Today (new calendar) is my Patron Saint's Day...

St. Irene of Chrysovalantou

She came just 10 days before my chrismation;

she was in my church bulletin;

my Godmother to be was asking me pretty regularly,

who I had chosen;

then St. Irene came, I read her story and that was that.

(My name's Saint is St. Elizabeth the Mother of the Forerunner

but that did not come till later).

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The church I go to in Ottawa is on the old calendar but

the church I was chrismated in is on the new calendar

so I still think of today as The Day of St. Irene :)

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May St. Irene of Chrysovalantou pray to God for us!