When is Julie’s name day?

Julie 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 Julie is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Seven Virgin Martyrs of Ancyra

  May 18, Holy Woman, Τεκούσα, Αλεξανδρία, Κλαυδία, Φαεινή, Ευφρασία, Ματρώνα και Ιουλία

  Tekousa, Alexandra, Claudia, Phaine, Euphrasia, Matrona and Julia were elderly Christian virgins of Ancyra in Galatia. In the persecution of Diocletian they were paraded through the city and drowned in a lake with stones about their necks.

  Name days: Tekousa, Faini, Phaine, Julia, Ioulia, Iulia, Julie, Giulia

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  Juliana of Nicomedia

  December 21, Holy Woman, Ιουλιανή

  The holy martyr Juliana was a young Christian of Nicomedia who suffered in the persecutions at the beginning of the fourth century. Betrothed to a pagan of rank, she refused to marry him unless he came to Christ, and for her confession she endured imprisonment and cruel tortures with unshaken constancy before being put to death by the sword.

  Name days: Iouliani, Juliana, Julia, Julie

Also celebrating with Julie

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

Tekousa, Faini, Phaine, Julia, Ioulia, Iulia, Giulia, Iouliani, Juliana

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.