Many countries in Europe and Latin America follow the custom of celebrating a day of the year with their own name. These names have to do with Christian saints, both Catholic and of the Greek Orthodox Church, when someone is baptized with the name of a saint and then the saint's day or the person called José is greeted on Saint Joseph's Day, for example. The properly Christian bond in some places has been lost as the younger generations are no longer practicing.
In the case of Greece and Cyprus the name day it is celebrated as much as the day of the birthday although without cake. In Greek families, names appear in the same family for entire generations as children are usually baptized with the name of their grandparents or parents and long ago the custom was to baptize people according to the day they were born, which always corresponded with the day of a Christian saint or martyr. If, on the other hand, the person does not have a name of Christian but pagan heritage, it does not have a special day and only celebrates All Saints' Day.
On the day of the saint, the family opens the doors of their house or the protagonist decides to celebrate with his own select guests in a restaurant, a bar, etc. Food and drinks are served and guests are expected to bring gifts, presents, flowers, cards. Family members, if the protagonist is a child, can also hand over money.