When is Methodios’s name day?

Methodios 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 Methodios is celebrated

The saints behind the name

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  Cyril and Methodios, Enlighteners of the Slavs

  May 11, Apostle, Κύριλλος και Μεθόδιος

  Cyril (baptized Constantine) and his elder brother Methodios were born in Thessalonica in the ninth century. Sent by the Emperor and Patriarch Photios to Moravia, they devised an alphabet for the Slavonic language and translated the Scriptures and services, so that the Slavs might worship in their own tongue.

  Name days: Kyrillos, Kirillos, Cyril, Kyril, Methodios, Methodius

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  Methodius, Bishop of Patara

  June 20, Hierarch, Μεθόδιος

  The Holy Hieromartyr Methodius was Bishop of Patara in Lycia at the turn of the fourth century. A learned shepherd and one of the notable church writers of his age, he defended the resurrection of the body and the purity of the faith, and composed works in praise of virginity. In the last great persecution he was seized for his confession of Christ and put to death by the sword.

  Name days: Methodios

Also celebrating with Methodios

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

Kyrillos, Kirillos, Cyril, Kyril, Methodius

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.