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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.^[[#Notes|1]]

** [[Gospel of Matthew|Matt]] 27:55-61: "⁵⁵ And many women who followed Jesus from [[Galilee]], ministering to Him, were there looking on from afar, ⁵⁶ among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of [[Zebedee]]'s sons. ⁵⁷ Now when evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named [[Joseph of Arimathea|Joseph]], who himself had also become a [[disciple]] of Jesus. ⁵⁸ This man went to [[Pontius Pilate|Pilate]] and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given to him. ⁵⁹ When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, ⁶⁰ and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock, and he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed. ⁶¹ And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb."

*[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