Overwhelmed with grief, she no longer traveled to share the gospel. It is significant. After witnessing the miracle Saint Sebastians servants were also baptized. 3-25-23 #MarkLowry is on #JustWhenever Now! Number 40 from the book, Surrounded By So Great a Cloud of Witnesses: Women of Faith who Revolutionized History by Dr. Lee Ann B. Marino (Photini Press, 2018). He that shall drink of the water that I will give him, shall not thirst forever." 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Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. Indeed, the whole prison had been transformed into a bright and fragrant place where God was glorified. The courageous Photini spat in the Emperor's face. 14), elevating our thoughts to heaven and heavenly joys, of which it is a pledge. So many of the women in the Bible are known to us only in passing. Martyr Photini the Samaritan Woman, her sons, and those with them She repented after a very gentle and wise conversation with Christ and went and told her townspeople that she had met the Christ. Sebastian, Photinos and Ioss had their legs amputated, and they were thrown to dogs. Again Photini answered. The Saints took pity on the blinded servants, and restored their sight by their prayers to the Lord. The Samaritan Woman: St. Photini - Literature - Resources 22You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! Sebastian replied, Because Christ is calling me. Soon he was baptized, and immediately he regained his sight. Where will we find hope? When the Samaritan woman was baptized on the day of Pentecost she took the name "Photini" which means the enlightened one. Do you think it is symbolic or simply to portray her excitement to go and share the good news of Jesus? A brief biography of Photini, better known as the Woman at the Well, and the essential role she played in early church history. Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East. As further recounted in John 4:2830 and John 4:3942, she was quick to spread the news of her meeting with Jesus, and through this many came to believe in him. Trial or temptation? For all five of those years, she was elected member of WOW's four person International Leadership Circle. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." After this Nero had her brought to him and asked if she would now relent and offer sacrifice to the idols. Nero, and all who serve him, will be vanquished. The Lord said to Victor, From this day forward, your name will be Photinus, because through you, many will be enlightened and will believe in Me. The Lord then told the Christians to strengthen and encourage Sebastian to persevere until the end. Photini, The Samaritan Woman - Hear what the Spirit is saying Galatians 3.28. Scholars differ as to whether the Samaritan references in the New Testament are historical. In 66 AD, under the persecutions of Emperor Nero, they all achieved the crown of martyrdom, along with the Duke St. Sebastianos, the close friend of St. Photinos. Jesus focuses his attention on her as a truth seeker, sees her value and recognizes her intelligence. This page was last edited on February 26, 2016, at 01:01. [4] Photini would have had to re-marry to survive in a culture that did not have a way for women to live independently of a man. The Samaritan woman is played by Vanessa DeSilvio in the multi-season show on the life of Christ, The Chosen. Or a later, imperfect imitation? Soldiers were ordered to bring her to the emperor, but Photini anticipated them. Three years passed, and Nero sent to the prison for one of his servants, who had been locked up. She leaves her water jar at the well, maybe because of excitement, or as some scholars have suggested, maybe to symbolize that she now has the living water and is no longer in need of the wells water. Maundy Thursday Reflections. Harness the passion, but restrain the rhetoric. When the emperor saw them, he asked why they had come. The Russian Church, which also remembers her in the equivalent Russian name Svetlana, has honoured her in this hymn: By the well of Jacob, O holy one,thou didst find the Water of eternal and blessed life;and having partaken thereof, O wise Photina,thou wentest forth proclaiming Christ, the Anointed One. During the torture, the confessors felt no pain, and their hands remained unharmed. After Jesus appeared to Photini in a dream, she sailed to Rome. Saltiness restored: the need for innovation. The last well The ruler, Nero, was successful in murdering Photini's five sisters, two sons, and fellow evangelists. Women were not given the rights to divorce and if Photini had been divorced 5 times, it was likely because she was cast aside, perhaps she couldnt conceive, or there was some other reason she was unwanted by her husbands. An Ordination Celebration. Photini becomes one of the first active Apostles of Jesus. She stands as one of the best patrons for womens ordination. 