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[[Image:Mary_Magdalene.jpg|right|frame|St. Mary Magdalene]]
The great and holy [[myrrh-bearer]] '''Mary Magdalene''', equal Equal of the [[apostlesApostles]], was a [[disciple]] of [[Jesus]] named Mary from Magdala, a town in Galilee. Her [[feast]] is celebrated on [[July 22]], and she is also remembered on the [[Sunday of Myrrh-bearing Women]]. She is known in some traditions as the Apostle to the Apostles because she was the one who announced the resurrection of Christ to the Eleven. She has an [[Akathist]] hymn dedicated to her.<sup>[[#Notes|1]]</sup>
== Titles ==
==External links==
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102070 Holy Myrrhbearer and Equal of the Apostles Mary Magdalene] ([[OCA]])
*[http://www.goarch.org/chapel/saints/saints_view?contentid=136 Mary Magdalene, Myrrhberer & Equal-to-the-Apostle] ([[GOARCH]])*[http://wwwstnina.comeandseeicons.comorg/mprint-journal/phn80.htm Icon of St. Mary Magdalene] by the hand of Nicholas Papas*[http:volume-1/volume-1-no-2-spring-1997/www.stnina.org/97sp/97splife-keckmary-magdalen.htm magdalene ''On the Life of Mary Magdalene''] by Karen Rae Keck
*[http://www.roca.org/OA/9/9k.htm Life of St. Mary Magdalene]
*[http://www.theologic.com/oflweb/feasts/myrrhbearers.htm The Holy Myrrh-Bearers]
