When is Nicander’s name day?

Nicander’s name day is March 15, the feast of Nikandros of Egypt.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on March 28 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on March 15.

The saint behind the name

• Nikandros of Egypt

  March 15, Martyr, Νίκανδρος

  St. Nikandros was a Christian of Egypt, a physician by profession, who suffered in the persecution of Diocletian. Tradition relates that he was arrested for gathering and burying the bodies of the martyrs, and that he was flayed alive and beheaded for his confession of Christ.

  Name days: Nikandros, Nicander

Also celebrating on March 15

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

Nikandros

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.