Earlier this week I linked to Sally because she had some beautiful art work up. Today I am linking for a creative writing piece. Last month I posted The Samaritan Woman. We looked at the first evangelist in the Gospels. Sally has a wonderful reflection written from the Samaritan Woman’s (does anyone else want to give this woman a name?) point of view when she met Jesus: Woman at the Well. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did.
Pepper, thank you for letting me know about the Orthodox tradition! I will have to do some googling.
In the Orthodox Church the Samaritan Woman does have a name. The Greek Orthodox say her name is ‘Photini’ and the Russians say her name is Svetlana and it means ‘Equal to the Apostles’. You can find more information by googling ‘Orthodox and Samaritan Woman’. In some parts of the world they celebrate ‘her day’. They also say she had 5 daughters and 2 sons, all of whom were martyred and that before she was murdered Svetlana converted Nero’s daughter.
Interestingly she was thrown into a well and drowned.
wow- thanks for the link- glad you enjoyed it!