When is Eusebios’s name day?

Eusebios 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 Eusebios is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Eusebios the Hermit

  February 15, Venerable, Ευσέβιος

  St. Eusebios lived on a mountainside in Syria in the fourth century, exposed to heat and cold, clothed in skins and eating almost nothing. Theodoret of Cyrrhus, who describes his life, marvelled at his endurance.

  Name days: Eusebios, Efsevios

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  Eusebios of Samosata

  June 22, Hierarch, Ευσέβιος

  St. Eusebios, Bishop of Samosata, was one of the great champions of the Nicene faith in the fourth century, a friend and fellow struggler of St. Basil the Great. In the years when Arianism held the empire, he traveled through the East, tradition says even in disguise, strengthening the faithful and ordaining Orthodox clergy, and for this he was driven into exile under the emperor Valens.

  Name days: Eusebios, Evsevios

Also celebrating with Eusebios

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

Efsevios, Evsevios

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.