When is Theodoritos’s name day?

Theodoritos 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 Theodoritos is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Theodoretos of Antioch

  March 3, Hierarch, Θεοδώρητος

  St. Theodoretos was a presbyter of the Church of Antioch in the fourth century, entrusted with the care of the sacred vessels. When Julian the Apostate's uncle, also named Julian, plundered the great church of Antioch and demanded its treasures, Theodoretos refused to hand them over and boldly rebuked him.

  Name days: Theodoritos, Theodoretos

• Theodoretos of Antioch

  May 17, Martyr, Θεοδώρητος ο Πρεσβύτερος

  Theodoretos was a priest of Antioch who remained at his post when Julian the Apostate confiscated the treasures of the churches. Arrested and tortured for refusing to surrender the sacred vessels and to sacrifice to idols, he was beheaded in 362.

  Name days: Theodoritos, Theodoret

Also celebrating with Theodoritos

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

Theodoretos, Theodoret

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.