When is Lavrentios’s name day?

Lavrentios 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 Lavrentios is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Laurence the Monk

  May 10, Venerable, Λαυρέντιος ο Όσιος

  The synaxarion records Venerable Laurence as a monk who lived a life of asceticism and reposed in peace. Some accounts place him in the monasteries near Constantinople.

  Name days: Lavrentios, Laurentius, Lawrence

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  Lawrence the Archdeacon

  August 10, Martyr, Λαυρέντιος

  St. Lawrence was archdeacon of the Church of Rome in the third century, entrusted with her treasury and her care for the poor. In the persecution of Valerian, when the prefect demanded the treasures of the Church, Lawrence gathered the poor and the sick and presented them, saying that these were her treasures.

  Name days: Lavrentios, Lawrence, Laurence, Lorenz, Lauro

Also celebrating with Lavrentios

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

Laurentius, Lawrence, Laurence, Lorenz, Lauro

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.