When is Esperos’s name day?

Esperos’s name day is May 2, the feast of Hesperos and Zoe with their sons Kyriakos and Theodoulos.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on May 15 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on May 2.

The saint behind the name

• Hesperos and Zoe with their sons Kyriakos and Theodoulos

  May 2, Martyr, Έσπερος, Ζωή, Κυριάκος και Θεόδουλος

  Hesperos and Zoe were Christian slaves of a pagan master in Attalia of Pamphylia in the second century, and raised their two sons Kyriakos and Theodoulos in the faith. When the family refused to eat food offered to idols, the master had them tortured.

  Name days: Hesperos, Esperos, Theodoulos, Theodulus, Zoe, Zoi, Zoey

Also celebrating on May 2

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

Hesperos, Theodoulos, Theodulus, Zoe, Zoi, Zoey

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.