A baptismal name for a girl
Irina
5 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Irina
- Venerable Martyr Irina FrolovaSeptember 17A woman monastic martyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1931.
- Martyr Irina GumenyukA woman martyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1942.
- Venerable Martyr Irina KhvostovaFebruary 13A woman monastic martyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1938.
- Martyr Irina SmirnovaFebruary 22A woman martyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1938.
- Right-Believing Irina Kozhina of KashinA right-believing woman of Kashin, Tver region; canonized by the Russian Church.
Questions
The name day of Irina is September 17, the feast of Venerable Martyr Irina Frolova. It is also kept on February 13, February 22.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 5 saints named Irina, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Irina is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Martyr Irina Frolova as patron.