When is Zeno’s name day?

Zeno 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 Zeno is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Zeno the Faster

  February 10, Venerable, Ζήνων ο Ταχυδρόμος

  St. Zeno was born to a noble family of Caesarea in Cappadocia and served as an imperial courier under the Emperor Valens. After the emperor's death he left the world and lived as a hermit in a tomb near Antioch, in extreme poverty and silence.

  Name days: Zenon, Zeno

• Zenon and Zoilos

  March 3, Venerable, Ζήνων

  Sts. Zenon and Zoilos are venerable fathers whose names the Greek synaxaria record for March 3 with the simple note that they reposed in peace. Nothing further of their lives has been preserved.

  Name days: Zenon, Zeno, Zoilos

Also celebrating with Zeno

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

Zenon, Zoilos

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.