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Photine of Samaria

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(John 4:1-42) "Photine" was the Samaritan woman who encountered Christ at Jacob's well. She repented after a very gentle and wise conversation with Christ and went and told her townspeople that she had met the Christ. For this, she is sometimes claimed as the first to proclaim the Gospel of Christ.
She converted her five sisters (St Anatole, St Photo, St Photis, St Paraskeve and St Kyriake) and her two sons (St Photinos, formerly known as Victor, and St Joses). They all converted and became tireless evangelists for Christ.
When Apostles They travelled to Carthage in Rome after the Apostle Paul and Peter and Paul had both martyred to proclaim the Gospel there.
In Rome66CE, under the persecutions of Emperor Nero [tba], she received they all met the crown of martyrdom , along with her two sons (the Duke St Photinos and St Joses)Sebastianos, their the close friend (of St Sebastianos, Duke) and her five sisters (St Anatole, St Photo, St Photis, St Paraskeve and St Kyriake)Photinos.
They are all celebrated in the Orthodox Church February 26. St Photine is also commemorated on the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman during the Paschal season.
There is some literature to suggest that St Photine had six sons.
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