When is Ted’s name day?

Ted can be celebrated on 4 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 Ted is celebrated

The saints behind the name

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  Theodosius the Cenobiarch

  January 11, Venerable, Θεοδόσιος

  St. Theodosius the Cenobiarch was born in Cappadocia in the fifth century and came as a young man to the Holy Land, where he embraced the ascetic life. Near Bethlehem he founded a great monastery of the common life, and he was appointed head of all the cenobitic monks of Palestine, whence his title Cenobiarch.

  Name days: Theodosios, Theodosius, Fedya, Ted

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  Theodore Stratelates

  February 8, Martyr, Θεόδωρος Στρατηλάτης

  St. Theodore Stratelates, the Commander, was a general in the Roman army, admired for his bravery and his noble bearing. A Christian, he openly confessed Christ before the Emperor Licinius during the persecutions of the early fourth century, and for this he was subjected to cruel tortures and finally beheaded at Heraclea.

  Name days: Theodoros, Theodoris, Teddy, Ted, Fyodor, Theodore

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  Theodore Sykeon

  April 22, Hierarch, Θεόδωρος

  St. Theodore of Sykeon was born in a village of Galatia in Asia Minor in the sixth century. Given to prayer and fasting from childhood, he became a monk of extraordinary asceticism, and his holiness drew crowds seeking healing and counsel; against his will he was made a bishop, though he later returned to his beloved monastic quiet.

  Name days: Theodoros, Theodoris, Ted, Theodore

The other feasts are listed in the table above, each with a link to the saint’s life.

Also celebrating with Ted

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

Theodosios, Theodosius, Fedya, Theodoros, Theodoris, Teddy, Fyodor, Theodore

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.