Barbara: Name Day
Orthros keeps the name day for Barbara on December 4 on the New Calendar and December 17 on the Old Calendar: the feast of St Barbara.
The saint
St BarbaraBarbara was the daughter of a wealthy pagan named Dioscorus, in the city of Heliopolis in Syria, who kept her shut away in a tower to guard her striking beauty from the eyes of the world.Read the life ›Questions
- When is the name day for Barbara?
- Orthros keeps the name day for Barbara on December 4 on the New Calendar and December 17 on the Old Calendar.
- Which saint's feast is the name day for Barbara?
- It is the feast of St Barbara.