On March 20, name day celebrates 3 bright names

On March 20, name day celebrates 3 bright names

Name day celebrates Svetla, Svetlozara, Svetlozara

On March 20, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of the Holy Martyr Photina.

St. Photina is the same Samaritan woman who, according to the Gospel, spoke with Christ at Jacob’s well. At that time, the Samaritans lived north of Judea in the Palestinian strip from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River. The Samaritans were not Israelites, but a mixture of Assyrian settlers and the small Israeli population they found. They recognized only the Pentateuch of Moses, without the rest of the Old Testament. But since the Assyrians were idolaters, the Samaritans also greatly perverted the faith. That is why their enmity with the Jews, who zealously tried to preserve the purity of their faith, was great. Name day celebrates today Svetla, Svetlozara, Svetlozara