When is Melina’s name day?

Melina’s name day is September 16, the feast of Melitini of Marcianopolis.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on September 29 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on September 16.

The saint behind the name

• Melitini of Marcianopolis

  September 16, Holy Woman, Μελιτίνη

  St. Melitini was a Christian woman of Marcianopolis in Thrace who confessed Christ in the second century under the governor Antiochus. Tradition relates that by her prayer the idols fell to the ground, and that the governor's wife was converted by her witness.

  Name days: Melitini, Melitina, Melitine, Melina

Also celebrating on September 16

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

Melitini, Melitina, Melitine

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.