Innokentios’s name day is May 25, the feast of Innocent of Kherson.
Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on June 7 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on May 25.
The saint behind the name
Innocent of Kherson
May 25, Hierarch, Ιννοκέντιος Χερσώνος
Innocent Borisov was born in 1800 and became one of the most celebrated preachers and theologians of the Russian Church, teaching at Kiev and serving as Archbishop of Kherson and Taurida. During the Crimean War he ministered fearlessly in besieged Sevastopol and Odessa.
Name days: Innokentios, Innocent
Also celebrating on May 25
These names share the feast, many of them other forms of the same name:
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.
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