When is Zinobios’s name day?

Zinobios’s name day is October 30, the feast of Zenobios and Zenobia.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on November 12 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on October 30.

The saint behind the name

• Zenobios and Zenobia

  October 30, Martyr, Ζηνόβιος

  Saints Zenobios and Zenobia were brother and sister from Cilicia in Asia Minor. Zenobios, a physician who healed the sick without payment in the name of Christ, became a bishop of the Church; during the persecution under Diocletian he was arrested, and Zenobia freely joined her brother so that she might share his confession and his sufferings.

  Name days: Zinobios, Zenobios

Also celebrating on October 30

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

Zenobios

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.