Nikephoros: Name Day
Orthros keeps the name day for Nikephoros on May 4 on the New Calendar and May 17 on the Old Calendar: the feast of St Nikephoros the Hesychast.
The saint
St Nikephoros the HesychastNikephoros came to Orthodoxy as a convert from the Latin, Roman Church and settled as a monk on Mount Athos in the thirteenth century.Read the life ›Questions
- When is the name day for Nikephoros?
- Orthros keeps the name day for Nikephoros on May 4 on the New Calendar and May 17 on the Old Calendar.
- Which saint's feast is the name day for Nikephoros?
- It is the feast of St Nikephoros the Hesychast.