When is Romanos’s name day?

Romanos 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 Romanos is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Romanos the New Martyr

  February 16, Martyr, Ρωμανός ο Νέος

  St. Romanos came from Karpenisi in central Greece. Tradition relates that he was a simple, illiterate man who longed for martyrdom, became a monk on Mount Athos and was prepared for his contest by the fathers there.

  Name days: Romanos, Roman

• Romanos the Melodist

  October 1, Venerable, Ρωμανός ο Μελωδός

  Romanos was born in Syria and served as a deacon in Beirut before coming to Constantinople in the reign of Anastasios I, where he was attached to the church of the Theotokos in the Kyros quarter.

  Name days: Romanos, Romanus, Roman, Romana

Also celebrating with Romanos

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

Roman, Romanus, Romana

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.