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    Photina

    Birth: unknown

    Death: unknown

    Alternate First Name: Svetlana

    Nickname: The Samaritan Woman

Biography

Mentioned in WHS travel letter 1833-06-24

WHS in writing about paintings writes:

"One of the finest, one too which I looked upon without a feeling of revolting at the freedom of the painter is that of Christ and the Samaritan women at the well" 

Refers to "The Holy Martyr Photina (Svetlana) the Samaritan Woman" - The Samaritan Woman was martyred by the Emperor Nero for practicing Christianity

Letter References

Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, June 24, 1833

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Mentioned in WHS travel letter 1833-06-24 WHS in writing about paintings writes: "One of the finest, one too which I looked upon without a feeling of revolting at the freedom of the painter is that of Christ and the Samaritan women at the well" Refers to "The Holy Martyr Photina (Svetlana) the Samaritan Woman" - The Samaritan Woman was martyred by the Emperor Nero for practicing Christianity
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https://oca.org/saints/lives/2020/03/20/100846-martyr-photina-svetlana-the-samaritan-woman-and-her-sons
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Orthodox Church in America
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