When is Onisiforos’s name day?

Onisiforos 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 Onisiforos is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Evodos and Onesiphoros the Apostles

  September 7, Apostle, Εύοδος και Ονησιφόρος

  St. Evodos was the first bishop of Antioch after the Apostle Peter, and is remembered by his successor St. Ignatius the God-bearer; tradition holds that he was martyred under Nero. St. Onesiphoros is praised by the Apostle Paul, who writes that he often refreshed him and was not ashamed of his chains, seeking him out diligently in Rome.

  Name days: Onesiphoros, Onisiforos, Onesiphorus, Evodos

• Onesiphoros the Apostle

  November 9, Apostle, Ονησιφόρος

  The holy apostle Onesiphoros, one of the Seventy, is remembered with honor by the Apostle Paul in his second epistle to Timothy. When Paul was imprisoned in Rome, Onesiphoros sought him out diligently and refreshed him, unashamed of the Apostle's chains, and Paul prayed that the Lord grant mercy to his whole household.

  Name days: Onisiforos

Also celebrating with Onisiforos

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

Onesiphoros, Onesiphorus, Evodos

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.