PARASKEVI

'Paraskevi' ("(Good) Friday" in Greek) is a female name.
We find many glorified saints by this name ('Aghia Paraskevi' or 'Saint Paraskeva / Paraskevi'),(Greek: Αγία Παρασκευή), (Bulgarian: Света Петка Параскева).
Among them:

★ A second-century martyr of Rome, especially venerated among the Greeks. The Athens suburb of Agia Paraskevi is named after her. She is considered to be a healer of the blind, because of the miracle she performed in restoring the sight of Antonius Pius, who tortured her. Then Antonius Pius, humbled by the miracle, freed the Saint and ended all persecutions against the Christians throughout the Roman Empire. Her feast day is July 26.

★ The sister of St. Photina the Samaritan Woman. She was martyred when Nero was the Roman emperor.

★ A third-century martyr from Iconium, a favorite of Russians, who consider her the patron saint of traders and guardian of family happiness. Her feast day is October 28.

★ An eleventh-century ascetic. She was born in the town of Epibata on the shore of the Sea of Marmara, near the imperial city of Constantinople. She became an ascetic and lived in the wilderness many years, returning to Epibata two years before her death. She is beloved particularly in the Balkans. Her incorrupt relics were placed in the church of the Three Holy Hierarchs and later on the Metropolitan Cathedral of Iaşi, Romania and her feast day is October 14. Alternate forms of her name include:

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★ Petka Paraskeva

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★ Petca Parasceva the New of Bulgaria

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★ Paraskeva the Younger

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★ Paraskeva Pyatnitsa
They are recognized by the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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★ Saint Paraskevi, Paloumba, one of many churches dedicated to her.

★ Theotokos of St. Theodore, a miraculous icon representing St. Paraskevas

External links

★ Lives of Martyr Parasceva and St. Petka-Paraskeva of Serbia - as told by "Orthodox America", published by the Nikodemos Orthodox Publication Society.

★ History of Saint Paraskevi - as told by the Greek Orthodox Diocese of Australia.

★ History of Saint Paraskeva - as told by the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America

★ A chapel dedicated to the saint in a place where votive offerings have been made since Minoan times, four thousand years ago

★ Life of Saint Paraskeva in Orthodoxy

★ October 28 Feasts - Orthodox Wiki

★ History and patronage of Petca Parasceva