When is Susan’s name day?

Susan 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 Susan is celebrated

The saints 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

• Susanna the Deaconess

  December 15, Holy Woman, Σωσάννα η Οσιομάρτυς

  The venerable martyr Susanna was the daughter of a pagan priest in Palestine who came to faith in Christ. Tradition relates that she disguised herself as a man and entered a monastery, where she was falsely accused; when her innocence was revealed she was made a deaconess at Eleutheropolis.

  Name days: Sousanna, Susanna, Susan, Sosanna, Suzanne

Also celebrating with Susan

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

Sousanna, Susanna, Souzana, Suzanna, Sosanna, Suzanne

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.