The site is dedicated to , one of the most beloved saints in Eastern Orthodoxy, particularly among Serbs, Bulgarians, and Romanians. She was an 11th-century ascetic from Epivates (near modern Istanbul). She lived a life of extreme poverty and prayer, giving away everything she had. Her posthumous miracles are legendary: healing the blind, the lame, and those tormented by demons.
: A central part of the story is her friendship with Zejneba (Zed) , a Bedouin Arab girl. Despite their different cultural and religious backgrounds, Zejneba serves as Paraskeva's only connection to the human world she left behind and a reflection of her own internal struggles.
