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Martyr

Irene

A woman martyr of the Church, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.

Feast
December 30old style January 12
Era
unknown
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Irene is commemorated together with the martyr Theodosia on 30 December, that is 12 January (new style), in the Handbook for Clergy published by the Moscow Patriarchate in 1978. They are 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 of the place, time or manner of her suffering.

Commemorated the same day December 30