Feasts and saints with names like “VERONICA”

Saint Veronica (Bernice), the woman with the issue of blood

Saint Veronica (Bernice), the woman with the issue of blood

The account of the woman with an issue of blood, who had the unusual name of Veronica, may be found in the Gospel according to Saint Matthew (9:20-22), in Saint Mark's Gospel (5:25-34), and also in Saint Luke's Gospel (8:43-49). The Synaxaristes of Saint Νikόdēmos of the Holy Mountain states…