When is Thomai’s name day?

Thomai 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 Thomai is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Thomais of Lesbos

  January 3, Holy Woman, Θωμαΐς

  St. Thomais was born on the island of Lesbos and lived in Constantinople in the tenth century. Married to a harsh and violent husband, she bore his ill-treatment with patience and gave herself to prayer, fasting, and generous almsgiving.

  Name days: Thomais, Thomai

• Thomais of Alexandria

  April 14, Holy Woman, Θωμαΐς

  Thomais was a young married woman of Alexandria in the fifth century, raised in piety. Her father-in-law, inflamed with passion, attempted to force her while her husband was away, and when she resisted he killed her with a sword.

  Name days: Thomais, Thomai

Also celebrating with Thomai

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

Thomais

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.