Irodion’s name day is March 28, the feast of Herodion the Apostle.
Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on April 10 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on March 28.
The saint behind the name
Herodion the Apostle
March 28, Apostle, Ηρωδίων
St. Herodion was one of the Seventy Apostles, greeted by St. Paul as his kinsman in the Epistle to the Romans. Tradition relates that he was made Bishop of Neopatras in Greece, where he suffered much from the pagans, and that he later accompanied St. Peter to Rome and was martyred there.
Also celebrating on March 28
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.
The calendar, on your phone each morning
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