
Paraskeva Of The Balkans
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Gender | Female |
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Born | Selimpaşa |
Died | Kallikrateia |
Greece | |
Full name | Parascheva of the Balkans |
Feast | 14 October; 27 October |
Buried | Metropolitan Cathedral Iasi, Iași, Romania |
Major shrine | Metropolitan Cathedral of Iaşi |
Romania | |
Church of St Paraskeva | |
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Metropolitan Cathedral | |
Iaşi | |
Siblings | Agios Efthimios Maditou |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 3231809 |
Paraskeva Of The Balkans Life story
Saint Paraskeva of the Balkans was an ascetic female saint of the 10th 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, where she died at the age of 27.