Bessarion: Name Day
Orthros keeps the name day for Bessarion on February 20 on the New Calendar and March 5 on the Old Calendar: the feast of St Bessarion the Wonderworker of Egypt.
The saint
St Bessarion the Wonderworker of EgyptThis is the second of Bessarion's two commemorations kept by the Church, the first falling in February on the day tied to his repose in the fifth century; this later June date recalls him instead through the sayings and stories collected about him among the Egyptian desert fathers, the tradition through which nearly everything known of his life survives.Read the life ›Questions
- When is the name day for Bessarion?
- Orthros keeps the name day for Bessarion on February 20 on the New Calendar and March 5 on the Old Calendar.
- Which saint's feast is the name day for Bessarion?
- It is the feast of St Bessarion the Wonderworker of Egypt.