Theophanes: Name Day
Orthros keeps the name day for Theophanes on March 12 on the New Calendar and March 25 on the Old Calendar: the feast of St Theophanes the Confessor.
The saint
St Theophanes the ConfessorTheophanes was born around 758 in Constantinople to a family connected to the imperial court, his father a relative by marriage of the ruling house, and grew up to hold a position under the emperor Leo IV that came with an expectation of marriage; he persuaded his bride to live with him instead in a marriage kept, by mutual agreement, without children.Read the life ›Other saints named Theophanes
St Theophanes the HymnographerOctober 11
Questions
- When is the name day for Theophanes?
- Orthros keeps the name day for Theophanes on March 12 on the New Calendar and March 25 on the Old Calendar.
- Which saint's feast is the name day for Theophanes?
- It is the feast of St Theophanes the Confessor.