THE Church today, 05 Mayhonors her memory Saint Irene of the Great Martyr.
Saint Irenewhose original name was Penelopewas born in the gate of Madedlon in Persia and her parents were the prefect Likinios and the noble Likinia.
At a very young age she began her grammar education with one of the wisest teachers of her time, Apellianos, who taught Penelope wisdom from the door, while the Christian faith was taught to her by a Christian servant of her father.
When the catechism ended was baptized a Christian and received the name Peace.
When Licinius learned that his daughter had become a Christian ordered her tied to the legs of a wild horse to be killed.
But miraculously the horse turned against him and killed him.
The attendees were very confused, but the saint reassured them and after praying fervently, her father was resurrected.
Immediately all Christians were baptized. Then Saint Irene traveled to several places where she taught the word of God and performed many miracles.
In the end Saint Irene retired to a deserted place outside Ephesus where she lived with prayer and practice.
In her Synaxari it is mentioned that in Ephesus Saint Irene found one larnacain which no one had been buried until then, entered it and slept peacefully.
Before her sleep, Agia Irini had ordered that no one move the tombstone, with which her teacher Apellianos would cover the shrine, before four days had passed. However, after two days, Apellianos and the others visited the tomb, who saw that the tombstone was raised and the shrine was empty.
According to the western Martyrology, Agia Irini martyred in Thessaloniki, after being thrown into the fire, while according to the Monthly of the emperor Basil II, Agia Irini was martyred by beheading.
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Εἰρήνης τὸν ἄρχοντα, ἰχνηλατοῦσα σεμνή, εἰρήνης ἐπώνυμος, δι ‘ἐπιπνοίας Θεοῦ, ἐδείχθης πανεύφημε, σὺ γὰρ τοῦ πολέμου, τᾶς ἐνέδρας φυγοῦσα, ἤθλησας ὑπὲρ φύσιν, ὡς παρθένος Μείς
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