When is Evlogios’s name day?

Evlogios 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 Evlogios is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Eulogios of Alexandria

  February 13, Hierarch, Ευλόγιος Αλεξανδρείας

  St. Eulogios was abbot of a monastery in Antioch before being elected Patriarch of Alexandria in the late sixth century. A friend and correspondent of St. Gregory the Great of Rome, he combated the Monophysite and other heresies with his writings.

  Name days: Eulogios, Evlogios

• Eulogios and Eulampios

  March 5, Martyr, Ευλόγιος

  Sts. Eulogios and Eulampios were martyrs of Palestine whose names the Greek synaxaria record together for March 5. Tradition relates that Eulogios, a Christian of Palestine, preached Christ boldly to the pagans and was beheaded, and that Eulampios also completed his witness by the sword.

  Name days: Evlogios, Eulogios, Eulogius

Also celebrating with Evlogios

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

Eulogios, Eulogius

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.