When is Zinaida’s name day?

Zinaida 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 Zinaida is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Zenais the Wonderworker

  June 7, Holy Woman, Ζηναΐς

  Saint Zenais lived in Caesarea in Palestine and is remembered in the synaxaria as a wonderworker who healed the sick through her prayers. Tradition relates that she gave her life for Christ during the persecutions of the third century.

  Name days: Zenais, Zinaida, Zenaida

• Zenaida and Philonilla

  October 11, Holy Woman, Ζηναΐδα και Φιλονίλλα

  Zenaida and Philonilla were sisters from Tarsus in Cilicia, related to the Apostle Paul, who studied medicine and used their art to serve the sick freely in the name of Christ.

  Name days: Zenaida, Zinaida, Zina, Zenais, Philonilla

Also celebrating with Zinaida

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

Zenais, Zenaida, Zina, Philonilla

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.