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When is Orestis’s name day?

Orestis’s name day is November 10, the feast of Orestes the Physician.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on November 23 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on November 10.

The saint behind the name

  • Orestes the Physician

    November 10, Martyr, Ορέστης

    Saint Orestes was a physician of Tyana in Cappadocia during the persecution of Diocletian. Arrested for his faith, he refused to sacrifice to the idols and was subjected to severe tortures.

    Name days: Orestis, Orestes

Also celebrating on November 10

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

Orestes

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.

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