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When is Nazarios’s name day?

Nazarios’s name day is October 14, the feast of Nazarios, Gervase, Prothase.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on October 27 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on October 14.

The saint behind the name

  • Icon of Nazarios, Gervase, Prothase

    Nazarios, Gervase, Prothase

    October 14, Martyr, Ναζάριος

    Saints Nazarius, Gervasius, and Protasius, with their companion Celsius, were martyrs of the early Church in Italy, put to death for Christ at Milan in the first age of persecution. The synaxaria relate that Nazarius preached the Gospel with apostolic zeal, and that the young Celsius followed him even unto death.

    Name days: Nazarios

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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