Every Orthodox Christian bears the name of a saint who keeps watch over them, and keeps that saint’s feast as a name day. Type a first name to find the saint, the name day on both calendars, and the icon to give.
Another form of your name. Spiros is a Greek short form of Spyridon. St Spyridon the Wonderworker, name day 12 December (25 December on the Old Calendar). Christ & Vladimir Mother of God, $69 (normal price $99).
Another form of your name
St Spyridon the Wonderworker
Άγιος Σπυρίδων ο Θαυματουργός · Святитель Спиридон
Name day 12 December (25 December on the Old Calendar)
Spiros is a Greek short form of Spyridon.
Saint Spyridon was a shepherd on Cyprus at the end of the third century, a married man with children, who spent everything he had on his neighbors and the homeless. God rewarded his mercy with the gift of wonderworking, and he became Bishop of Trimythous while remaining a simple shepherd at heart.
The faithful ask St Spyridon for
a roof over one's head: finding, buying, selling or renting a home
help in financial difficulties and the return of debts
finding work
justice in legal troubles
the help of God in business
We don’t have an icon of St Spyridon the Wonderworker yet.
Venerable Spyridon and Nikodemos the Prosphora-bakers: 31 October (13 November on the Old Calendar)
In the Russian custom a person keeps the day of the saint of their name whose feast comes first after their birthday; in the Greek custom each name has one day.
Today, 16 October, the Church remembers St Longinus the Centurion; on the Old Calendar, St Dionysius the Areopagite.
The gift for a name day
Each folding icon pairs the patron saint with the Guardian Angel, printed under glass in velvet covers. The Name-Day Gift Set adds a crucifix and a prayer rope, in a gift box with a card giving the saint’s life and feast day.
Add Consecration, $49, if you wish: our priest consecrated each folding icon before it left the workshop, one by one, with holy water and the prayers of the Church.
St Nicholas, St Matthew, St Mark, St Patrick, St Edward, St Olaf and the Holy Foremother Eve, each beside the Guardian Angel, and the St John the Warrior and Guardian Angel diptych for those who serve.
The Greek, Antiochian, Romanian and Bulgarian Churches and the Orthodox Church in America keep the feasts on the New Calendar. The Russian, Serbian and Georgian Churches, Jerusalem and Mount Athos keep the Old Calendar, thirteen days later. We give both dates.
One day, or the nearest saint
Greek custom keeps one name day for each name. In the Russian custom a person keeps the day of the saint of their name whose feast comes first after their birthday, so a name can have several days.
A name with no saint
A name that no saint bore keeps its name day, by Greek custom, on All Saints’ Sunday. By an old custom a patron can also be chosen among the saints of the birthday or the baptism day, and every Orthodox Christian has a Guardian Angel from baptism. Many take a saint’s name at baptism or chrismation: if they have one, type that name.
Name days and saints from the Greek name-day calendar (eortologio.net), the Russian Church’s calendar of saints (azbyka.ru) and the Orthodox Church in America’s Lives of the Saints.
Christ (Zvenigorod Saviour) & Vladimir Mother of God Folding DiptychAlso prayed to for home and household
St Nicholas the Wonderworker & Guardian Angel Folding DiptychAlso prayed to for financial trouble
