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Paraskeva of the Balkans [a] was an ascetic female saint of the 11th century. She was born in Epivates, near present-day Istanbul, and had visions of the Virgin Mary.After living in Chalcedon and Heraclea Pontica, she settled in a convent in the desert near the Jordan River.
Paraskevi was born in a village near Rome, likely during the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian (117-138 AD). Her parents, Agathon and Politia, were Christians of Greek origin, [1] and had prayed for many years to have a child.
Variations of the name include Petka, Paraskeva, Praskovia, Praskovie, Pyatnitsa, Pyetka, Paraskevoula, Paraschiva Voula, Vivi and Evi. Saints with the name (or variants) include: Paraskevi of Rome , or Parasceva in Latin, 2nd-century martyr, feast day: July 26
Saint Paraskeva Church, Kozyna, Ternopil Oblast; Saint Paraskeva Church, Krohulets; St. Paraskeva Church, Lviv; Saint Paraskeva Church, Velykyi Kliuchiv; Saint Paraskevi of Serbia (1820), wooden church with a belfry in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine
Saint Paraskevi of Iconium (also known as Paraskeva Pyatnitsa) is venerated as a Christian virgin martyr. According to Christian tradition, she was born to a rich family of Iconium . Her parents were Christian, and Paraskevi was named as such (the name means "Friday" in Greek ) because she was baptized on a Friday, the day of Christ's Passion .
The St. Paraskeva Church (Greek: Ιερός Ναός Αγίας Παρασκευής) is a Greek Orthodox church in the town of Giannitsa, in northern Greece, dedicated to Saint Paraskeva of the Balkans, and belonging to the archdiocese of Edessa, Pella and Almopia [].
Wooden sculpture of St. Paraskeva. Late seventeenth - early eighteenth century Icon "Paraskeva Pyatnitsa" in a riza.The Urals, circa 1800. In the folk Christianity of Slavic Eastern Orthodox Christians, Paraskeva Friday is a mythologized image based on a personification of Friday as the day of the week and the cult of saints Paraskeva of Iconium, called Friday and Paraskeva of the Balkans. [1]
Saint Paraskeva Church (Ukrainian: Церква святої великомучениці Параскеви) is a Greek Catholic parish church in Kozyna of the Hrymailiv settlement hromada of the Chortkiv Raion of the Ternopil Oblast, the church and bell tower are an architectural monument of national importance.