Navkratios’s name day is June 8, the feast of Naukratios, Brother of Basil the Great.
Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on June 21 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on June 8.
The saint behind the name
Naukratios, Brother of Basil the Great
June 8, Venerable, Ναυκράτιος
Saint Naukratios was the second son of Basil the Elder and Saint Emmelia, and a brother of Saints Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa and Macrina. Gifted as an orator, he abandoned a worldly career at about twenty-one and withdrew to the family estate in Pontus, where he lived as an ascetic and cared for the poor.
Name days: Nafkratios, Naukratios, Navkratios
Also celebrating on June 8
These names share the feast, many of them other forms of the same name:
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.
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