were converted through the witness of the three brothers and shared their confession and death.

  Name days: Erasmos, Erasmus

• Erasmus of Ochrid

  June 2, Hierarch, Έρασμος ο Ιερομάρτυρας

  Saint Erasmus was a bishop from Antioch who preached the Gospel widely, including in the region of Ochrid and Lychnidos in Illyria, where many were converted through his teaching. Tradition relates that he endured torture under the persecution of Diocletian and Maximian and reposed in Campania, in Italy.

  Name days: Erasmos, Erasmus

Also celebrating with Erasmus

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

Erasmos

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.