Orthodox Saints for Kids

Elena Rennick · print these and keep them

Which calendar is my parish on? ten seconds

Two questions. It decides which date column is yours for the rest of your life, and most families have never been told the answer plainly.

When does your church keep the Nativity of Christ?

December 25 — your parish is on the new calendar. Use the first date column, the Church date. The two match.

January 7 — your parish is on the old calendar. Use the second column. The Church date is the same as everyone else's; it simply falls thirteen days later on your kitchen calendar.

You are not sure — ask at church this Sunday, or look at the parish calendar in the hallway. It is the only thing you need to know to use this book, and everybody there knows the answer.

Whichever it is, both dates are printed on every page of the book and in the tables below. Nothing here needs you to work anything out.

Pascha and the moving feasts 2027 – 2041

The book never gives Pascha a date, on purpose: it moves every year, and a printed date would make the book wrong the following spring. So here are fifteen years of it, worked out and checked against a published Orthodox calendar. Nearly the whole Orthodox world — old calendar and new — keeps Pascha on the same night, so this table is yours whichever parish you belong to. Find this year, and the whole spring falls into place.

Year	Great Lent begins	Palm Sunday	PASCHA	Ascension	Pentecost	Apostles' Fast begins
2027	15 Mar	25 Apr	2 May	10 Jun	20 Jun	28 Jun
2028	28 Feb	9 Apr	16 Apr	25 May	4 Jun	12 Jun
2029	19 Feb	1 Apr	8 Apr	17 May	27 May	4 Jun
2030	11 Mar	21 Apr	28 Apr	6 Jun	16 Jun	24 Jun
2031	24 Feb	6 Apr	13 Apr	22 May	1 Jun	9 Jun
2032	15 Mar	25 Apr	2 May	10 Jun	20 Jun	28 Jun
2033	7 Mar	17 Apr	24 Apr	2 Jun	12 Jun	20 Jun
2034	20 Feb	2 Apr	9 Apr	18 May	28 May	5 Jun
2035	12 Mar	22 Apr	29 Apr	7 Jun	17 Jun	25 Jun
2036	3 Mar	13 Apr	20 Apr	29 May	8 Jun	16 Jun
2037	16 Feb	29 Mar	5 Apr	14 May	24 May	1 Jun
2038	8 Mar	18 Apr	25 Apr	3 Jun	13 Jun	21 Jun
2039	28 Feb	10 Apr	17 Apr	26 May	5 Jun	13 Jun
2040	19 Mar	29 Apr	6 May	14 Jun	24 Jun	2 Jul
2041	4 Mar	14 Apr	21 Apr	30 May	9 Jun	17 Jun

Great Lent begins on a Monday — Clean Monday — seven weeks before. Ascension is always a Thursday, forty days after. Pentecost is always a Sunday, fifty days after. The Apostles' Fast starts the Monday after Pentecost and ends on 29 June, which is why some years it is nearly six weeks and some years barely three days.

The four fasting seasons where they actually fall

The fast	Church dates	Old calendar
The Nativity Fast	15 November – 24 December	28 November – 6 January
Great Lent	Moves — see the table above	Same days
The Apostles' Fast	Moves — see the table above	Same days
The Dormition Fast	1 – 14 August	14 – 27 August

How much a child fasts is not in this table, and never will be. It depends on age, on health, on what your family can manage, and on what your own priest says to you. Any child with a medical condition, a food allergy, or anything a doctor watches follows the doctor and the family first.

Find your name day 274 names

In a dozen languages, because the same saint is called different things in Greek, Russian, Romanian, Serbian and English. John, Ioannis, Ivan, Jovan and Jean are all here. Type any spelling your family uses.

On paper the search box does not work, so here is the whole index.

