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10
May

Photini

A form of Fotini

Fotini, in English

Saint Photini, the Samaritan woman — kept on the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman.

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Origin

The story of Fotini

Fotini is kept on the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman — Saint Photini, the Samaritan woman.

Φωτεινή means “luminous,” from φῶς (phos, “light”) — fitting for the Samaritan woman the Church names Photini, “the enlightened.”

“Light.”

onomasti · Fotini

Key facts

Fotini at a glance

Name day
2 name days are kept — Greek custom keeps them all
This year · 2026
Thursday, 26 February · Sunday, 10 May
Next year · 2027
Friday, 26 February · Sunday, 30 May  why the date can move ↓
Meaning
Φωτεινή — “light”
Patron of
Saint Photini, the Samaritan woman

This name keeps more than one day. At least one of them is a movable feast — its date is set relative to Pascha (Orthodox Easter), which itself shifts each year, so that day changes from year to year. The remaining day (or days) are fixed calendar dates and do not move. onomasti computes the observed date for every year.

Variations

Forms & nicknames of the name

One name takes many forms — the formal, the everyday, the affectionate, and the spellings that travelled abroad. Each has its own page here, and all share the same day.

English & romanised

Fotini you are herePhotini

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