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in reply to a message by Christo
Thanks for your comments. Very interesting.
Since the custom in Christendom in the 19th century was to same children after saints, should Ahaphia have been a saint? I have searched online for a St Ahaphia with no results. I find the name in Greek Catholic Church records located in the former Galicia, Austria, today's Poland and western Ukraine. Perhaps someone with connections to a Ukrainian Catholic Church may have an answer.
Since the custom in Christendom in the 19th century was to same children after saints, should Ahaphia have been a saint? I have searched online for a St Ahaphia with no results. I find the name in Greek Catholic Church records located in the former Galicia, Austria, today's Poland and western Ukraine. Perhaps someone with connections to a Ukrainian Catholic Church may have an answer.
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Ahaphia is probably just Ahafiya. Which would be the Ukrainian form of Agatha/Agafya (г is generally transcribed as "g" in Russian but as "h" in Ukrainian).
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