The Holy Martyrs Inna, Pinna and Rimma
Commemorated on June 20, January 20
The Holy Martyrs
Inna, Pinna and Rimma: The Transfer of the Relics to Alushta was during the
I-II Centuries.
The Holy Martyrs
Inna, Pinna and Rimma, – Slavs by birth from northern Skythia, – they
were disciples of the holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called. They taught about
the Name of Christ and they baptised many barbarians converted to the true
faith. For this there were seized by the local prince, but they would not
recant from Christ nor would they offer sacrifice to idols. A fierce winter
then prevailed; the rivers were so solid with frost, that on the ice there
travelled not only people, but also horses with carts. The prince gave orders
to put large timbers on the ice and bind the saints to them, gradually lowering
them into the freezing water. When the ice reached the necks of the saints
they, worn out by the terrible cold, offered to the Lord their blessed souls.
© 1996-2001 by translator Fr. S. Janos.
