Martyr
Irene
A woman martyr of the Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
Life
Holy Martyr Irene is commemorated on 17 August (4 August, old style), according to the Handbook for Clergy of 1979, published by the Moscow Patriarchate. She is not included in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The source of these facts gives no other data about her. It says nothing about the place, the time or the manner of her suffering.
Commemorated the same day August 4
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