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Many days later, while she hymned and blessed God, Saint Photini gave her soul into God's hands. [5] Both communities share the Pentateuch, although crucially the Samaritan Pentateuch locates the holy mountain at Mount Gerizim rather than at Mount Zion, as this incident acknowledges at John 4:20. She therefore occupies a place of honour among the apostles. Peter and Paul were martyred, St. Photini and her family left their homeland of Sychar, in Samaria, to travel to Carthage to proclaim the Gospel of Christ there. This page has been accessed 85,723 times. Scholars have historically suggested that Photini was a woman of immoral character, originating from Jesus acknowledgement of her history of five marriages and her living with a man who she is not married to (John 4:17-18). [1] Eastern Orthodox Christians have done her a service that the western church has not, she is given a name, and in the tradition of Orthodox hagiography, (the biographies of saints), the story of her life has been passed down orally over centuries to give us a broader picture of her importance. 4:5-42). The custom of the day involves churches, schools, and businesses giving away fruit drinks to passers-by. 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She converted her five sisters (Sts. At Rome, Emperor Nero ordered the saints to be brought before him, and he asked them whether they truly believed in Christ. Women were considered property, even children were considered at a higher social status than women and if she had no male relatives, continual re-marriage was her only choice.[5]. She was the Samaritan woman who Christ visited at the well asking her for water. When the ropes were cut the trees sprang upright, tearing the martyr apart. In contrasting this story (in the open, in broad daylight) with the previous story of Jesus and his encounter with a Pharisee of Jerusalem (indoors, in the dark of night), I noted that we know the name of the PhariseeNicodemusbut the woman remains anonymous, without a name. John 4:442 relates her conversation with Jesus at Jacob's Well near the city of Sychar. A beautiful story from the Gospel (John 4:4-42) about how God loves the poorest and the most marginalized What does it mean to be Protestant in the Contemporary World? St. Photini and her Almost-Forgotten Apostolic Family St. Photini, The Samaritan Woman. Icons depicting the conversation show the 12 male apostles looking on in dismay and dumbfounded as he stands alone with her in the broad light of day engaging in theological discussion. St Photini, The Samaritan Woman at the Well and her almost forgotten Apostolic family. See https://johntsquires.com/2020/03/10/the-pharisee-of-jerusalem-and-the-woman-of-samaria-john-3-and-4/ Commemorated February 26 St. Photini's Life The New Testament describes the familiar account of the "woman at the well" (John 4:5-42), who was a Samaritan. (Luke 16; Pentecost 15C), Lazarus and the rich man (Luke 16; Pentecost 16C), Faith the size of a mustard seed (Luke 17; Pentecost 17C), Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner? View all posts by John T Squires, Your email address will not be published. Her name was as well known by the early church as the names of the original twelve male apostles. Coloniser? It springs up to everlasting life" (John iv. 31 March 2020, Pastoral Letter to Canberra Region Presbytery: June 2020, Greet one another (2 Cor 13). You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. The Gospel of John (4:5-42) relates the encounter of Photine, the Samaritan woman, with Christ at Jacob's well. The emperor then demanded to know whether they had all agreed to die for the Nazarene. However, she responded to Christ's stern admonition with genuine repentance, was forgiven her sinful ways . St Photini, the Samaritan Woman - Patron Saint of Ocl Nero then sent his daughter, Domnina, to speak with Photini. [12] The passages that comprise John 4:1026 are sometimes referred to as the Water of Life Discourse, which forms a complement to the Bread of Life Discourse.[13]. She stands today as one of the best patrons for womens ordination. ), 9The Samaritan woman said to him, You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. The Samaritan Woman conversed with Christ by the well of Jacob, near the city of Sychar. Her story tends to be remembered for two reasons: her shockingly high number of marriages, and Jesus' enigmatic statement to her that someday everyone will worship "in spirit and truth . Where do you get that living water? The intersectionality of the discrimination she must have faced as a person of a shunned race (Samaratan women were considered perpetually unclean by the Jews), and likely as a woman with no means of her own who had to rely on men to survive, discrimination would have been a way of life for her, it would have been her identity. 