When is Theokletos’s name day?

Theokletos’s name day is February 26, the feast of Theokletos the Martyr.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on March 11 (a day earlier in leap years) of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on February 26.

The saint behind the name

• Theokletos the Martyr

  February 26, Martyr, Θεόκλητος

  Theokletos was a sorcerer who was sent to poison St. Photini and her companions in Rome. Seeing that the poison did them no harm, he came to believe in Christ and was baptised.

  Name days: Theokletos, Theoklitos

Also celebrating on February 26

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.