Ananias: Name Day
Orthros keeps the name day for Ananias on April 25 on the New Calendar and May 8 on the Old Calendar: the feast of St Ananias of Alexandria.
The saint
St Ananias of AlexandriaAnanias (Anianus) was a cobbler of Alexandria whom the Apostle and Evangelist Mark met and healed when he pierced his hand with an awl; baptized by Mark, he grew in the faith and, after the apostle's martyrdom, became the second bishop of Alexandria, guiding and spreading the Church in Egypt for some nineteen years.Read the life ›Questions
- When is the name day for Ananias?
- Orthros keeps the name day for Ananias on April 25 on the New Calendar and May 8 on the Old Calendar.
- Which saint's feast is the name day for Ananias?
- It is the feast of St Ananias of Alexandria.