When is Therapontas’s name day?

Therapontas 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 Therapontas is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Therapon of Cyprus

  May 14, Hierarch, Θεράπων Κύπρου

  Therapon was a bishop in Cyprus who suffered martyrdom for Christ; the details of his life are not preserved. His relics remained on the island until the ninth century, when, tradition relates, the saint appeared and directed that they be moved to Constantinople before an Arab raid.

  Name days: Therapon, Therapontas

• Therapon of Sardis

  May 27, Hierarch, Θεράπων Σάρδεων

  Therapon was bishop of Sardis in Lydia and brought many pagans to Christ. During the persecution of Valerian he was arrested, dragged in chains through the cities of Asia and, tradition relates, bound to a dry stake which afterward put forth leaves.

  Name days: Therapon, Therapontas

Also celebrating with Therapontas

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

Therapon

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.