Name	Saint or feast	Week	Church date	Old calendar
Alex	Saint Alexis Toth of Wilkes-Barre	42	May 7	May 20
Alexander	Saint Alexis Toth of Wilkes-Barre	42	May 7	May 20
Alexandra	Saint George the Great Martyr	35	April 23	May 6
Alexandra	Saint Alexis Toth of Wilkes-Barre	42	May 7	May 20
Alexei	Saint Alexis Toth of Wilkes-Barre	42	May 7	May 20
Alexis	Saint Alexis Toth of Wilkes-Barre	42	May 7	May 20
Analipsi	The Ascension	39	moves every year	—
Analipsis	The Ascension	39	moves every year	—
Anastasia	Saint Nectarios of Aegina	13	November 9	November 22
Anastasia	Pascha: the Resurrection	37	moves every year	—
Anastasios	Saint Nectarios of Aegina	13	November 9	November 22
Anastasios	Pascha: the Resurrection	37	moves every year	—
Andrea	The Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov)	7	October 1	October 14
Andreas	The Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov)	7	October 1	October 14
Andrei	The Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov)	7	October 1	October 14
Andrei	Saint Xenia of Saint Petersburg	27	January 24	February 6
Andrew	The Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov)	7	October 1	October 14
Andrew	Saint Xenia of Saint Petersburg	27	January 24	February 6
Ann	The Nativity of the Theotokos	2	September 8	September 21
Anna	The Nativity of the Theotokos	2	September 8	September 21
Anna	The Meeting of the Lord in the Temple	29	February 2	February 15
Anne	The Nativity of the Theotokos	2	September 8	September 21
Anne	The Meeting of the Lord in the Temple	29	February 2	February 15
Annie	The Meeting of the Lord in the Temple	29	February 2	February 15
Anthony	Saint Anthony the Great	26	January 17	January 30
Anthusa	Saint John Chrysostom	14	November 13	November 26
Anton	Saint Anthony the Great	26	January 17	January 30
Antonia	Saint Anthony the Great	26	January 17	January 30
Antonio	Saint Anthony the Great	26	January 17	January 30
Antonios	Saint Anthony the Great	26	January 17	January 30
Barb	Saint Barbara	17	December 4	December 17
Barbara	Saint Barbara	17	December 4	December 17
Barbra	Saint Barbara	17	December 4	December 17
Bart	Saint Sergius of Radonezh	6	September 25	October 8
Bartholomew	Saint Sergius of Radonezh	6	September 25	October 8
Basil	Saint Tikhon of Moscow	9	October 9	October 22
Basil	Saint Basil the Great	22	January 1	January 14
Basil	The Three Holy Hierarchs	28	January 30	February 12
Basilia	Saint Basil the Great	22	January 1	January 14
Bill	Saint Basil the Great	22	January 1	January 14
Catherine	Saint Catherine of Alexandria	16	November 24	December 7
Christian	The Nativity of Christ	21	December 25	January 7
Christina	The Nativity of Christ	21	December 25	January 7
Christopher	The Nativity of Christ	21	December 25	January 7
Christos	The Nativity of Christ	21	December 25	January 7
Clara	Saint Photini the Samaritan Woman	30	February 26	March 11
Constantine	The Exaltation of the Cross	3	September 14	September 27
Constantine	Saints Cyril and Methodius	43	May 11	May 24
Cyril	Saints Cyril and Methodius	43	May 11	May 24
Daphne	Palm Sunday: the Entry into Jerusalem	36	moves every year	—
Demetra	Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki	11	October 26	November 8
Demetrius	Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki	11	October 26	November 8
Despina	The Dormition of the Theotokos	51	August 15	August 28
Dimitra	Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki	11	October 26	November 8
Dimitri	Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki	11	October 26	November 8
Dimitrios	Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki	11	October 26	November 8
Dmitry	Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki	11	October 26	November 8
Dumitru	Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki	11	October 26	November 8
Ekaterina	Saint Catherine of Alexandria	16	November 24	December 7
Elena	The Exaltation of the Cross	3	September 14	September 27
Eleni	The Exaltation of the Cross	3	September 14	September 27
Eliana	The Prophet Elijah	48	July 20	August 2
