When is Leontius’s name day?

Leontius can be celebrated on 3 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 Leontius is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Aphrodisios and Companions

  May 4, Martyr, Αφροδίσιος, Λεόντιος και Αντωνίνος

  Aphrodisios, together with Leontios, Antoninos, Valerian, Makrobios, Misdas and others, confessed Christ at Scythopolis in Palestine. Refusing every inducement to sacrifice, they were tortured and put to death.

  Name days: Aphrodisios, Afrodisios, Leontios, Leontius

• Leontios of Jerusalem

  May 14, Hierarch, Λεόντιος Ιεροσολύμων

  Leontios was born in Stroumitsa in Macedonia and became a monk of the Monastery of Saint John on Patmos, later serving as its abbot. In the twelfth century he was chosen Patriarch of Jerusalem and journeyed to the Holy Land, where the Crusaders prevented him from taking possession of his see.

  Name days: Leontios, Leontius

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  Leontios

  June 18, Martyr, Λεόντιος

  The Holy Martyr Leontios was a soldier of Greek descent who suffered for Christ at Tripoli in Phoenicia in the early centuries of the Church. A man of courage and charity, he confessed the Lord before his accusers, and tradition tells that his steadfastness under torment brought even those sent against him to faith in Christ, so that they shared his martyrdom.

  Name days: Leontos, Leontios, Leonidas, Leon, Leontius

Also celebrating with Leontius

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

Aphrodisios, Afrodisios, Leontios, Leontos, Leonidas, Leon

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.