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==Life==
She began her life as a young woman who followed the passions of the body, running away from her parents at age twelve for Alexandria. There she lived as a harlot for seventeen years, though she often refused refusing money from the men that she copulated with, instead living by begging and spinning flax.
One day, however, she met a group of young men heading toward the sea to sail to Jerusalem for the [[veneration]] of the Holy [[Cross]]. Mary went along for the ride, seducing the men as they traveled for the fun of it. But when the group reached Jerusalem and actually went towards the church, Mary was prohibited from entering by an unseen force. After three such attempts, she remained outside on the church patio, where she looked up and saw an [[icon]] of the [[Theotokos]]. She began to weep and prayed with all her might that the Theotokos might allow her to see the True Cross; afterwards, she promised, she would renounce her worldly desires and go wherever the Theotokos may lead her.
Zosima returned to the monastery, told all he had seen, and improved the faults of the [[monk]]s and [[abbot]] there. He died at almost a hundred years old in the same monastery.
Later, the story of Mary's life was written down by St. [[Sophronios Sophronius I of Jerusalem|Sophronius]], [[Patriarch of Jerusalem]](cf. "External links").
The ''Life of St. Mary of Egypt'' is read during Great Lent along with the [[Great Canon]] of St. [[Andrew of Crete|Andrew]].
==See also==
*[[Life of St. Mary of Egypt]]
*[[Hagiography]]
==External links==
*[http://stmaryofegypt.org/files/library/life.htm The Life Of Our Venerable Mother Mary of Egypt] by St. Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem ([[ROCA]])
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=100963 Venerable Mary of Egypt] ([[OCA]])
*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=2 Mary of Egypt] ([[GOARCH]])
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/groups/udn03.htm Icon of Ss. Mary of Egypt and Zosimas]
[[Category:Byzantine Saints]]
[[Category:Egyptian Saints]]
[[Category:Saints]]
[[es:María de Egipto]]
[[mk:Света Марија Египетска]]
[[ro:Maria Egipteanca]]
[[Category:6th-century saints]]
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