Patron saint's day or your birthday?

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Which one is more important to you - your patron saint’s day or your birthday? By importance, I mean celebrating your birthday or celebrating your patron saint’s day instead of your birthday.Do you celebrate birthdays at all, or are patron saint’s days more important to you?

In the Orthodox Church the celebration of Name days is considered much better than celebrating birthdays. The reason behind this is that celebrating the Saint you are named after is Christocentric, whereas celebrating your birthday is egocentric. Guess which is of greater spiritual benefit