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Do you know your name day?

Do you know your name day?

  • No, I don't

    Votes: 11 84.6%

  • I know my name day, but I do not celebrate it

    Votes: 2 15.4%

  • I know some people who celebrate it

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I know my name day and I celebrate it

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    13
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Do you know your name day?

A name day is a tradition in some countries in Europe, Latin America, and Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox countries in general. It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's given name. The celebration is similar to a birthday.

The custom originated with the Christian calendar of saints: believers named after a saint would celebrate that saint's feast day, or in the Eastern Orthodox tradition, the day of a saint's death. Name days have greater resonance in the Catholic and Orthodox parts of Europe; Protestant churches practice less veneration of saints. In many countries, however, name-day celebrations no longer have connection to explicitly Christian traditions.
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Usually it is regarded as a "Catholic tradition".
But everyone usually has got a first name, not only Catholics. :)
 
For me it is like this: I know my name day, but I do not celebrate it
 
radioman said:
How would I go about determining my "name day"?
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There may be several dates for the same name.
So you can choose them all - or choose one special date.
It is up to you.
 
@ about name days in France and in Germany:

In France name days (in French: fête du prénom) have long been very important in everyday culture and it was traditional to give a small gift to a friend or family member on their name day.

Some days of the year are commonly referred to by their saint's day: "la [sc. fête de] Saint Sylvestre" is New Year's Eve; "la Saint Jean" is Midsummer; and so on.


In Germany name days (in German: Namenstag) used to be widely popular in traditionally Catholic southern and western regions, where historically they were more important than birthdays. Since the 1950s, the tradition has mostly disappeared even in Catholic families
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Name day - Wikipedia
 
Rumpel said:
Do you know your name day?



Name day - Wikipedia

Usually it is regarded as a "Catholic tradition".
But everyone usually has got a first name, not only Catholics. :)
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"A good name is better than good oil, and the day of death is better than the day of birth." Ecclesiastes 7:1
 
And what did you think the concept was?
 
interesting. mine and my wife's are fairly close together. i'll have to tell her. also, i grew up Catholic, and didn't know that this was a thing.
 
radioman said:
My name date is in February, same as my birthday
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Often a child got the name of the Saint of the Day - so name day and birthday fell onto the same day.
 
Rumpel said:
Often a child got the name of the Saint of the Day - so name day and birthday fell onto the same day.
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Unfortunately, saintliness was not in the stars for me.
 
radioman said:
Unfortunately, saintliness was not in the stars for me.
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I don't know about that. Not being a saint seems to be a GOOD thing.
 
Rumpel said:
Do you know your name day?



Name day - Wikipedia

Usually it is regarded as a "Catholic tradition".
But everyone usually has got a first name, not only Catholics. :)
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This is the first time I've heard of that. I was raised a Catholic and never heard of a name day.
My first name (was taken from an Italian actress), and my second was from a saint.
 
tosca1 said:
This is the first time I've heard of that. I was raised a Catholic and never heard of a name day.
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So it was a good thing that I have started this thread, wasn't it? :)
 
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