When is Theodosius’s name day?

Theodosius 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 Theodosius 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

• Theodosius of the Kiev Caves

  May 3, Venerable, Θεοδόσιος των Σπηλαίων του Κιέβου

  Theodosius was born near Kiev in the eleventh century and, against his mother's wishes, sought out Saint Anthony in his cave above the Dnieper. He became the second abbot of the community and gave it the coenobitic rule of the Studion, building the first great monastery of Rus.

  Name days: Theodosios, Theodosius, Theodosis

Also celebrating with Theodosius

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

Theodosios, Fedya, Ted, Theodosis

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.