When is Thalelaios’s name day?

Thalelaios 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 Thalelaios is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Thalelaios the Hermit

  February 27, Venerable, Θαλλέλαιος

  St. Thalelaios came from Cilicia and lived as a hermit near Gabala in Syria on the site of a former pagan shrine. He built himself a tiny cage-like cell in which he could neither stand nor lie straight, and remained in it for many years in prayer.

  Name days: Thalelaios, Thaleleos

• Thalleleos the Unmercenary

  May 20, Martyr, Θαλλέλαιος ο Ανάργυρος

  Thalleleos was a young physician from Lebanon who treated the sick without payment and led many to Christ. Arrested at Aegae in Cilicia under the Emperor Numerian, he was subjected to tortures which, tradition relates, turned back upon his tormentors.

  Name days: Thalelaios, Thalleleos, Thaleleos, Thallelaeus

Also celebrating with Thalelaios

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

Thaleleos, Thalleleos, Thallelaeus

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.