When is Menelaus’s name day?

Menelaus’s name day is July 22, the feast of Menelaos the Venerable.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on August 4 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on July 22.

The saint behind the name

• Menelaos the Venerable

  July 22, Venerable, Μενέλαος

  St. Menelaos is commemorated as an ascetic and abbot who lived in Gaul in the eighth century. Tradition relates that he founded a monastery in the Auvergne and guided many in the monastic life.

  Name days: Menelaos, Menelaus

Also celebrating on July 22

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

Menelaos

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.