Elias	The Prophet Elijah	48	July 20	August 2
Elijah	The Prophet Elijah	48	July 20	August 2
Elisha	The Prophet Elijah	48	July 20	August 2
Ellen	The Exaltation of the Cross	3	September 14	September 27
Emmanuel	The Nativity of Christ	21	December 25	January 7
Emmelia	Saint Basil the Great	22	January 1	January 14
Epiphanius	The Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov)	7	October 1	October 14
Evangelia	The Annunciation	33	March 25	April 7
Evangelos	The Annunciation	33	March 25	April 7
Fay	Saint Photini the Samaritan Woman	30	February 26	March 11
Fotini	Saint Photini the Samaritan Woman	30	February 26	March 11
Fotis	Theophany	24	January 6	January 19
Gabi	The Annunciation	33	March 25	April 7
Gabriel	The Annunciation	33	March 25	April 7
Gabriella	The Annunciation	33	March 25	April 7
Gavriil	The Annunciation	33	March 25	April 7
George	Saint George the Great Martyr	35	April 23	May 6
Georgia	Saint George the Great Martyr	35	April 23	May 6
Georgina	Saint George the Great Martyr	35	April 23	May 6
Georgios	Saint George the Great Martyr	35	April 23	May 6
German	Saint Herman of Alaska	20	December 13	December 26
Germanos	Saint Herman of Alaska	20	December 13	December 26
Giorgi	Saint George the Great Martyr	35	April 23	May 6
Gregoria	The Three Holy Hierarchs	28	January 30	February 12
Gregory	The Three Holy Hierarchs	28	January 30	February 12
Grigor	The Three Holy Hierarchs	28	January 30	February 12
Grigore	The Three Holy Hierarchs	28	January 30	February 12
Hannah	The Meeting of the Lord in the Temple	29	February 2	February 15
Helen	The Exaltation of the Cross	3	September 14	September 27
Helena	The Exaltation of the Cross	3	September 14	September 27
Herman	Saint Herman of Alaska	20	December 13	December 26
Hermione	Saint Herman of Alaska	20	December 13	December 26
Hermolaos	Saint Panteleimon the Healer	49	July 27	August 9
Iliana	The Prophet Elijah	48	July 20	August 2
Ilias	The Prophet Elijah	48	July 20	August 2
Ilie	The Prophet Elijah	48	July 20	August 2
Ilya	The Prophet Elijah	48	July 20	August 2
Innocent	Saint Innocent, Enlightener of Alaska	8	October 6	October 19
Innokenty	Saint Innocent, Enlightener of Alaska	8	October 6	October 19
Ioannis	Saint John Chrysostom	14	November 13	November 26
Ioannis	Theophany	24	January 6	January 19
Ioannis	The Three Holy Hierarchs	28	January 30	February 12
Ioannis	Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco	46	July 2	July 15
Ivan	Saint Innocent, Enlightener of Alaska	8	October 6	October 19
Ivan	Saint John Chrysostom	14	November 13	November 26
Ivan	Theophany	24	January 6	January 19
Ivan	The Three Holy Hierarchs	28	January 30	February 12
Ivan	Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco	46	July 2	July 15
Ivana	Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco	46	July 2	July 15
Jack	Saint Innocent, Enlightener of Alaska	8	October 6	October 19
Jane	Saint John Chrysostom	14	November 13	November 26
Jane	Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco	46	July 2	July 15
Jean	Saint John Chrysostom	14	November 13	November 26
Jean	Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco	46	July 2	July 15
Jim	Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki	11	October 26	November 8
Jiri	Saint George the Great Martyr	35	April 23	May 6
Joachim	The Nativity of the Theotokos	2	September 8	September 21
Joan	Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco	46	July 2	July 15
Joanna	Saint John Chrysostom	14	November 13	November 26
Joanna	The Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women	38	moves every year	—
John	Saint Innocent, Enlightener of Alaska	8	October 6	October 19
John	Saint John Chrysostom	14	November 13	November 26
John	Theophany	24	January 6	January 19
John	The Three Holy Hierarchs	28	January 30	February 12
John	Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco	46	July 2	July 15
Jordi	Saint George the Great Martyr	35	April 23	May 6
Joseph	The Meeting of the Lord in the Temple	29	February 2	February 15
Joseph	The Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women	38	moves every year	—
