PolishOrigins(TM) Forum

Anna's name day

rickborek — Thu Aug 14, 2014 7:15 pm

Author: rickborek

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 7:15 pm

I was lucky enough to be in Poland this summer with Zenon for 3 wonderful days. He found and introduced me to my cousin Anna. We had a wonderful first visit with Zenon translating on July 7th. We were lucky enough to be invited back to Anna's home 3 more times. The last visit was on July 26th, Anna's Name Day. We had a wonderful celebration. and were presented with more wonderful food and drink than I could every imagine eating.

Re: NameDay

dnowicki — Fri Jul 26, 2013 7:05 pm

Author: dnowicki

Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 7:05 pm

According to Catholic tradition St. Anne/sw. Anna was the grandmother of Jesus and her Feast Day is celebrated on July 26. Among other things she is the patron of unmarried women, of married women, of women in labor, and grandmothers. In Poland the Confraternity of St. Anne existed in the late 1500s and still exists today. I recently became interested in researching that Confraternity when I found an entry in the Marriage Register of the Parish of Przedecz. The entry contains the words in Polish which a new member repeated and the words in Latin by which the priest received the new member/members into the Confraternity. Other pages of the entry list the members of the parish who were enrolled in the Confraternity. A number of times the enrollment ceremony took place on the Feast of St. Anne, but what was of particular interest to me was that one of my sixth great grandfathers, Jozef Lichmaniak/Lichmana became a member on May 24, 1741. It is not often that one can learn something about a long deceased ancestor other than dates, spouse, children, occupation, etc. But in that entry were actual words spoken by him.

Happy Name Day to all Annas/Annes. Your patroness provided information about an ancestor from long ago.

Dave

Anna name day!

Agnieszka Pawlus — Fri Jul 26, 2013 2:35 pm

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 2:35 pm

Today is the day of Anna, the most popular Polish female name. We wish all the best to all Annas!

[/img]

Re: NameDay

Henryk — Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:29 pm

Author: Henryk

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:29 pm

Thank you, Zenon. I also looked on http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_(imi%C4%99) which showed 11 days, a lot more than on the name day kalendarz that I have. When I checked 10 June, the name day closest to my birthday, on http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_czerwca I found I share the day with 21 names: Amancjusz, Amata, Apollo, Asteriusz, Aureliusz, Bogumił, Bogumiła, Cecylia, Diana, Edgar, Henryk, Ingolf, Jan, Maksym, Małgorzata, Mauryn, Onufry, Tymoteusz, Wiktorian, Wiktoriana i Wiktorianna.

Re: NameDay

violin75 — Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:11 pm

Author: violin75

Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:11 pm

Thanks Zenon!

Re: NameDay

Zenon — Tue Jun 28, 2011 5:08 am

Author: Zenon

Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 5:08 am

Henryk wrote:

There are a number of Henryk name days too. How do you pick which name day to celebrate?

Usually it is the name-day which is closest to ones birthday.

violin75 wrote:

(...)they used my middle name Alexandria, maybe that will be there

Name-day of Aleksandra in Polish calendar is on May 18th: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imieniny and Brandon (or Brendan) can celebrate his name-day two days before, on May 16th: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan .

Re: NameDay

violin75 — Sun Jun 26, 2011 12:12 pm

Author: violin75

Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 12:12 pm

Awww, you are so welcome! I dont know what the equivalent name to Brandy is but I would like to know that. I do know when I was baptised the Priest wouldnt baptise me with my first name because it is also a name of an alcohol, so they used my middle name Alexandria, maybe that will be there.

I know Brandy is a female form of Brandon.

Re: NameDay

Henryk — Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:26 pm

Author: Henryk

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:26 pm

There are a number of Henryk name days too. How do you pick which name day to celebrate?

Re: NameDay

Zenon — Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:16 pm

Author: Zenon

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:16 pm

Thank you very much Brandy

When I talk with my Polish - American guests most of them is not aware of our Polish tradition of Name Day so I am very nicely surprised of your wishes What's more, there are a few more Zenon name days in calendar, for example on February 14 or December 22, but I am celebrating it exactly today .

But I haven't found "Brandy" in my Polish calendar. Do you know if there is a Polish equivalent of your given name Or when in your calendar is your name day

BTW, today June 23, we celebrate Father's Day in Poland. Don't forget to make wishes to your Polish dads

NameDay

violin75 — Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:11 pm

Author: violin75

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:11 pm

Zenon:

Happy NameDay!

* I was looking at the NameDay calendar and I realized that today is your name day, so I wanted to send you wonderful wishes!

Many Blessings,
Brandy