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Greece Traditions: St. Konstantine's Day

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21 May Aghios Konstandinos (St. Constantine)

This feast day honors both Aghios Konstandinos and his mother Aghia Eleni (St. Helen) who were the first pro-Orthodox Byzantine rulers. These names are among the most common Greek Christian names, the masculine one, Konstandinos (Kostas, the familiar form) having a rarer female correlate, Konstandina (Dina, the familiar form).

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