When is Melitine’s name day?

Melitine 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 Melitine is celebrated

The saints 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

• Melitine the Martyr

  October 29, Holy Woman, Μελιτίνη

  Melitine was a Christian of Marcianopolis in Thrace in the reign of Antoninus. Brought to the temple, she overthrew the idols by her prayer and converted many, including the wife of the governor.

  Name days: Melitini, Melitine

Also celebrating with Melitine

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

Melitini, Melitina, Melina

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.