Irene: Name Day
Orthros keeps the name day for Irene 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 ›Other saints named Irene
St Irene of ChrysovalantouJuly 28
St Irene the EmpressAugust 13
Questions
- When is the name day for Irene?
- Orthros keeps the name day for Irene on May 5 on the New Calendar and May 18 on the Old Calendar.
- Which saint's feast is the name day for Irene?
- It is the feast of St Irene of Thessalonica.