en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promethea_Pythaitha
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(born "Jasmine Smith" in 1991)
Multiple reliable profiles identify her original name as Jasmine Li Lysistrata, not Jasmine Smith.
Full reasoning
This parenthetical gives the wrong birth/original name.
Two independent published profiles identify Promethea Pythaitha's earlier name as Jasmine Li Lysistrata:
- A 2005 newspaper profile republished by The Spokesman-Review says: "A year ago, Promethea went to court to formally change her name from Jasmine Li Lysistrata".
- The Atavist Magazine's fact-checked longform profile states: "When Jasmine Li Lysistrata was delivered..."
Those sources directly contradict the article's statement that she was born "Jasmine Smith."
2 sources
- MSU's youngest graduate not ready to go
A year ago, Promethea went to court to formally change her name from Jasmine Li Lysistrata to something that better reflected her aspirations and personality.
- Promethea Unbound - The Atavist Magazine
When Jasmine Li Lysistrata was delivered, according to her mother, the midwife clamped the umbilical cord with an instrument used to birth the calf.
she changed her name from Jasmine Smith to Promethea Olympia Kyrene Pythaitha
Reliable sources say the name she changed from was Jasmine Li Lysistrata, not Jasmine Smith.
Full reasoning
This sentence misstates the name she changed from.
A contemporaneous 2005 profile says: "A year ago, Promethea went to court to formally change her name from Jasmine Li Lysistrata". A later fact-checked profile in The Atavist Magazine likewise refers to her earlier name as Jasmine Li Lysistrata from birth.
So while she did adopt the name Promethea Olympia Kyrene Pythaitha, the article's claim that she changed it from Jasmine Smith is contradicted by published reporting identifying her previous name as Jasmine Li Lysistrata.
2 sources
- MSU's youngest graduate not ready to go
A year ago, Promethea went to court to formally change her name from Jasmine Li Lysistrata to something that better reflected her aspirations and personality.
- Promethea Unbound - The Atavist Magazine
When Jasmine Li Lysistrata was delivered, according to her mother, the midwife clamped the umbilical cord with an instrument used to birth the calf.
a commemoration of the three founders of the Greek Orthodox Church
The Three Hierarchs are honored as saints, bishops, and teachers of Orthodoxy, not as founders of the Orthodox Church.
Full reasoning
This description of the Three Hierarchs is incorrect.
Authoritative Orthodox sources identify the Three Hierarchs—Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom—as later saints, church fathers, bishops, and teachers. For example, the Orthodox Church in America describes them as "church fathers and bishops" and as "exemplars of Orthodox theology and the Christian life." The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston likewise says the feast honors them as "champions of Orthodox theology and Hellenic education."
By contrast, official Orthodox descriptions of church history trace the Orthodox Church back to Christ and the Apostles, not to these three 4th-century hierarchs. The Orthodox Church in America says Jesus chose disciples to be leaders of His Church and that after Pentecost the Apostles preached the Gospel; a Greek Orthodox parish page under GOARCH says the Orthodox Church is the original Christian Church "founded by the Lord Jesus Christ" and traced back to "Christ and His Apostles."
So the Three Hierarchs are important later teachers of the Church, but calling them the founders of the Greek Orthodox Church is wrong.
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- Parishes - Three Hierarchs Chapel - Orthodox Church in America
Three Hierarchs Chapel ... is named after Ss Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom—church fathers and bishops who exemplified correct doctrine, spiritual growth, and pastoral care in their lives and ministries.
- Sermon for the Feast of the Three Hierarchs - Orthodox Church in America
St. John established the present feast day and wrote the service celebrating the three hierarchs equally as exemplars of Orthodox theology and the Christian life.
- Metropolitan Methodios Hosts the Three Hierarchs Celebration | Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston
the Feast of the Three Hierarchs, a day honoring St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. John Chrysostom—champions of Orthodox theology and Hellenic education.
- The Orthodox Faith - Volume III - Church History - First Century - Christ and the Apostles - Orthodox Church in America
During His life on earth, Jesus selected disciples ... He trained them to be the leaders of His Church. After Pentecost, the Apostles preached the Gospel of Christ far and wide.
- Our Faith | Dormition of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church is the original Christian Church founded by the Lord Jesus Christ ... Its history can be traced in unbroken continuity all the way back to Christ and His Apostles.