4:5-42). Saint Photini was removed from the well and locked up in prison for twenty days. Jesus also accepts Photinis direct questioning and borderline argumentative nature. For all intents and purposes, she was dust. At Pentecost Saint Photini received baptism, along with her five sisters, Anatole, Photo, Photis, Paraskeve, Kyriake, and her two sons, Photeinos and Joseph. 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Photini, the Woman at the Well Alone you carry your water jar to Jacob's well No neighbor comes at noon in desert heat What deters you from joining other women? For three years they were held in a Roman prison. She is a bold, curious, smart woman, and is a gifted evangelist who is trusted by her people and chosen by God. Let us honour her for he pathway towards enlightenment, the full understanding of who Jesus is, and the wholehearted practice of discipleship, as evangelist, in her life. Later, Nero called him to Italy to arrest and punish Christians. She also converted a sorcerer, who had brought her poisoned food that was meant to kill her. Next the emperor tried to destroy the saints with poison, Photini offered to be the first to drink it. I have been an active participant in the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) since it was formed in 1977, and was ordained as a Minister of the Word in this church in 1980. Another Time, Another Place: towards an Australian Church, Once again: affirming our diversity, celebrating joyous marriages, The Paraclete in Johns Gospel: exploring the array of translation options (John 14, 15, 16). Photini, The Samaritan Woman Commemorated on Feb 26 Christ and the Samaritan Woman Sculpture, metal, freestanding Chester Cathedral, United Kingdom When Jesus passed through Samaria (John 4.3-42) he stopped at Jacob's Well in Sychar, a well that the patriarch Jacob had left to his son Joseph. Good Friday Reflections, Liminal Space: waiting and not knowing. DR. JOHN CHRYSSAVGIS TO HEAD HUFFINGTON ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE AT HCHC. 35Dont you have a saying, Its still four months until harvest? Reading Saint Photini lived in 1st century Palestine and was the woman that Christ met at Jacob's Well in Samaria as recorded in the Gospel according to John (4:4-26). The woman moves from a (seemingly) chance encounter with Jesus, to become fully aware (enlightened) as to his status: he is prophet, Messiah, and (in the words of the people to whom she subsequently testifies), Saviour of the world. The sisters of St. Photini also suffered terrible torments. They all became tireless evangelists for Christ. Discoverer? The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. The emperor then gave orders to smash the martyrs finger joints. After the Apostles Paul and Peter were martyred, St. Photine and her family left their homeland of Sychar, in Samaria, to travel to Carthage to proclaim the Gospel of Christ there. A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink." Photini, the Woman at the Well by Kingdom Moments - Spotify for Podcasters Let them practice their faith in secret.. For this, she is sometimes recognized as the first to proclaim the Gospel of Christ. Many Romans came to the prison, were converted and baptized. Thine or yours? Resources about St Photini, the woman at the well. Great-martyr Photina (Photini) the Samaritan Woman February 26th and Those with her: Sisters Photida, Phota, Paraskeva, Anatolia and Kyriake, and Sons Victor and Josiah Her faith in Jesus Christ was so strong that she did not wait for Nero to summon her and punish her for preaching His Holy Gospel. or a passionate firebrand? The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life." The story of Photini is one of the longest stories in the Bible about a woman and it is the longest conversation that Jesus is recorded as having with anyone. 20Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem., 21Woman, Jesus replied, believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. By name she introduced herself, her five sisters and younger son. Sebastian, Photinus and Joses had their legs cut off, and they were thrown to dogs, and then had their skin flayed off. It becomes a fountain of all good to the soul, ever flowing and giving merit to our actions. " She wanted to convert him! 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But no one asked, What do you want? or Why are you talking with her?. Holy Saturday Reflections, Liberating Life: a new way of being. Photini, the Woman at the Well | Kingdom Moments - Audible.com Accordingly, she is said to have become a believer in Jesus, to have spread the gospel, and eventually to have been martyred in Carthage. 4:5-42). In Acts 1:8, Jesus promises the apostles that they will be witnesses to the Samaritans. When Photini returned to her community they listened to her. There, the six women were seated on golden thrones, In front of them stood a large golden table covered with gold coins, jewels and dresses. 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