Almost 40,000 people celebrate their name on the feast of Saint Pious Paraschevatranslated

Almost 40,000 people celebrate their name day on Wednesday, on the feast of Saint Pious Parascheva from Iași.

According to the data provided by the General Directorate for the Registration of Persons, it is about 3,210 men and 36,312 women.

The most common male first names derived from the name of Saint Pious Parascheva are: Paraschiv (2,902); Chivu (203) and Petcu (88).

Of the women celebrating their name day on Wednesday, 31,183 are called Paraschiva, 2,632 Parascheva and 1,038 Parasca.

Saint Pious Parascheva He was born in the village of Epivata in Thrace, not far from Constantinople, and lived in the first half of the 11th century.

At the age of 15, after the passing of her pious mother to the Lord, as one who had the desire to withdraw from the world and live in solitude, close to the Lord, the Saint understood that, for her, the time had come to leave everything and follow the Savior.

She toiled for a while in a nunnery in the desert of Jordan, until an angel of the Lord announced her end, commanding her to go back to her native land, where she passed on to the eternal.

In 1235, the relics of the saint were taken by the emperor John Asan II,...