When is Evgenios’s name day?

Evgenios’s name day is January 21, the feast of Eugenios of Trebizond and those with him.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on February 3 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on January 21.

The saint behind the name

• Eugenios of Trebizond and those with him

  January 21, Martyr, Ευγένιος Τραπεζούντος

  Sts. Eugenios, Candidus, Valerian and Aquila were Christians of Trebizond in the persecution of Diocletian. Tradition relates that Eugenios overthrew the idol of Mithras on the mountain above the city; the four were arrested, tortured, and beheaded.

  Name days: Eugenios, Evgenios, Eugene

Also celebrating on January 21

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

Eugenios, Eugene

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.