Irinej is the Slavic form of the name
Irenaeus
Irenaeus ( or ; ; ) was a Greeks, Greek bishop noted for his role in guiding and expanding Christianity, Christian communities in the southern regions of present-day France and, more widely, for the development of Christian theology by oppos ...
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People bearing this name include:
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Irinej, Serbian Patriarch
Irinej ( sr-Cyrl, Иринеј, , ; 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, and then t ...
(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 who was elected Bishop of Bačka in 1990. He serves as а professor of the New Testament exegesis and Greek language on the Faculty of Theology of the Universi ...
(born 1947), a Serbian Eastern Orthodox cleric who served as Bishop of Bačka
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Irinej Dobrijević (born 1955), a Serbian Eastern Orthodox cleric who served as Bishop of the Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand
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