Eirini: Name Day
Orthros keeps the name day for Eirini on May 5 on the New Calendar and May 18 on the Old Calendar: the feast of St Irene of Thessalonica.
The saint
St Irene of ThessalonicaShe was born Penelope, daughter of a ruler named Licinius. Her father, fearing what her beauty would bring, shut her in a high tower when she was six years old and gave her thirteen companions and an old tutor named Apellian.Read the life ›Questions
- When is the name day for Eirini?
- Orthros keeps the name day for Eirini on May 5 on the New Calendar and May 18 on the Old Calendar.
- Which saint's feast is the name day for Eirini?
- It is the feast of St Irene of Thessalonica.