Stachys’s name day is October 31, the feast of Stachys the Apostle.
Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on November 13 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on October 31.
The saint behind the name
Stachys the Apostle
October 31, Apostle, Στάχυς
St. Stachys was one of the Seventy Apostles, greeted by name by the Apostle Paul in his epistle to the Romans. Tradition relates that he was ordained by the Apostle Andrew as the first Bishop of Byzantium, the city that would one day become Constantinople, where he shepherded the young Christian community and labored in the preaching of the Gospel.
Name days: Stachys
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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