St. Paraskeva of Iasi
St. Paraskeva the New was born in the eleventh century in Epivates on the Sea of Marmara, near Constantinople, and from childhood gave herself to prayer, almsgiving, and asceticism, spending years as a hermitess in the wilderness beyond the Jordan.
Commanded by an angel to return home, she reposed in Epivates at about the age of twenty-seven, and her incorrupt relics were later found working healings and fragrant with grace. After passing through Tarnovo, Belgrade, and Constantinople, her relics were brought in 1641 to Iasi, where they rest today in the Metropolitan Cathedral, making her the beloved patroness of Moldavia and one of the most venerated saints of Romania. She is distinct from the earlier St. Paraskevi of Rome, the second-century virgin martyr.
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Troparion · Tone 2
You loved the solitary and hesychastic life, and then, with diligence, you hastened after Christ, your Bridegroom, and took up His easy yoke in your youth. Armed with the Sign of the Cross, you contended courageously against noetic enemies; through fasting, prayer, and by shedding tears, you extinguished the embers of the passions, O glorious Paraskeva. Now, standing in the heavenly Bridal Chamber of Christ, together with the wise virgins, intercede for us who honor your holy memory.
Kontakion · Tone 6
Devoutly let us all praise the most honorable Paraskeva, a holy intercessor for the afflicted; for she left this perishable life behind and received eternal incorruption. Therefore, she has been given the grace of working miracles, by the command of God.
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