When is Neofitos’s name day?

Neofitos’s name day is January 21, the feast of Neophytos the Martyr.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on February 3 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on January 21.

The saint behind the name

• Neophytos the Martyr

  January 21, Martyr, Νεόφυτος

  St. Neophytos was born in Nicaea and from childhood was distinguished by prayer and wonders; tradition relates that at ten he lived in a cave on Mount Olympus. In the persecution of Diocletian, at the age of fifteen, he confessed Christ before the governor, was tortured, and was pierced with a spear.

  Name days: Neophytos, Neofytos, Neophyte, Neofitos

Also celebrating on January 21

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

Neophytos, Neofytos, Neophyte

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.