When is Nifon’s name day?

Nifon 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 Nifon is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Niphon Patriarch of Constantinople

  August 11, Hierarch, Νήφων Κωνσταντινουπόλεως

  Saint Niphon was a monk of Mount Athos who was twice raised to the patriarchal throne of Constantinople in the late fifteenth century. Deposed by the Ottomans, he served the Church in Wallachia and later returned to the Monastery of Dionysiou, where he lived humbly as a simple monk.

  Name days: Nifon, Niphon

• Niphon of Constantia

  December 23, Hierarch, Νήφων Κωνσταντιανής

  Niphon was born in Paphlagonia and lived a dissolute youth in Constantinople before coming to deep repentance. Tradition relates that he was later made Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus, where he shepherded his flock in humility and reposed in peace in the fourth century.

  Name days: Nifon, Niphon

Also celebrating with Nifon

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

Niphon

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.