When is Eustathios’s name day?

Eustathios’s name day is February 21, the feast of Eustathios of Antioch.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on March 6 (a day earlier in leap years) of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on February 21.

The saint behind the name

• Eustathios of Antioch

  February 21, Hierarch, Ευστάθιος Αντιοχείας

  St. Eustathios was born in Side of Pamphylia and became Bishop of Beroea and then Archbishop of Antioch. He took a leading part in the First Ecumenical Council at Nicaea in 325, defending the divinity of Christ against Arius.

  Name days: Efstathios, Eustathios, Stathis, Eustathius, Efstathia, Stathoula

Also celebrating on February 21

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

Efstathios, Stathis, Eustathius, Efstathia, Stathoula

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.