Despina (Δέσποινα)
Also: Despina, Despoina
Name day:
21 November
✓ sourced
Sources: namedays.gr / eortologio.gr online database (T2), OCA daily calendar (Slavic lineage — dates only, never name→feast) (T2)
The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple — transparent by word identity: "Despina/Despoina" is Greek for "the Lady/Mistress," an honorific title for the Theotokos venerated this day, not a separate personal saint (same word-identity pattern as stavros.yaml and despina's entry is namedays.gr's row (1), "for unmarried women"). OCA 2026-11-21 + namedays.gr DESPOINA (1) (for unmarried women) (Despoina, Deppy, Pipina, Despo, Pepi, Zepo, Dena) 21 November.
Sourced (✓) feasts are confirmed by two lineage-independent sources and are safe to put in a calendar. Unverified (⚠) feasts — whether resting on a single source or on a judgment call awaiting the printed synaxaria — are shown for reference but held out of feeds until confirmed.