When is Photis’s name day?

Photis 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 Photis is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Photios the Great

  February 6, Hierarch, Φώτιος ο Μέγας

  St. Photios was born in Constantinople in the ninth century to a devout family that had suffered for the holy icons. A man of immense learning, he served in the imperial administration before being raised to the patriarchal throne. He sent missionaries to the Slavs, among them Sts. Cyril and Methodios, and defended the Orthodox faith against the innovations of the Latins.

  Name days: Photios, Fotios, Fotis, Photis, Fotini, Photini, Foteini, Fotoula, Fay

• Photini the Samaritan Woman

  February 26, Holy Woman, Φωτεινή η Σαμαρείτις

  St. Photini is the Samaritan woman of the Gospel of John who met Christ at Jacob's well and, having received from Him the living water, brought her whole city to believe in Him. After Pentecost she preached the Gospel in many lands together with her sons and sisters.

  Name days: Photis, Fotini, Photini, Foteini, Fotoula, Fay, Svetlana

Also celebrating with Photis

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

Photios, Fotios, Fotis, Fotini, Photini, Foteini, Fotoula, Fay, Svetlana

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.