When is Evangelos’s name day?

Evangelos 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 Evangelos is celebrated

The saints behind the name

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  Annunciation

  March 25, Great Feast, Ευαγγελισμός

  The Great Feast of the Annunciation commemorates the day the Archangel Gabriel was sent to the Virgin Mary in Nazareth to announce that she would conceive and bear the Son of God. Her humble acceptance as the handmaid of the Lord opened the way for the Incarnation, and at that moment the Word of God took flesh in her womb.

  Name days: Evangelos, Vangelis, Vaggelis, Vagelis, Evangelis, Evangelia, Lia, Vangelitsa, Evangelina, Vangelio, Vaggelio, Evangeline

• Evangelos the Martyr

  July 7, Martyr, Ευάγγελος

  St. Evangelos is honored as an early bishop of Tomis on the Black Sea, in present-day Romania. Tradition relates that he preached the Gospel in the region and was beheaded for his confession of Christ in the third century.

  Name days: Evangelos, Vangelis, Vaggelis, Vagelis, Evangelis

Also celebrating with Evangelos

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

Vangelis, Vaggelis, Vagelis, Evangelis, Evangelia, Lia, Vangelitsa, Evangelina, Vangelio, Vaggelio, Evangeline

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.