When is Timotheos’s name day?

Timotheos can be celebrated on 4 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 Timotheos is celebrated

The saints behind the name

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  Timothy the Apostle

  January 22, Apostle, Τιμόθεος

  St. Timothy the Apostle was the beloved disciple and fellow worker of St. Paul, who called him his true child in the faith. A native of Lystra, born of a Greek father and a devout Jewish mother, he accompanied Paul on his journeys and received from him the two epistles that bear his name. He served as the first Bishop of Ephesus.

  Name days: Timotheos, Tim, Timos, Timothy

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  Timothy of Symbola

  February 21, Venerable, Τιμόθεος

  St. Timothy of Symbola was a monk who lived the ascetic life at the monastery of Symbola in Bithynia, in Asia Minor. From his youth he embraced obedience, fasting, and unceasing prayer, and the synaxaria remember him as a vessel of purity who received from God grace to heal the sick and drive away evil spirits.

  Name days: Timotheos, Tim, Timos, Timothy

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  Timothy and Maura

  May 3, Martyr, Τιμόθεος και Μαύρα

  The Holy Martyrs Timothy and Maura were a young Christian couple of Egypt who suffered during the persecution of Diocletian at the end of the third century. Timothy was a reader of the Church, entrusted with the sacred books; only days after their marriage the two were arrested when he refused to surrender them. Together they endured cruel tortures and were crucified, encouraging one another in the faith to the end.

  Name days: Timotheos, Tim, Timothy, Mavra, Maura, Mavre

The other feasts are listed in the table above, each with a link to the saint’s life.

Also celebrating with Timotheos

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

Tim, Timos, Timothy, Mavra, Maura, Mavre

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.