When is Kerykos’s name day?

Kerykos’s name day is July 15, the feast of Kerykos and Julitta.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on July 28 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on July 15.

The saint behind the name

• Kerykos and Julitta

  July 15, Martyr, Κήρυκος και Ιουλίττα

  St. Julitta was a noblewoman of Iconium who fled the persecution of Diocletian with her three-year-old son Kerykos. Arrested in Tarsus, she confessed Christ before the governor; the child, held on the governor's knee, cried out that he too was a Christian and was thrown down the steps to his death.

  Name days: Kerykos, Kirykos, Kyrikos, Kirikos, Quiricus, Cyricus, Ioulitta, Ioulita, Julitta, Julita, Ioulietta

Also celebrating on July 15

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

Kirykos, Kyrikos, Kirikos, Quiricus, Cyricus, Ioulitta, Ioulita, Julitta, Julita, Ioulietta

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.