When is Moisis’s name day?

Moisis’s name day is September 4, the feast of Moses the Prophet and God-seer.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on September 17 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on September 4.

The saint behind the name

• Moses the Prophet and God-seer

  September 4, Prophet, Μωυσής

  The holy Prophet Moses, of the tribe of Levi, was saved from the Nile as an infant and raised in the house of Pharaoh. Called by God from the burning bush, he led the people of Israel out of Egypt, through the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness, and received the Law on Mount Sinai, where he spoke with God face to face.

  Name days: Moses, Moysis, Moisis, Moyses, Moisés

Also celebrating on September 4

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

Moses, Moysis, Moyses, Moisés

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.