When is Kalliopi’s name day?

Kalliopi 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 Kalliopi is celebrated

The saints behind the name

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  Kalliope

  April 8, Holy Woman, Καλλιόπη

  St. Kalliope is honored among the martyrs of the early Church, one of those who suffered for Christ during the Roman persecutions. The synaxaria preserve little of her life beyond her faithful confession unto death.

  Name days: Kalliope, Kalliopi, Calliope, Callie

• Kalliope the Martyr

  June 8, Holy Woman, Καλλιόπη

  Saint Kalliope was a Christian maiden of great beauty who, during the persecution under Decius in the third century, refused both marriage to a pagan and the renunciation of her faith. Tradition relates that she was cruelly tortured and finally beheaded.

  Name days: Kalliopi, Kalliope, Calliope, Popi, Pepi, Kalliopy, Kelly

Also celebrating with Kalliopi

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

Kalliope, Calliope, Callie, Popi, Pepi, Kalliopy, Kelly

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.