When is Eutyches’s name day?

Eutyches’s name day is May 28, the feast of Eutyches of Melitene.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on June 10 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on May 28.

The saint behind the name

• Eutyches of Melitene

  May 28, Hierarch, Ευτυχής Μελιτηνής

  Eutyches was a bishop of Melitene in Armenia in the apostolic age, remembered as a fellow-laborer of the holy Apostles. He suffered persecution for the Gospel and was put to death.

  Name days: Eftychis, Eutyches

Also celebrating on May 28

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

Eftychis

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.