When is Porfyrios’s name day?

Porfyrios 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 Porfyrios is celebrated

The saints behind the name

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  Porphyrios

  February 26, Hierarch, Πορφύριος

  St. Porphyrios was Bishop of Gaza at the turn of the fifth century. Born in Thessalonica, he lived as an ascetic in Egypt and the Holy Land before being called, against his desire, to the episcopate of Gaza, a city then still devoted to idols.

  Name days: Porphyrios, Porfyrios, Porfyris

• Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia

  December 2, Venerable, Πορφύριος ο Καυσοκαλυβίτης

  Venerable Porphyrios was born in Evia in 1906 and as a boy fled to the Holy Mountain, where he lived in obedience at Kavsokalyvia and received, according to his own account, the gift of spiritual insight. Illness forced him to return to the world, and for many years he served as a priest at a hospital chapel in the heart of Athens, receiving countless people in confession.

  Name days: Porfyrios, Porphyrios, Porfyris

Also celebrating with Porfyrios

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

Porphyrios, Porfyris

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.