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The Samaritan woman at the well is a figure from the Gospel of John. ... Eastern Orthodox icon of Saint Photine meeting Christ. The woman appears in NRSV:
She is venerated by the Eastern Orthodox as Holy Monastic Martyress Eudocia, "Venerable Martyr Eudocia", [2] Martyr Eudokia of Heliopolis, [3] Righteous Martyr Mudocia the Samaritan, [4] Our Holy Mother, the Martyr Eudocia, [5] or combinations between them.
The Sunday of the Samaritan Woman [6] is the Fifth Sunday of Pascha, commemorating the Woman by the well, (traditionally known as Photina in Greek or Svetlana in Russian), as recounted in the Gospel reading for the day, John 4:5-42.
Photine, the Samaritan woman at the well (1st century) Thecla (1st century) Apphia (1st century) [2] Abercius of Hieropolis (2nd century) Gregory Thaumaturgus (c. 213 - 270), student of Origen, [3] and ranked as equal to the Apostles by Basil in “On Holy Spirit”, Chapter 29 [4]
In the Russian Orthodox Church Svetlana is used as a Russian translation of Photina (derived from phos (Greek: φως, "light")), a name sometimes ascribed to the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well (the Bible, John 4).
Jacob's Well, 1912 The Greek Orthodox St. Photini Church at Bir Ya'qub in 2008 The dome of St. Photini Church at Bir Ya'qub (2008). Jacob's Well, [a] also known as Jacob's Fountain or the Well of Sychar, is a Christian holy site located in Balata village, a suburb of the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank.
In the tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church, the name of the woman at the well when she met Jesus is unknown, but she became a follower of Christ, received the name Photini in baptism, proclaimed the Gospel over a wide area, and was later martyred. She is recognized as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Orthodox icon of Photina, the Samaritan woman, meeting Jesus by the well. The in-depth account about Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well is highly significant for understanding Jesus in several relationships: Samaritans, women, and sinners. By talking openly with this woman, Jesus crossed a number of barriers which normally would have ...