When is Irenaeus’s name day?

Irenaeus can be celebrated on 2 feasts in the Orthodox calendar. People keep the feast of the saint they were named for, or the one their family has always kept.

Every feast on which Irenaeus is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Irenaeus, Irene and Peregrinus of Thessalonica

  May 5, Martyr, Ειρηναίος, Ειρήνη και Περεγρίνος

  Irenaeus, Irene and Peregrinus were Christians of Thessalonica who were put to death for their faith, according to the synaxarion by fire. They are honored together on the same day as the Great Martyr Irene.

  Name days: Irenaios, Irenaeus, Eirinaios

• Irenaeus of Lyons

  August 23, Hierarch, Ειρηναίος Λουγδούνου

  Saint Irenaeus was born in Smyrna and heard Saint Polycarp in his youth. He became bishop of Lyons in Gaul, where he wrote his great work Against Heresies in defence of the apostolic faith and worked for peace between the churches.

  Name days: Irinaios, Irenaeus, Irineos, Ireneos

Also celebrating with Irenaeus

These names share the feast, many of them other forms of the same name:

Irenaios, Eirinaios, Irinaios, Irineos, Ireneos

What to say on a name day

The Greek wish is Χρόνια Πολλά (Chronia Polla), “many years.” A call or a short message on the day is what people remember. See name day wishes you can send and what a name day is.