Josif	The Meeting of the Lord in the Temple	29	February 2	February 15
Jovan	Saint John Chrysostom	14	November 13	November 26
Jovan	Theophany	24	January 6	January 19
Jovan	Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco	46	July 2	July 15
Juan	Saint Innocent, Enlightener of Alaska	8	October 6	October 19
Juan	Saint John Chrysostom	14	November 13	November 26
Juan	Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco	46	July 2	July 15
Julia	Saint Barbara	17	December 4	December 17
Juliana	Saint Barbara	17	December 4	December 17
Karen	Saint Catherine of Alexandria	16	November 24	December 7
Kate	Saint Catherine of Alexandria	16	November 24	December 7
Katerina	Saint Catherine of Alexandria	16	November 24	December 7
Katherine	Saint Catherine of Alexandria	16	November 24	December 7
Katrina	Saint Catherine of Alexandria	16	November 24	December 7
Katya	Saint Catherine of Alexandria	16	November 24	December 7
Kiril	Saints Cyril and Methodius	43	May 11	May 24
Kolya	Saint Nicholas of Myra	18	December 6	December 19
Kostas	Saints Cyril and Methodius	43	May 11	May 24
Ksenia	Saint Xenia of Saint Petersburg	27	January 24	February 6
Kyrillos	Saints Cyril and Methodius	43	May 11	May 24
Lazar	Palm Sunday: the Entry into Jerusalem	36	moves every year	—
Lazaros	Palm Sunday: the Entry into Jerusalem	36	moves every year	—
Lazarus	Palm Sunday: the Entry into Jerusalem	36	moves every year	—
Leo	Saint Panteleimon the Healer	49	July 27	August 9
Lexi	Saint Alexis Toth of Wilkes-Barre	42	May 7	May 20
Lucia	Saint Photini the Samaritan Woman	30	February 26	March 11
Lucy	Saint Photini the Samaritan Woman	30	February 26	March 11
Macarius	The Exaltation of the Cross	3	September 14	September 27
Macrina	Saint Basil the Great	22	January 1	January 14
Magdalene	The Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women	38	moves every year	—
Maggie	Saint Marina the Great Martyr	47	July 17	July 30
Manolis	The Nativity of Christ	21	December 25	January 7
Margaret	Saint Marina the Great Martyr	47	July 17	July 30
Margarita	Saint Marina the Great Martyr	47	July 17	July 30
Maria	The Nativity of the Theotokos	2	September 8	September 21
Maria	The Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple	15	November 21	December 4
Maria	The Meeting of the Lord in the Temple	29	February 2	February 15
Maria	The Annunciation	33	March 25	April 7
Maria	Saint Mary of Egypt	34	April 1	April 14
Maria	The Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women	38	moves every year	—
Maria	The Dormition of the Theotokos	51	August 15	August 28
Mariam	The Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple	15	November 21	December 4
Mariam	Saint Mary of Egypt	34	April 1	April 14
Marianna	The Annunciation	33	March 25	April 7
Marie	The Nativity of the Theotokos	2	September 8	September 21
Marie	Saint Mary of Egypt	34	April 1	April 14
Marina	The Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple	15	November 21	December 4
Marina	Saint Marina the Great Martyr	47	July 17	July 30
Marinos	Saint Marina the Great Martyr	47	July 17	July 30
Marios	The Dormition of the Theotokos	51	August 15	August 28
Martha	The Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women	38	moves every year	—
Mary	The Nativity of the Theotokos	2	September 8	September 21
Mary	The Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple	15	November 21	December 4
Mary	The Meeting of the Lord in the Temple	29	February 2	February 15
Mary	The Annunciation	33	March 25	April 7
Mary	Saint Mary of Egypt	34	April 1	April 14
Mary	The Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women	38	moves every year	—
Mary	The Dormition of the Theotokos	51	August 15	August 28
Matilda	Saint Matrona of Moscow	41	May 2	May 15
Matrena	Saint Matrona of Moscow	41	May 2	May 15
Matrona	Saint Matrona of Moscow	41	May 2	May 15
Matryona	Saint Matrona of Moscow	41	May 2	May 15
Metamorfosi	The Transfiguration	50	August 6	August 19
Methodius	Saints Cyril and Methodius	43	May 11	May 24
