Parasceva: Name Day
Orthros keeps the name day for Parasceva on October 14 on the New Calendar and October 27 on the Old Calendar: the feast of St Parasceva of Serbia.
The saint
St Parasceva of SerbiaThis Paraskeva, distinct from the earlier Roman martyr of the same name venerated in July, lived in the eleventh century in the village of Epivates, on the shore of the Sea of Marmara between Constantinople and Silistra, born to a family of some means whose older son, Euthymius, would himself become a monk and later bishop of Madytos.Read the life ›Questions
- When is the name day for Parasceva?
- Orthros keeps the name day for Parasceva on October 14 on the New Calendar and October 27 on the Old Calendar.
- Which saint's feast is the name day for Parasceva?
- It is the feast of St Parasceva of Serbia.