When is Theoctistus’s name day?

Theoctistus 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 Theoctistus is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Theoktistos of Cucomo

  January 4, Venerable, Θεόκτιστος

  St. Theoktistos was abbot of a monastery at Cucomo in Sicily and reposed in peace in the ninth century. The synaxaria remember him for his ascetic life and the guidance he gave his brotherhood.

  Name days: Theoktistos, Theoctistus

• Theoktistos of Palestine

  September 3, Venerable, Θεόκτιστος

  St. Theoktistos was the companion and fellow ascetic of St. Euthymios the Great in the wilderness of Judea in the fifth century. Together they found a cave in a ravine near the Dead Sea, where a monastery grew up around them; when Euthymios withdrew to deeper solitude, Theoktistos remained as abbot and spiritual father of the brethren.

  Name days: Theoktistos, Theoctistus, Theoktisti

Also celebrating with Theoctistus

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

Theoktistos, Theoktisti

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.