When is Ieronymos’s name day?

Ieronymos 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 Ieronymos is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Hieronymos of Simonopetra

  May 9, Venerable, Ιερώνυμος ο Σιμωνοπετρίτης

  Hieronymos was born in Cappadocia in 1871 and became a monk at the Monastery of Simonos Petra on Mount Athos. Sent to serve at the monastery's dependency of the Ascension in Athens, he spent decades there as confessor and spiritual father to countless people.

  Name days: Ieronymos, Hieronymus, Jerome

• Jerome of Stridon

  June 15, Venerable, Ιερώνυμος

  Saint Jerome was born in Stridon in Dalmatia around 347 and studied in Rome. After years of asceticism in the Syrian desert he settled in Bethlehem, where he lived in a monastery near the cave of the Nativity and produced his Latin translation of the Scriptures and many commentaries.

  Name days: Ieronymos, Jerome, Hieronymus, Ieronimos, Geronimo

Also celebrating with Ieronymos

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

Hieronymus, Jerome, Ieronimos, Geronimo

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.