When is Marinus’s name day?

Marinus 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 Marinus is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Marinos the Martyr

  March 17, Martyr, Μαρίνος

  St. Marinos was a soldier who suffered for Christ during the Roman persecutions. Tradition relates that he was denounced as a Christian by a rival who wanted his position, and that when he confessed the faith openly he was tortured and beheaded.

  Name days: Marinos, Marinus

• Marinos the Elder

  October 18, Martyr, Μαρίνος ο Γέρων

  Marinos was an old man of Anazarbus who confessed Christ before the governor Lysias in the persecution of Diocletian. Despite his age he endured beatings and tortures.

  Name days: Marinos, Marinus

Also celebrating with Marinus

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

Marinos

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.