When is Evmenios’s name day?

Evmenios 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 Evmenios is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Eumenios of Crete

  May 23, Venerable, Ευμένιος ο Νέος (Σαριδάκης)

  Eumenios Saridakis was born in Crete in 1931 and became a monk as a youth. Contracting leprosy, he was sent to the hospital for infectious diseases in Athens, where, after his healing, he chose to remain for the rest of his life as priest and comforter of the sick.

  Name days: Evmenios, Eumenios

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  Eumenios of Gortyna

  September 18, Hierarch, Ευμένιος

  St. Eumenios was Bishop of Gortyna in Crete, a shepherd remembered for his gentleness, his generosity to the poor, and his gift of wonderworking. He defended the Orthodox faith of the Church and ended his days in exile in the Thebaid of Egypt, from whence his relics were returned to his flock in Crete.

  Name days: Evmenios

Also celebrating with Evmenios

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

Eumenios

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.