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| | May, 1 | Public Holiday : Labor Day | | May, 2 | Nameday : Zoodochos Pigis | | May, 3 | Nameday : Timotheos (Timothy, Tim) | | May, 5 | Nameday : Eirinis, Irini (Irene) | | May, 6 | Nameday : Serafim | | May, 7 | Nameday : Akakios | | May, 13 | Public Holiday : Mother's Day (Cyprus) | | May, 21 | Nameday : Constantinos & Helen | | May, 24 | Public Holiday : Orthodox Whit Monday |
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Namedays
According to the Orthodox Church, every day of the year has been dedicated to the memory of a Saint or a martyr from the Holy Bible and Holy Tradition. This day carries the name of the Saint and it's called "nameday." If someone is named after a Saint, then there is a big celebration on his/her name day. In Cyprus, namedays are usually more important than birthdays. Gifts are given, festive meals and desserts are prepared, and special preparations are made for an open house. Usually, namedays are on the same date, every year. These are the non-floating namedays. There are some "floating" namedays though, that every year are on a different date.
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| January | | January 1 | New Year's Day - Agios Basileios, Vassilis (Basil) | | January 6 | Epiphany | | January 6 | Theofania, Theofanis, Fotis, Fanis, Fotini | | January 7 | Synaksi Ioannos, Ioannis, Yannis, Giannis (John), Gianna, Janna, Jana | | January 8 | Dominikis (Dominique) | | January 10 | Grigorios Nussis | | January 11 | Theodosios, Thodoris (Theodore) | | January 17 | Antonios, Antonia, Antonis (Anthony) | | January 18 | Athanasios & Kurillos, Thanassis | | January 19 | Makarios | | January 20 | Eythimios, Thimios | | January 21 | Maximos, Massimos/ Neofytos / Agnis (Agnes) | | January 22 | Anastasios / Timothetos, Tassos | | January 23 | Agathagellos | | January 24 | Xenis, Xeni | | January 25 | Grigorios Theologos / Margarita, Grigoris, Grigorios (Gregory) | | January 26 | Xenofontos | | January 29 | Ignatios | | January 30 | Trion Ierarxon | | January 31 | Kyros & Ioannos Aaron |
Back to top | February | | February 1 | Tryfonos | | February 2 | Ypapanti tos Sotiros, Sotiri | | February 5 | Agathis (Agatha) | | February 6 | Voskolos / Fotios | | February 7 | Parthenios | | February 8 | Zaxarios / Theod. Stratilatos | | February 9 | Nikiforos | | February 10 | Haralampous, Zinonos, Haralambos, Hara, Hariklia, Haroula | | February 11 | Vasios | | February 12 | Meletios | | February 13 | Akula & Priskillis (Priscilla) | | February 14 | Ayxentios, Valentini, St. Valentine | | February 15 | Orthodox Shrove Monday | | February 15 | Eusevios, Eusebios | | February 17 | Theodoros Tironos / Poulcherias | | February 18 | Leontos Romis | | February 20 | Agathonos / Vissarionos | | February 22 | Anthi (Anthea) | | February 23 | Polykarpos | | February 23 | Nestoros | | February 25 | Tarasios | | February 26 | Porfyros, Sevastianos (Sebastian), Fotini |
Back to top | March | | March 1 | Marias Aigyptias, Efdokias / Tis Tyrofagos | | March 2 | Efthalias | | March 3 | Kleonikos | | March 7 | Laurentios (Laurens, Laura) | | March 8 | Women's Day (International) | | March 8 | Women's Day (International), Theofylaktos | | March 16 | Xristodosios | | March 17 | Alexios, Alexia, Alexis (Alex) | | March 18 | Kyrillos | | March 18 | Mother's Day - UK | | March 19 | Xrysanthos, Chrisantos | | March 21 | Iakovos (Jacob) | | March 25 | Independence Day | | March 25 | Evagelismos tis Theotokos, Evagelos, Eva, Vangelis | | March 27 | Ilarionos, Lydia | | March 31 | Ypatios |
Back to top | April | | April 3 | Mother's Day (United Kingdom) | | April 3 | Mother's Day (United Kingdom) | | April 6 | Eftyxios | | April 8 | Easter Sunday (Catholic) | | April 15 | Leonidas (Leo) | | April 15 | Easter Sunday (Orthodox) | | April 23 | Ag. Georgios, Giorgos, Giorgis, Yorgos (George) * | | April 24 | Elisabet (Elisabeth, Lisa, Lies) | | April 25 | Marcos (Mark) | | April 28 | Panayotis, Panagiotis, Panos, Panagiota, Pigi | | *Giorgos' nameday is on April 23, unless this is Easter Sunday, or in the week before it. Then it is celebrated on the first Monday after Easter Sunday. |
Back to top | May | | May 1 | Labor Day | | May 2 | Zoodochos Pigis | | May 3 | Timotheos (Timothy, Tim) | | May 5 | Eirinis, Irini (Irene) | | May 6 | Serafim | | May 7 | Akakios | | May 13 | Mother's Day (Cyprus) | | May 21 | Constantinos & Helen | | May 24 | Orthodox Whit Monday |
