When is Theocletus’s name day?

Theocletus’s name day is December 1, the feast of Theokletos of Lacedaemonia.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on December 14 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on December 1.

The saint behind the name

• Theokletos of Lacedaemonia

  December 1, Hierarch, Θεόκλητος Λακεδαιμονίας

  Theokletos was Archbishop of Lacedaemonia in the Peloponnese, remembered by the Church as a wonderworker. Tradition places him in the Byzantine period and relates that he shepherded the people of the region of Sparta with pastoral zeal, working miracles both in his lifetime and after his repose. He is honoured as a patron of the Church of Sparta and Monemvasia.

  Name days: Theoklitos, Theocletus

Also celebrating on December 1

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

Theoklitos

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.