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When is Theoklito’s name day?

Theoklito’s name day is August 3, the feast of Theoklito the Wonderworker.

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

The saint behind the name

  • Theoklito the Wonderworker

    August 3, Holy Woman, Θεοκλητώ

    Saint Theoklito lived in the Byzantine period as a married laywoman who devoted herself to almsgiving and prayer. Tradition relates that she gave away nearly all she had to the poor and was granted the gift of working miracles.

    Name days: Theoklito, Theokliti

Also celebrating on August 3

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

Theokliti

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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