When is Klement’s name day?

Klement 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 Klement is celebrated

The saints behind the name

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  Clement of Ankyra

  January 23, Martyr, Κλήμης

  St. Clement was Bishop of Ancyra in Galatia, in Asia Minor, during the great persecutions at the turn of the fourth century. Tradition relates that he endured an extraordinarily long martyrdom, suffering imprisonments and tortures over many years in city after city, yet never wavering in his confession of Christ.

  Name days: Klemes, Klement, Clement

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  Clement of Rome

  November 24, Hierarch, Κλήμης Ρώμης

  St. Clement was Bishop of Rome at the end of the first century, a man of the apostolic generation whom tradition associates with the companions of the Apostles Peter and Paul. His epistle to the Corinthians, written to heal division in that church, is among the most precious writings of the early Church. Exiled for the faith to the region of the Crimea, he labored among the faithful there and was martyred by drowning.

  Name days: Klemes, Klement, Clement

Also celebrating with Klement

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

Klemes, Clement

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.