Martyrs Inna Pinna and Rimma
1st-2nd century
Disciples of the Apostle Andrew who preached Christ among the peoples of Scythia by the Danube, and were bound to stakes in the frozen river and so gave up their lives for the faith.
The Holy Martyrs Inna, Pinna and Rimma
Life
Inna, Pinna, and Rimma were martyrs of the first or second century, remembered as disciples of the holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called. They are commemorated on January 20, with a second feast on June 20 marking the transfer of their relics.
By the accounts they came from Scythia Minor, near the mouth of the Danube. The Apostle Andrew baptized them and ordained them priests, and they assisted him in bringing many of the idol-worshippers who had settled around the Danube, near Varna, to faith in Christ.
For their preaching they were seized and condemned. By the tradition they were bound to stakes set up in the frozen waters of the river, and so they gave up their lives for the faith. Their relics were later transferred, a translation kept on June 20.
Named group commemorated as one. Jun 20 commemorates the transfer of their relics to Alushta.