Lygeri’s name day is September 6, the feast of Lygeri the New Martyr of Chios.
Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on September 19 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on September 6.
The saint behind the name
Lygeri the New Martyr of Chios
September 6, Holy Woman, Λυγερή
St. Lygeri was a young Christian woman of Chios in the Ottoman period. Tradition relates that, pursued by a Turk who sought to make her his wife and change her faith, she refused steadfastly and was put to death for her confession of Christ.
Name days: Lygeri
What to say on a name day
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