St. Paraskeve (Friday) icon (1) Mounted on wood Sizes:6 X 8

St. Paraskeve (Friday) icon (1) Mounted on wood Sizes:6 X 8Orthodox Icon of the Great Martyr Paraskeve of Rome, Paraskevi, Friday, . Commemorated July 26. Her life by Saint Kosmas Aitolos: Let us say something about the good earth. St. Paraskevi was a twelve year old maiden from a noble house. Left an orphan, she divided up all her possessions among the poor, and with these she purchased Paradise. In place of cosmetics, she wore tears, remembering her sins. In place of earings, she kept her ears open to hear

and to the other desert-dwellers as well

Being sympathetic to Christains he suggested to the nuns that they flee

They had to endure derision and scorn

When she finished praying

whether herself or another of the sisters

Then the denunciations began

He went through Asia Minor

having stabbed him between the temple and the altar (MT 23: 35)

Pantokratoros Monastery Mount Athos Greece

When King Herod heard from the Magi about the birth of the Messiah

since a dangerous rival for Bayazet

with her daughter