Fr. Prokopy stood before his grave, prayed, bid farewell to his parishioners, bowed to the ground to them and said, “Forgive me, a sinner.”
Ripsimia, who had Christ as her heavenly Bridegroom, did not want to marry anyone else. Therefore, the nuns decided to take refuge in Armenia.
Reader Vladimir Krassovsky
This account was written at the time of the uncovering by a spiritual son of St. John.
Maria Tobolova
His family was displeased that their son chose the “lowborn” Eudoxia, but Mikhail remained adamant.
Though St. Paraskeva is loved throughout the Balkans, and her relics have had many homes, they have been venerated in Iași since 1641, working countless miracles to this day.