Orthodox Icon of St. Mary Magdalene

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July 22nd
Troparion (Tone 1)
O holy Mary Magdalene, thou didst keep Christ's commandments and follow Him, Who for our sakes was born of a Virgin. Today we celebrate thy memory and receive forgiveness through thy prayers.

Kontakion (Tone 3)
With others standing before the Savior's Cross, weeping and suffering with the Mother of God,
glorious Mary Magdalene offered praises saying: What is this strange wonder? He chooses to suffer Who upholds the whole creation: Glory to Thy Power.

Mary was one of the Myrrh-Bearers and Equal to the Apostles. She was born in Magdala by the Sea of Galilee, of the tribe of Issachar. She was tormented by seven demons until the Lord cast them out of her. Ever after, she followed the Lord faithfully, even weeping with his Most Holy Mother at the foot of the Cross. She visited Christ's tomb three times, once alone and twice with the other women. She became a traveling preacher of the gospel. She appeared before Tiberius Caesar in Rome. She presented him with a red egg (representing the stone which had been rolled away), saying: "Christ is risen!" She told Caesar of Pilate's injustice toward Jesus. He responded by moving Pilate to Gaul, where he died under imperial displeasure after a prolonged illness. She then assisted St. John the Theologian in Ephesus. She preached boldly the gospel of the Risen Lord whom she loved. She died peacefully and was buried in a cave that is said to be the same cave where the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus later spent 100 years asleep without aging. St. Mary's relics were later taken to Constantinople.

This icon is by the hand of Robert S. Burt.

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