When is Neofyti’s name day?

Neofyti’s name day is October 17, the feast of Isidora and Neophyte.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on October 30 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on October 17.

The saint behind the name

• Isidora and Neophyte

  October 17, Holy Woman, Ισιδώρα και Νεοφύτη

  Isidora and Neophyte are commemorated together in the Synaxarion of this day among the holy women who pleased God. The details of their lives are not preserved, and tradition relates only that they reposed in peace.

  Name days: Isidora, Neophyte, Neofyti

Also celebrating on October 17

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

Isidora, 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.