Panaretos’s name day is May 1, the feast of Panaretos of Paphos.
Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on May 14 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on May 1.
The saint behind the name
Panaretos of Paphos
May 1, Hierarch, Παναρέτος
Panaretos served as Archbishop of Paphos in Cyprus during the eighteenth century, when the island lay under Ottoman rule. Though a bishop, he kept the strict fasting and prayer of a monk, slept on the ground, and gave what he had to the poor.
Also celebrating on May 1
These names share the feast, many of them other forms of the same name:
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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