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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 932551, member: 5833&quot;]Based on what&#039;s written on it, think this is the beginning of the correct path to an ID:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Paraskevi" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Paraskevi" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Paraskevi</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Word to left of figure is saint, cognate to Hagia, as in Hagia Sophia.&nbsp; I looked at a bunch of Cyrillic alphabets.&nbsp; Ukranian seemed to come closest, but there are those little diacritical marks that don&#039;t seem to belong to anyone.</p><p><br /></p><p>A number of churches &amp; villages with the name.&nbsp; This is the saint:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraskevi_of_Rome" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraskevi_of_Rome" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraskevi_of_Rome</a></p><p><br /></p><p>She went through a lot before the end:</p><p><br /></p><p>According to a traditional story, the emperor attempted to force the saint to denounce her faith, and even offered to marry her. Paraskevi refused, and was tortured by having a steel helmet lined with nails placed on her head. Paraskevi endured this torture and her endurance caused many to convert to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" rel="nofollow">Christianity</a>. Paraskevi was imprisoned and tortured. She was also immersed into a large kettle of oil and tar, but she emerged unscathed. When she was accused of using magic, Paraskevi responded by throwing the liquid into the emperor&#039;s face. He was blinded, and asked for her help. Antoninus Pius regained his sight and set Paraskevi free.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraskevi_of_Rome#cite_note-oca-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraskevi_of_Rome#cite_note-oca-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>However, after the death of Antoninus Pius, the laws changed once again under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius" rel="nofollow">Marcus Aurelius</a>, and Paraskevi was imprisoned. She was captured in a city governed by a man named Asclepius, who threw her into a pit with a large snake. The saint made a sign of the cross and the snake was cloven in half.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraskevi_of_Rome#cite_note-patron-7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraskevi_of_Rome#cite_note-patron-7" rel="nofollow">[7]</a> She continued to travel from city to city preaching the Faith.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eventually, Paraskevi was arrested by an official named Taracius (Tarasios), who had her beheaded[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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