When is Fanis’s name day?

Fanis can be celebrated on 3 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 Fanis is celebrated

The saints behind the name

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  Theophany

  January 6, Great Feast, Θεοφάνεια

  The Feast of Theophany, or Epiphany, commemorates the Baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ by St. John the Forerunner in the River Jordan. As Christ came up from the waters, the heavens opened, the Holy Spirit descended in the form of a dove, and the voice of the Father was heard — the first clear revelation of the Holy Trinity.

  Name days: Theophanis, Theofanis, Phanos, Phanis, Theophanes, Fanis, Fotis, Fotios, Photios, Iordanis, Theophania, Theofania, Fani, Fotini, Foteini, Photini, Fotoula, Ourania, Rania, Theopoula, Peristera

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  Phanourios

  August 27, Martyr, Φανούριος

  St. Phanourios is a Great Martyr whose icon was discovered on the island of Rhodes in the fourteenth century, showing a young soldier surrounded by scenes of his sufferings for Christ. His name means the one who reveals, and nothing of his life is known beyond what the icon itself testifies: that he endured many tortures and gave his life rather than deny his Lord.

  Name days: Fanourios, Phanourios, Fanouris, Fanis

• Theophanes the Branded

  October 11, Hierarch, Θεοφάνης ο Γραπτός

  Theophanes and his elder brother Theodore, monks of the Lavra of Saint Sabbas in Palestine, were sent to Constantinople to defend the holy icons. The iconoclast emperor Theophilos had insulting verses tattooed on their faces, whence their name the Branded, and sent them into exile.

  Name days: Theophanis, Theofanis, Theophanes, Fanis, Phanis

Also celebrating with Fanis

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

Theophanis, Theofanis, Phanos, Phanis, Theophanes, Fotis, Fotios, Photios, Iordanis, Theophania, Theofania, Fani, Fotini, Foteini, Photini, Fotoula, Ourania, Rania, Theopoula, Peristera, Fanourios, Phanourios, Fanouris

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.