When is Paisios’s name day?

Paisios 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 Paisios is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Paisius the Great

  June 19, Venerable, Παΐσιος ο Μέγας

  Saint Paisius was born in Egypt in the fourth century and became a disciple of Saint Pambo in Nitria together with Saint John the Short. He lived in extreme asceticism in a cave in the desert and, tradition relates, was granted visions of Christ and the gift of foreseeing the future.

  Name days: Paisios, Paisius, Paisi

• Paisios the Athonite

  July 12, Venerable, Παΐσιος ο Αγιορείτης

  St. Paisios was born in Farasa of Cappadocia in 1924 and grew up in Konitsa in Epirus. After military service he became a monk, living on Mount Athos, at Sinai and finally in the cell of Panagouda near Koutloumousiou, where he received countless pilgrims with discernment and love.

  Name days: Paisios, Paisius, Paisis

Also celebrating with Paisios

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

Paisius, Paisi, Paisis

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.