Petka prepodobna - Petka mučenica
Saint Petka the Hosia - Saint Petka the Martyr

Summary/Abstract: The cult of the holy recluse Paraskeve (Petka) of Epibatai (October 14th) was translated to medieval Serbia by the middle of the XIII century at the latest, as attested by the oldest Serbian transcription of her service (Archive of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts no. 361). However, there are two other martyrs of the same name — Paraskeve of Rome (July 26th) of Paraskeve of Ikonium (October 28th). The three holy women of the same name undeniably caused a confusion which has also been reflected in a number of Serbian manuscripts. This text deals with two Serbian copies of the service from manuscript no. 516 from the National Library of Sofia (end of XIII — begining of XIV century; November 8th) and manuscript no. 34 from the collection of the monastery of Decani (end of XIV - begining of XV century)...

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