When is Serafeim’s name day?

Serafeim 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 Serafeim is celebrated

The saints behind the name

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  Seraphim of Sarov

  January 2, Venerable, Σεραφείμ

  St. Seraphim of Sarov, one of the most beloved saints of Russia, lived from the mid-eighteenth century until 1833. Entering the monastery of Sarov as a young man, he spent long years in seclusion in the forest in fasting, silence, and unceasing prayer, including, according to tradition, a thousand days and nights of prayer upon a rock.

  Name days: Serafim, Serafeim, Seraphim

• Seraphim of Dombou

  May 6, Venerable, Σεραφείμ ο εν Δομπού

  Seraphim was born in Boeotia in the sixteenth century and became a monk in the region of Helicon. After years of solitude he founded the Monastery of the Transfiguration on Mount Dombou near Levadeia, gathering many disciples.

  Name days: Serafeim, Seraphim, Serafim

• Seraphim of Phanarion

  December 4, Hierarch, Σεραφείμ Φαναρίου

  The hieromartyr Seraphim was born in Thessaly and became a monk and later abbot of a monastery near Agrafa before being made Archbishop of Phanarion and Neochorion. When an uprising against the Ottomans failed in 1601, he was seized though he had no part in it, and was tortured and put to death for refusing to deny Christ.

  Name days: Serafeim, Seraphim, Serafim

Also celebrating with Serafeim

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

Serafim, Seraphim

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.