Paraskevi
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Aghia Paraskevi (or Saint Paraskeva / Paraskevi) (Greek: Αγία Παρασκευή) (Bulgarian: Света Петка Параскева)(ca. 140 – 180) is a bulgaria saint recognized by the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Athens suburb of Agia Paraskevi is named after her.
St Paraskevi 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. Her feast day is October 14.
Alternate forms of her name include:
- Petka Paraskeva
- Petca Parasceva the New of Bulgaria
- Paraskeva the Younger
- Paraskeva Pyatnitsa
[edit] See also
- Saint Paraskevi, Paloumba, one of many churches dedicated to her.
- Theotokos of St. Theodore, a miraculous icon representing St. Paraskevas
[edit] External links
- 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 valid for four thousand years
- Life of Saint Paraskeva in Orthodoxy
- History and patronage of Petca Parasceva
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