Great Martyr Photini the Samaritan Woman, Equal-to-the-Apostles, who spoke with Christ at the well.
St. Photini is the Samaritan woman of the Gospel of John who met Christ at Jacob's well and, having received from Him the living water, brought her whole city to believe in Him. After Pentecost she preached the Gospel in many lands together with her sons and sisters.
Tradition relates that she was brought before the Emperor Nero in Rome, converted his daughter, and after many tortures was thrown into a well, receiving the crown of martyrdom in the first century.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Photini the Samaritan Woman is commemorated on February 26. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on March 11 (a day earlier in leap years) of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Photis, Fotini, Photini, Foteini, Fotoula, Fay, Svetlana
Also commemorated on February 26
Companions of Photini
Saint, Ανατολή, Φωτώ, Φωτίς, Παρασκευή, Κυριακή, Βίκτωρ και Ιωσής
Sts. Anatole, Photo, Photis, Paraskevi and Kyriaki, sisters of St. Photini, her sons Victor and Joses, and the duke Sebastian.
John Kalfas
Martyr, Ιωάννης ο Κάλφας
New Martyr John Kalfas the cabinetmaker of Galata, who suffered in Constantinople.
Theokletos the Martyr
Martyr, Θεόκλητος
Holy Martyr Theokletos, the former sorcerer who believed through St. Photini.
Name days: Theokletos, Theoklitos
Sebastian of Poshekhonye
Venerable, Σεβαστιανός του Ποσεσόνε
Venerable Sebastian of Poshekhonye, founder of the Transfiguration Monastery.
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