When is Evodos’s name day?

Evodos 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 Evodos is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Evodos, Kallisti and Hermogenes

  September 1, Martyr, Εύοδος, Καλλίστη και Ερμογένης

  The holy martyrs Evodos, Kallisti and Hermogenes were siblings who confessed Christ at Nicomedia during the persecutions of the early fourth century. Refusing to offer sacrifice to idols, they were condemned and beheaded together.

  Name days: Evodos, Hermogenes, Ermogenis, Kallisti, Callista, Callisti

• Evodos and Onesiphoros the Apostles

  September 7, Apostle, Εύοδος και Ονησιφόρος

  St. Evodos was the first bishop of Antioch after the Apostle Peter, and is remembered by his successor St. Ignatius the God-bearer; tradition holds that he was martyred under Nero. St. Onesiphoros is praised by the Apostle Paul, who writes that he often refreshed him and was not ashamed of his chains, seeking him out diligently in Rome.

  Name days: Onesiphoros, Onisiforos, Onesiphorus, Evodos

Also celebrating with Evodos

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

Hermogenes, Ermogenis, Kallisti, Callista, Callisti, Onesiphoros, Onisiforos, Onesiphorus

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.