When is Stefan’s name day?

Stefan 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 Stefan is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Stephen the Younger

  November 28, Martyr, Στέφανος ο Νέος

  The holy monk-martyr Stephen the Younger was an ascetic of Mount Auxentios near Constantinople in the eighth century, during the persecution of the holy icons. A monk from his youth and a guide to many, he refused to subscribe to the iconoclast council and boldly defended the veneration of the icons before the emperor himself; for this he was imprisoned, and he was finally killed by a mob in the streets of the capital.

  Name days: Stefanos, Stefanis, Stephanos, Stefan, Stephan, Stephen, Steve

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  Stephen the First Martyr

  December 27, Martyr, Στέφανος Πρωτομάρτυς

  St. Stephen, the Protomartyr and Archdeacon, was one of the seven deacons chosen by the Apostles to serve the first church in Jerusalem. Full of grace and power, he preached Christ boldly; accused before the council, he beheld the heavens opened and the Son of Man at the right hand of God, and was stoned to death, praying for his slayers, while the young Saul, the future Apostle Paul, stood by.

  Name days: Stefanos, Stefanis, Stephanos, Stefan, Stephen, Steve, Stefania, Stephania, Stephanie, Stefanie

Also celebrating with Stefan

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

Stefanos, Stefanis, Stephanos, Stephan, Stephen, Steve, Stefania, Stephania, Stephanie, Stefanie

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.