When is Ermolaus’s name day?

Ermolaus’s name day is July 26, the feast of Hermolaos, Hermippos and Hermokrates.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on August 8 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on July 26.

The saint behind the name

• Hermolaos, Hermippos and Hermokrates

  July 26, Hierarch, Ερμόλαος, Έρμιππος και Ερμοκράτης

  St. Hermolaos was a priest of Nicomedia who survived the burning of the twenty thousand martyrs and lived in hiding, where he instructed the young Panteleimon in the faith and baptized him. Denounced during the trial of Panteleimon, he confessed Christ together with Hermippos and Hermokrates.

  Name days: Ermolaos, Hermolaos, Hermolaus, Ermolaus

Also celebrating on July 26

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

Ermolaos, Hermolaos, Hermolaus

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.