Martyr
Martyrs Innas, Pinnas and Rimmas
I в. (по преданию); по мнению исследователей — ок. сер. IV в.
Also known as: Инна, Пинна и Римма Готские, Инна, Пинна и Римма Новодунские, Мч. Инна, Мч. Пинна, Мч. Римма
Preachers from a 'northern barbarian land', by tradition disciples of the Apostle Andrew. Refusing to worship idols, they were tied to stakes in a frozen river and died of cold.
According to tradition, the martyrs Innas, Pinnas and Rimmas came from Lesser Scythia, near the mouth of the Danube, and were disciples of the Apostle Andrew. They converted and baptised many pagans. The barbarian ruler tried to make them worship idols; when they refused, in a harsh winter he had stakes driven into a frozen river and the martyrs tied to them. As the stakes sank into the ice and the water reached their necks, they gave up their souls to God. Seven years later Bishop Goddas translated their relics to the port of Aliskos.
The original account is lost; only a short 11th-century epitome and synaxarion notices survive. The Orthodox Encyclopedia regards the link with St Andrew as an anachronism and dates the martyrdom to around the mid-4th century, during the persecution of Christians among the Goths. The Russian Church keeps two feasts: 20 January (2 February, new style) and 20 June (3 July), the latter originally the day of the translation of relics.