When is Mariam’s name day?

Mariam 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 Mariam is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Mariamne the Equal-to-the-Apostles

  February 17, Apostle, Μαριάμνη

  St. Mariamne was the sister of the Apostle Philip and shared in his preaching together with the Apostle Bartholomew, travelling through Asia Minor and enduring persecution at Hierapolis. After her brother's martyrdom she continued to preach in Lycaonia.

  Name days: Mariamne, Mariamni, Mariam

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  Mary of Egypt

  April 1, Holy Woman, Μαρία η Αιγυπτία

  St. Mary of Egypt is the great example of repentance. Living in Alexandria in the fifth and sixth centuries, she spent her youth in sin; traveling to Jerusalem, she was held back from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre by an unseen power, and, praying before the icon of the Theotokos, she was converted. Crossing the Jordan, she lived some forty-seven years alone in the desert in fasting and prayer.

  Name days: Maria, Mary, Maro, Marianna, Marika, Mariam, Marie

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  Dormition of the Theotokos

  August 15, Great Feast, Κοίμηση της Θεοτόκου

  The Great Feast of the Dormition commemorates the falling asleep of the Most Holy Theotokos. According to tradition, the Apostles were gathered from the ends of the earth to her bedside in Jerusalem, where she gave her soul into the hands of her Son; her body was laid in a tomb in Gethsemane and was found to have been taken up, for the Mother of Life was translated to life.

  Name days: Panagiotis, Panayiotis, Panos, Marios, Mario, Maria, Mary, Maro, Marika, Marianna, Mariam, Marie, Panagiota, Giota, Despina, Despoina, Panayiota, Yiota, Maroula, Marietta, Mairi, Despo

Also celebrating with Mariam

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

Mariamne, Mariamni, Maria, Mary, Maro, Marianna, Marika, Marie, Panagiotis, Panayiotis, Panos, Marios, Mario, Panagiota, Giota, Despina, Despoina, Panayiota, Yiota, Maroula, Marietta, Mairi, Despo

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.