Athanasius: Name Day
Orthros keeps the name day for Athanasius on May 2 on the New Calendar and May 15 on the Old Calendar: the feast of St Athanasius the Great of Alexandria.
The saint
St Athanasius the Great of AlexandriaAthanasius had already written two substantial theological works before he was thirty, and it was as a young deacon, accompanying Bishop Alexander of Alexandria, that he first came to notice at the Council of Nicaea in 325, the gathering that condemned Arius's teaching and gave the Church the Nicene Creed.Read the life ›Other saints named Athanasius
St Athanasius the Elder of VysotskSeptember 12
St Athanasius of Brest-LitovskSeptember 5
St Athanasius of ThessalonikaSeptember 8
St Athanasius of AttaliaJanuary 7
Athanasius the Great and Cyril of AlexandriaJanuary 18
St Athanasius the Resurrected of the Kiev CavesDecember 2
Questions
- When is the name day for Athanasius?
- Orthros keeps the name day for Athanasius on May 2 on the New Calendar and May 15 on the Old Calendar.
- Which saint's feast is the name day for Athanasius?
- It is the feast of St Athanasius the Great of Alexandria.