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Thread #68307   Message #1153934
Posted By: GUEST,Mark Keriotis
04-Apr-04 - 01:20 AM
Thread Name: folklore: Greek Orthodox Icons
Subject: RE: folklore: Greek Orthodox Icons
Uncle Jaque
according to the incriptions the saints are named Petka and Nedelya.
they're both woman (sorry El Greko! not a bad guess)
I never heard of those names before so I guess they are both local Bulgarian/Macedonian saints. Maybe someone else here knows more about them. I believe Nedela is the old slavic word for Sunday, so its possible her name was translated, if so, Greeks would know her as St. Kyriaki or Dominica in Latin.

Mark K