Martyr
Irene of Thessalonica
Martyr of Thessalonica
Martyr of Thessalonica from the time of the Diocletian persecution, remembered with her sisters Agape and Chione.
Life
Saint Irene of Thessalonica, Martyr, suffered in the time of Diocletian's persecution, together with her sisters Agape and Chione. She is remembered on 5 May.
The three sisters were from Thessalonica and, according to tradition, were brought before the authorities for their Christian faith in the year 304, during the great persecution. They confessed Christ with courage and received the crown of martyrdom. The Church remembers them together, as maidens steadfast in the faith.
Commemorated the same day May 5
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- Matrona of HureziVenerable · Abbess of Hurezi MonasteryMay 5
- Gideon of SerpukhovVenerable · MonkMay 5
- Euthymius of MadytosSaint · Bishop of MadytosMay 5
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