Phaine’s name day is May 18, the feast of Seven Virgin Martyrs of Ancyra.
Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on May 31 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on May 18.
The saint behind the name
Seven Virgin Martyrs of Ancyra
May 18, Holy Woman, Τεκούσα, Αλεξανδρία, Κλαυδία, Φαεινή, Ευφρασία, Ματρώνα και Ιουλία
Tekousa, Alexandra, Claudia, Phaine, Euphrasia, Matrona and Julia were elderly Christian virgins of Ancyra in Galatia. In the persecution of Diocletian they were paraded through the city and drowned in a lake with stones about their necks.
Name days: Tekousa, Faini, Phaine, Julia, Ioulia, Iulia, Julie, Giulia
Also celebrating on May 18
These names share the feast, many of them other forms of the same name:
Tekousa, Faini, Julia, Ioulia, Iulia, Julie, Giulia
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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