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Ellen

I will get money in the mail to you I hope this week for the icons. I just love them so much and venerate with all my heart. They enrich my life at home and when I go to the church. They are there for me and others if they want to turn to them.

Henry UK

The icon of St Empress Helena arrived today. Thank you for another beautiful icon and a very prompt delivery.

Robert, CA

The relics arrived last Friday- thank you! I am pleased with the careful packaging and the careful documentation of these relics!

Sonita, CA

I received my relic today (St. Joseph,St Peter etc) Thank you. I really like it. Till next time order.?

Fr. Norbert, CA

Bl. Francis Page arrived safe and sound - thanks be to God. He was so well packed!! Thank you for that!

Икона - Святая Параскева Иконийская (Пятница)

Russian Icon - Saint Paraskevi of Iconium (Friday)

Saint Paraskevi of Iconium (also known as Paraskeva Pyatnitsa) is venerated as a Christian virgin martyr. Her parents were Christian, and Paraskevi was named as such (the name means “Friday” in Greek) because she was baptized on a Friday and because Friday was the day of Christ's Passion. She became a preacher and, according to tradition, converted Emperor Antoninus Pius to Christianity but, was subsequently martyred at Iconium during the persecutions of Diocletian. Saint Paraskevi-Pyatnitsa developed a personality and functions of her own on Russian soil. She is traditionally depicted as an ascetic figure wearing the red of martyrdom. She holds an Eastern cross in one hand and a scroll professing her faith in another. In Russia, Paraskeva-Pyatnitsa is the patroness of traders and fairs and of the Holy Matrimony.