Righteous Euphrosynus

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In Orthodox Christian countries, individuals traditionally celebrate their nameday instead of their birthday. Since Orthodox Christians are usually named after a saint or feast day of the Church, all those having the same name celebrate together on that saint's feast or the particular feast of the Church.All those named after Euphrosynos the Cook celebrate their nameday on September 11.

Zacharias & Elizabeth

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The lives of both Zacharias and Elizabeth were pleasing to God. They submitted to the will of God and obeyed the Word of God.

Alexander, Paul & John, Pats.of Const.

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Saint Alexander was sent to the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea as the delegate of Saint Metrophanes, Bishop of Constantinople (see June 4), to whose throne he succeeded in the year 325. When Arius had deceitfully professed allegiance to the Council of Nicaea, Saint Alexander, knowing his guile, refused to receive him into communion; Arius' powerful partisans threatened that they would use force to bring Arius into the communion of the Church the following day.

Basil the Confessor

Saints Prokopios and Basil, fellow ascetics, lived about the middle of the eighth century, during the reign of Leo the Isaurian (717-741), from whom they suffered many things for the sake of the veneration of the holy icons. They ended their lives in the ascetical discipline.

Name day of Kyra, Kyratsa, Kyratso, Kyratsoula, Kyratsouda, Mariana

Source: www.goarch.org