Commemorated on May 5
Troparion & Kontakion
Troparion — Tone 1
(Podoben: “When the stone had been sealed…”)
Christ called you Irene; for you grant peace to those who celebrate your memory, / hastening to your holy temple with hymns and spiritual songs, / for you intercede for all before the Three-Sunned Divinity, / Let everyone celebrate her memory joyously, glorifying Christ, Who glorified her.
Kontakion — Tone 3
(Podoben: “Today the Virgin…”)
Adorned with the beauty of virginity, / you became most beautiful in your brave contest, O Irene; / you were tinged with red by the blood which you shed, / and you overturned the ungodly error; / therefore, you received the prize of victory from the hand of your Creator.