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When is Theodoulis’s name day?

Theodoulis’s name day is December 3, the feast of Theodoulos the Eparch.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on December 16 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on December 3.

The saint behind the name

  • Theodoulos the Eparch

    December 3, Venerable, Θεόδουλος

    Venerable Theodoulos was a patrician and eparch of Constantinople in the days of the emperor Theodosius the Great. After the death of his wife he gave away his possessions and left the city, and tradition relates that he took his stand upon a pillar near Edessa, where he lived in prayer and fasting for many years until his peaceful repose.

    Name days: Theodoulos, Theodoulis, Theodouli

Also celebrating on December 3

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

Theodoulos, Theodouli

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.

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