When is Neophyte’s name day?

Neophyte can be celebrated on 2 feasts in the Orthodox calendar. People keep the feast of the saint they were named for, or the one their family has always kept.

Every feast on which Neophyte is celebrated

The saints 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

• 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 with Neophyte

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

Neophytos, Neofytos, Neofitos, Isidora, Neofyti

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.