Metodij	Saints Cyril and Methodius	43	May 11	May 24
Miriam	The Nativity of the Theotokos	2	September 8	September 21
Mirian	Saint Nino of Georgia and Saint Sava of Serbia	25	January 14	January 27
Mitya	Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki	11	October 26	November 8
Mose	Saint Moses of Ethiopia	52	August 28	September 10
Moses	Saint Moses of Ethiopia	52	August 28	September 10
Moshe	Saint Moses of Ethiopia	52	August 28	September 10
Musa	Saint Moses of Ethiopia	52	August 28	September 10
Nana	Saint Nino of Georgia and Saint Sava of Serbia	25	January 14	January 27
Natalia	The Nativity of Christ	21	December 25	January 7
Nectarios	Saint Nectarios of Aegina	13	November 9	November 22
Nektarios	Saint Nectarios of Aegina	13	November 9	November 22
Nestor	Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki	11	October 26	November 8
Nicholas	Saint Nicholas of Myra	18	December 6	December 19
Nick	Saint Nicholas of Myra	18	December 6	December 19
Nicodemus	The Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women	38	moves every year	—
Nicole	Saint Nicholas of Myra	18	December 6	December 19
Nicolette	Saint Nicholas of Myra	18	December 6	December 19
Niki	Saint Nicholas of Myra	18	December 6	December 19
Nikolai	Saint Nicholas of Myra	18	December 6	December 19
Nikolaos	Saint Nicholas of Myra	18	December 6	December 19
Nikoleta	Saint Nicholas of Myra	18	December 6	December 19
Nina	Saint Nino of Georgia and Saint Sava of Serbia	25	January 14	January 27
Nino	Saint Nino of Georgia and Saint Sava of Serbia	25	January 14	January 27
Noel	The Nativity of Christ	21	December 25	January 7
Nona	Saint Nino of Georgia and Saint Sava of Serbia	25	January 14	January 27
Nour	Saint Photini the Samaritan Woman	30	February 26	March 11
Oksana	Saint Xenia of Saint Petersburg	27	January 24	February 6
Palmira	Palm Sunday: the Entry into Jerusalem	36	moves every year	—
Panagiota	The Dormition of the Theotokos	51	August 15	August 28
Panagiotis	The Dormition of the Theotokos	51	August 15	August 28
Panteleimon	Saint Panteleimon the Healer	49	July 27	August 9
Panteli	Saint Panteleimon the Healer	49	July 27	August 9
Pantelis	Saint Panteleimon the Healer	49	July 27	August 9
Parasceva	Saint Parasceva	10	October 14	October 27
Paraschiva	Saint Parasceva	10	October 14	October 27
Paraskevi	Saint Parasceva	10	October 14	October 27
Pascal	Pascha: the Resurrection	37	moves every year	—
Pascale	Pascha: the Resurrection	37	moves every year	—
Paschalis	Pascha: the Resurrection	37	moves every year	—
Paul	Saint Thekla, Equal to the Apostles	5	September 24	October 7
Paul	Saint Anthony the Great	26	January 17	January 30
Paul	The Apostles Peter and Paul	45	June 29	July 12
Paula	Saint Thekla, Equal to the Apostles	5	September 24	October 7
Paula	Saint Anthony the Great	26	January 17	January 30
Paula	The Apostles Peter and Paul	45	June 29	July 12
Paulina	The Apostles Peter and Paul	45	June 29	July 12
Pavel	The Apostles Peter and Paul	45	June 29	July 12
Pavlos	Saint Anthony the Great	26	January 17	January 30
Pavlos	The Apostles Peter and Paul	45	June 29	July 12
Pedro	The Apostles Peter and Paul	45	June 29	July 12
Pelagia	Saint Marina the Great Martyr	47	July 17	July 30
Pentelis	Pentecost	40	moves every year	—
Peter	The Apostles Peter and Paul	45	June 29	July 12
Petka	Saint Parasceva	10	October 14	October 27
Petra	The Apostles Peter and Paul	45	June 29	July 12
Petros	The Apostles Peter and Paul	45	June 29	July 12
Petru	The Apostles Peter and Paul	45	June 29	July 12
Petya	Saint Parasceva	10	October 14	October 27
Photini	Theophany	24	January 6	January 19
Photini	Saint Photini the Samaritan Woman	30	February 26	March 11
Photios	Theophany	24	January 6	January 19
Pietro	The Apostles Peter and Paul	45	June 29	July 12
Pinelopi	Pentecost	40	moves every year	—
Pokrov	The Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov)	7	October 1	October 14
Prokhor	Saint Seraphim of Sarov	23	January 2	January 15
Pyotr	The Apostles Peter and Paul	45	June 29	July 12
Rafa	Saint Raphael of Brooklyn	31	February 27	March 12
