When is Pachomios’s name day?

Pachomios 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 Pachomios is celebrated

The saints behind the name

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  Pachomios the Great

  May 15, Venerable, Παχώμιος

  St. Pachomios the Great was born in Egypt at the end of the third century. A pagan conscript soldier, he was won to Christ by the kindness of Christians to the troops, and after baptism took up the ascetic life in the desert. At Tabennisi by the Nile he founded the first great communities of monks living a common life under a rule, and thousands gathered under his guidance.

  Name days: Pachomios

• Pachomios the New Martyr

  May 21, Martyr, Παχώμιος ο Νέος

  Pachomios was born in Little Russia, captured by the Tatars and sold to a Turk in Ousaki in Asia Minor, where he served for many years without abandoning his faith. Freed, he became a monk on Mount Athos under the elder Joseph.

  Name days: Pachomios, Pachomius

Also celebrating with Pachomios

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

Pachomius

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.