When is Zoilos’s name day?

Zoilos’s name day is March 3, the feast of Zenon and Zoilos.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on March 16 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on March 3.

The saint behind the name

• 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 on March 3

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

Zenon, Zeno

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.