Rafael	Saint Raphael of Brooklyn	31	February 27	March 12
Rafaela	Saint Raphael of Brooklyn	31	February 27	March 12
Raphael	Saint Raphael of Brooklyn	31	February 27	March 12
Rastislav	Saints Cyril and Methodius	43	May 11	May 24
Rastko	Saint Nino of Georgia and Saint Sava of Serbia	25	January 14	January 27
Rina	Saint Catherine of Alexandria	16	November 24	December 7
Rita	Saint Marina the Great Martyr	47	July 17	July 30
Sabbas	Saint Nino of Georgia and Saint Sava of Serbia	25	January 14	January 27
Salome	The Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women	38	moves every year	—
Sasha	Saint George the Great Martyr	35	April 23	May 6
Sava	Saint Nino of Georgia and Saint Sava of Serbia	25	January 14	January 27
Savo	Saint Nino of Georgia and Saint Sava of Serbia	25	January 14	January 27
Senia	Saint Xenia of Saint Petersburg	27	January 24	February 6
Serafim	Saint Seraphim of Sarov	23	January 2	January 15
Serafina	Saint Seraphim of Sarov	23	January 2	January 15
Seraphim	Saint Seraphim of Sarov	23	January 2	January 15
Serge	Saint Sergius of Radonezh	6	September 25	October 8
Sergei	Saint Sergius of Radonezh	6	September 25	October 8
Sergio	Saint Sergius of Radonezh	6	September 25	October 8
Sergius	Saint Sergius of Radonezh	6	September 25	October 8
Simeon	The Church's New Year and Saint Simeon the Stylite	1	September 1	September 14
Simeon	The Meeting of the Lord in the Temple	29	February 2	February 15
Simon	The Church's New Year and Saint Simeon the Stylite	1	September 1	September 14
Simon	The Meeting of the Lord in the Temple	29	February 2	February 15
Sotiria	The Transfiguration	50	August 6	August 19
Sotirios	The Transfiguration	50	August 6	August 19
Spiridon	Saint Spyridon of Trimythous	19	December 12	December 25
Spiros	Saint Spyridon of Trimythous	19	December 12	December 25
Spyridon	Saint Spyridon of Trimythous	19	December 12	December 25
Spyros	Saint Spyridon of Trimythous	19	December 12	December 25
Stacy	Saint Nectarios of Aegina	13	November 9	November 22
Stavros	The Exaltation of the Cross	3	September 14	September 27
Stavroula	The Exaltation of the Cross	3	September 14	September 27
Susanna	The Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women	38	moves every year	—
Svetlana	Saint Photini the Samaritan Woman	30	February 26	March 11
Tasos	Saint Nectarios of Aegina	13	November 9	November 22
Tekla	Saint Thekla, Equal to the Apostles	5	September 24	October 7
Thecla	Saint Thekla, Equal to the Apostles	5	September 24	October 7
Thekla	Saint Thekla, Equal to the Apostles	5	September 24	October 7
Theophania	Theophany	24	January 6	January 19
Tiffany	Theophany	24	January 6	January 19
Tikhon	Saint Tikhon of Moscow	9	October 9	October 22
Timothy	Saint Tikhon of Moscow	9	October 9	October 22
Tony	Saint Anthony the Great	26	January 17	January 30
Triada	Pentecost	40	moves every year	—
Triantafyllos	Pentecost	40	moves every year	—
Trifon	Pentecost	40	moves every year	—
Vaia	Palm Sunday: the Entry into Jerusalem	36	moves every year	—
Vaios	Palm Sunday: the Entry into Jerusalem	36	moves every year	—
Varvara	Saint Barbara	17	December 4	December 17
Vasile	Saint Basil the Great	22	January 1	January 14
Vasiliki	Saint Basil the Great	22	January 1	January 14
Vasilios	Saint Basil the Great	22	January 1	January 14
Vasilios	The Three Holy Hierarchs	28	January 30	February 12
Vasily	Saint Tikhon of Moscow	9	October 9	October 22
Vasily	Saint Basil the Great	22	January 1	January 14
Vineri	Saint Parasceva	10	October 14	October 27
Voula	Saint Parasceva	10	October 14	October 27
Xenia	Saint Xenia of Saint Petersburg	27	January 24	February 6
Yanni	Saint John Chrysostom	14	November 13	November 26
Yiannis	Theophany	24	January 6	January 19
Yuri	Saint George the Great Martyr	35	April 23	May 6
Zacharias	The Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple	15	November 21	December 4
Zachary	The Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple	15	November 21	December 4
Zosima	Saint Mary of Egypt	34	April 1	April 14
Zosimas	Saint Mary of Egypt	34	April 1	April 14

