Nicephorus: Name Day
Orthros keeps the name day for Nicephorus on June 2 on the New Calendar and June 15 on the Old Calendar: the feast of St Nicephorus the Confessor.
The saint
St Nicephorus the ConfessorBorn around 758 into a well-known Constantinopolitan family, Nicephorus had before him the example of his own father, Theodore, an imperial secretary once banished by the emperor Constantine Copronymus for his stubborn defense of the holy icons.Read the life ›Other saints named Nicephorus
St Nicephorus of AntiochFebruary 9
Questions
- When is the name day for Nicephorus?
- Orthros keeps the name day for Nicephorus on June 2 on the New Calendar and June 15 on the Old Calendar.
- Which saint's feast is the name day for Nicephorus?
- It is the feast of St Nicephorus the Confessor.