When is Nikon’s name day?

Nikon 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 Nikon is celebrated

The saints behind the name

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  Nikon

  March 23, Martyr, Νίκων

  St. Nikon lived in the third century. A soldier's son who came to faith in Christ, he was baptized, embraced the monastic life, and was later made a bishop, gathering many disciples whom he guided in prayer and asceticism. Fleeing persecution, he settled with them in Sicily.

  Name days: Nikon

• Nikon Metanoeite

  November 26, Venerable, Νίκων ο Μετανοείτε

  Saint Nikon was born in Pontus in the tenth century and became a monk. He travelled through Asia Minor, Crete after its recovery from the Arabs, and the Peloponnese, preaching everywhere the single word Metanoeite, Repent, from which he took his name.

  Name days: Nikon, Nikonas

Also celebrating with Nikon

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

Nikonas

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.