Irinej is the Slavic form of the name
Irenaeus
Irenaeus (; grc-gre, Εἰρηναῖος ''Eirēnaios''; c. 130 – c. 202 AD) was a Greek bishop noted for his role in guiding and expanding Christian communities in the southern regions of present-day France and, more widely, for the dev ...
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People bearing this name include:
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Irinej, Serbian Patriarch
Irinej ( sr-cyr, Иринеј, , en, Irenaeus; born Miroslav Gavrilović; 28 August 193020 November 2020) was the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 2010 until his death in 2020. He had first been the bishop of Niš between 1975 and 2010, ...
(1930–2020), the 45th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (2010–2020).
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Irinej Bulović
Irinej Bulović (born Mirko Bulović; 11 February 1947) is a Serbian Orthodox cleric and the current Bishop of Bačka. He serves as а professor of the New Testament exegesis and Greek language on the Faculty of Theology of the University of Be ...
(born 1947), a Serbian Eastern Orthodox cleric who served as Bishop of Bačka
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Irinej Dobrijević
Irinej Dobrijević ( sr-cyr, Иринеј Добријевић, en, Irenaeus Dobrijević; born 6 February 1955) is the Serbian Orthodox Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America, Bishop of Eastern America since 2016. He is the head of the Serbi ...
(born 1955), a Serbian Eastern Orthodox cleric who served as Bishop of the Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand
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