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When is Souzana’s name day?

Souzana’s name day is June 7, the feast of Aesia and Susanna, Martyrs.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on June 20 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on June 7.

The saint behind the name

  • Aesia and Susanna, Martyrs

    June 7, Holy Woman, Αισία και Σωσάννα

    Saints Aesia and Susanna were virgins of Caesarea in Palestine who, tradition relates, were disciples of the hieromartyr Pamphilus. They confessed Christ during the persecution and were put to death, and the synaxaria honour them together on this day.

    Name days: Sousanna, Susanna, Susan, Souzana, Suzanna

Also celebrating on June 7

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

Sousanna, Susanna, Susan, Suzanna

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.

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