When is Phokas’s name day?

Phokas can be celebrated on 3 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 Phokas is celebrated

The saints behind the name

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  Phokas of Sinope

  July 22, Hierarch, Φωκάς

  St. Phokas was bishop of Sinope on the Black Sea, a shepherd of the early Church renowned for his holiness, who completed his ministry as a hieromartyr, suffering death for his confession of Christ during the Roman persecutions.

  Name days: Fokas, Phokas

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  Phokas the Gardener (2nd)

  September 22, Martyr, Φωκάς ο Κηπουρός

  St. Phokas was a humble gardener of Sinope on the Black Sea who lived by the labor of his hands, sharing his produce with the poor and offering hospitality to travelers. When soldiers were sent to execute him for being a Christian, he received them as guests, and having prepared them supper and dug his own grave, he revealed himself in the morning and met death with peace.

  Name days: Fokas, Phokas

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  Phokas of Sinope

  September 22, Hierarch, Φωκάς Σινώπης

  St. Phokas was bishop of Sinope on the Black Sea in the time of the emperor Trajan, known for his miracles and for converting many pagans. Brought before the governor Africanus, he refused to sacrifice and was tortured and cast into a bath of scalding water, where he gave up his soul.

  Name days: Phokas, Fokas

Also celebrating with Phokas

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

Fokas

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.