The whole year on one page 52 weeks

Starting on the first of September, which is where the Church year begins. The first date is the Church date, the same for everyone. The second is where it falls on the kitchen calendar for parishes on the old reckoning. The shaded rows move with Pascha.

Week	Saint or feast	Church date	Old calendar
1	The Church's New Year and Saint Simeon the Stylite	September 1	September 14
2	The Nativity of the Theotokos	September 8	September 21
3	The Exaltation of the Cross	September 14	September 27
4	Saint Sophia and her daughters Faith, Hope and Love	September 17	September 30
5	Saint Thekla, Equal to the Apostles	September 24	October 7
6	Saint Sergius of Radonezh	September 25	October 8
7	The Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov)	October 1	October 14
8	Saint Innocent, Enlightener of Alaska	October 6	October 19
9	Saint Tikhon of Moscow	October 9	October 22
10	Saint Parasceva	October 14	October 27
11	Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki	October 26	November 8
12	The Synaxis of the Archangel Michael	November 8	November 21
13	Saint Nectarios of Aegina	November 9	November 22
14	Saint John Chrysostom	November 13	November 26
15	The Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple	November 21	December 4
16	Saint Catherine of Alexandria	November 24	December 7
17	Saint Barbara	December 4	December 17
18	Saint Nicholas of Myra	December 6	December 19
19	Saint Spyridon of Trimythous	December 12	December 25
20	Saint Herman of Alaska	December 13	December 26
21	The Nativity of Christ	December 25	January 7
22	Saint Basil the Great	January 1	January 14
23	Saint Seraphim of Sarov	January 2	January 15
24	Theophany	January 6	January 19
25	Saint Nino of Georgia and Saint Sava of Serbia	January 14	January 27
26	Saint Anthony the Great	January 17	January 30
27	Saint Xenia of Saint Petersburg	January 24	February 6
28	The Three Holy Hierarchs	January 30	February 12
29	The Meeting of the Lord in the Temple	February 2	February 15
30	Saint Photini the Samaritan Woman	February 26	March 11
31	Saint Raphael of Brooklyn	February 27	March 12
32	The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste	March 9	March 22
33	The Annunciation	March 25	April 7
34	Saint Mary of Egypt	April 1	April 14
35	Saint George the Great Martyr	April 23	May 6
36	Palm Sunday: the Entry into Jerusalem	moves every year	—
37	Pascha: the Resurrection	moves every year	—
38	The Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women	moves every year	—
39	The Ascension	moves every year	—
40	Pentecost	moves every year	—
41	Saint Matrona of Moscow	May 2	May 15
42	Saint Alexis Toth of Wilkes-Barre	May 7	May 20
43	Saints Cyril and Methodius	May 11	May 24
44	Saints Constantine and Helen	May 21	June 3
45	The Apostles Peter and Paul	June 29	July 12
46	Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco	July 2	July 15
47	Saint Marina the Great Martyr	July 17	July 30
48	The Prophet Elijah	July 20	August 2
49	Saint Panteleimon the Healer	July 27	August 9
50	The Transfiguration	August 6	August 19
51	The Dormition of the Theotokos	August 15	August 28
52	Saint Moses of Ethiopia	August 28	September 10

A name day certificate print one per child

Fill it in and put it where the family calendar lives. Next year it will already be there.

In the Orthodox Church

My Name Day

My name

I am named for

Church date

On our kitchen calendar

One thing I know about my saint

Many years · Chronia polla · Mnogaya leta · La mulţi ani

Everyone in this house

Our Family Name Days

Name	Saint	Church date	Our calendar

Godparents count. So do grandparents who are no longer here.

How to keep a name day nobody explains this part

There is no rule, and here is what most families actually do.

You go to church, and if it is possible you receive communion. You do not get presents — you give them, and you feed people. The person whose name day it is is the host, not the guest. Friends turn up without being invited, which is the point.

And people say many years to you: chronia polla in Greek, mnogaya leta in Slavonic, la mulţi ani in Romanian. Somebody will say it, and now you know what it means.

If your name is not in the index, that does not mean there is no saint with your name. This book has fifty-two and the Church has thousands. Ask your parents who you were named for — very often there is an answer and nobody has ever told you — and then ask your priest. It is exactly the kind of question priests enjoy.