Back to top | June | | June 2 | Nikiforos | | June 4 | Marthas & Marias, Martha | | June 5 | Dorotheos (Dorothea, Dorothy) | | June 7 | Sevastianis (Sebastian) | | June 8 | Kalliopis, Kalliopi | | June 11 | Vartholomaios, Varnava (Barbara) | | June 19 | Paisios | | June 22 | Zinonos | | June 29 | Petros & Paulos, Petros, Pavlos (Peter, Paul, Pavel) | | June 30 | Synaksi ton 12 Apostolon, Apostolis, Apostolos |
Back to top | July | | July 1 | Kosma & Damianos (Damian) | | July 3 | Yakinthos | | July 7 | Kuriakis, Kiriaki | | July 8 | Theofilos, Prokopios | | July 9 | Pagratios | | July 11 | Eufimias, Olgas (Olga) | | July 12 | Veronikis (Veronica) | | July 14 | Nikodimos | | July 16 | Athinogenoss | | July 17 | Marinas, Marina | | July 18 | Aimilianos (Emile, Emilie) | | July 20 | Profiti Elia, Ilias | | July 22 | Marias Magdalinis, Magdalini, Magda, Magdalena, Lena | | July 26 | Parakseuis | | July 27 | Panteleimonos, Pantelis | | July 29 | Kallinikos | | July 31 | Iosif Arimatheias, Iosif, Sifi (Joseph, Jozef, Joost) |
Back to top | August | | August 6 | Sotiris, Sotiria | | August 7 | Asterios, Asteria | | August 15 | Assumption Day - Koimisis tis Theotokos, Maria, Despina, Thespina, Marios | | August 24 | Kosma tos Aitolos | | August 26 | Andrianos & Natalias, Adrianos, Nathalia, Natalia (Adrian) | | August 27 | Fanourios, Fanouria | | August 30 | Alexandros, Alexandra (Sandra, Sander, Alexander, Alex) |
Back to top | September | | September 1 | Simeon | | September 3 | Anthimos | | September 4 | Moisi, Ermionis | | September 5 | Zaxarios, Zacharias | | September 8 | Gennisi tis Theotokos | | September 9 | Ioakeim & Annis (Joachim) | | September 11 | Evathia (Eve, Eva) | | September 13 | Kornilios, Aristeidos, Kornilia | | September 14 | Ypsosi tos Timios Stauros, Stavros (Steven), Stavroula | | September 15 | Nikita | | September 16 | Eyfimias | | September 17 | Sofias, Pisteos, Agapis, Elpidas, Sofia, Agapi, Elpida | | September 18 | Eumenios, Ariadnis (Ariadne) | | September 20 | Eustathios, Stathis | | September 22 | Fokas | | September 23 | Sullipsi Prodromos | | September 24 | Theklas, Thekla | | September 25 | Eyfrosinis |
Back to top | October | | October 1 | Ananios / Pomanos Melodos | | October 2 | Kuprianos / Iosstiounis | | October 3 | Dionisios Aeropagitos, Dionisos | | October 4 | Ierotheos | | October 5 | Xaritinis | | October 6 | Thoma (Thomas, Tom) | | October 7 | Poluxronios | | October 8 | Pelagias, Pelagia | | October 9 | Iakovos (Jakob) | | October 10 | Eulampios | | October 15 | Loskianos | | October 18 | Loska, Loskas (Lucas, Luke) | | October 19 | Kleopatras | | October 20 | Artemios / Gerasimos Kefallinias, Yerasimos | | October 21 | Sokratous, Sokrates, Sokratis | | October 23 | Iakovos (Jacob) | | October 24 | Sevastianis (Sebastian) | | October 26 | Dimitrios Myrovlitos, Dimitris, Dimitrios, Dimitria (Jim, James) | | October 27 | Nestoros | | October 28 | Ochi Day | | October 28 | Agias Skepis | | October 30 | Zinovios |
Back to top | November | | November 1 | Ag. Anarron/ Kosma & Damianos, Anargiros, Argiris, Kosmas, Damianos (Damian) | | November 8 | Mixael & Gavriel, Mixalis, Michail, Michali, Angelos, Stamatis, Stamos (Michael, Angelo, Gabriel) | | November 9 | Nektarios | | November 11 | Mina / Viktoros (Victor, Vic) | | November 13 | Ioannos Xrysostomos | | November 14 | Filippos, Philippos (Philip) | | November 16 | Mathaios (Matthias) | | November 18 | Platonos | | November 21 | Eisodia tis Theotokos, Despina, Maria (unmarried) | | November 22 | Filimonos (Filemon) | | November 25 | Merkourios / Aikaterinis, Katerina (Catherine) | | November 26 | Stulianos, Stella, Stelios, Stylianos | | November 27 | Nathanail | | November 30 | Andrea, Andreas (Andrew, André) |
Back to top | December | | December 1 | Theoklitos | | December 2 | Muropis | | December 4 | Varvaras, Barbara | | December 5 | Savva, Savas, Diogenes | | December 6 | Nikolaos, Nikos (Nicolas, Nick, Niek) | | December 7 | Amvrosios, Ambrosius | | December 9 | Agias Annis, Anna | | December 12 | Spuridonos, Spiros | | December 13 | Eustratios / Loskias, Stratos, Stratis, Lukia | | December 15 | Eleutherios, Elefterios, Lefteris | | December 17 | Daniel / Dionysios Zakunthos, Dionysos | | December 18 | Sevastianos & Zois (Sebastian) | | December 19 | Aglaias | | December 20 | Ignatios | | December 21 | Themistokleous, Ioulia, Julia, Julie | | December 22 | Anastasias, Anastasia | | December 24 | Eugenias, Evyenia, Efgeni, Jefgeni, Yefgeni | | December 25 | Christmas Day, Christos, Chrisa, Chrisanthi, Christina | | December 26 | Boxing Day | | December 26 | Emmanouil / Synaksi Theotokos, Manolis, Manuella, Emma | | December 27 | Stefanos, Stephania (Steven, Stephan, Stefania) |
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