[2] As one scholar asks: Was Parasceve, or Paraskeva, an early Christian maiden named in honor of the day of the Crucifixion?

[3] The veneration of Paraskeva by the eastern Slavs was closely associated with the ancient cult of the pagan Mokosha, to whom women dedicated Friday afternoon.

The saint received the double name Paraskeva-Pyatnitsa,[4] (Russian: Параскева Пятница) meaning "Paraskeva Friday".

Russified forms of the name Paraskeva (Greek: Παρασκευή) were also popular, as Praskovya and diminutives Parasha and Pana.

Many Eastern Slavic churches bear the name of St. Friday, such as Paraskeva Pyatnitsa Chapel overlooking Krasnoyarsk.