Saint
Susanna
Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearers, 3rd Sunday of
Pascha
Kontakion (Tone 4)
When thou didst speak to the
myrrh-bearing women with joy, thou didst end the wailing of Eve
the first mother, by thy Resurrection, commanding thy Disciples
to proclaim that the Savior is risen from the tomb.
Saint Susanna is listed in Luke 8:3 as one of the women who followed Christ from Galilee and supported the Disciples, along with Joanna, Mary Magdalene and others. In Luke 23:55 - 24:11, we have the story of how these same women went to the tomb to finish the job of embalming Jesus' body, which was hastily begun by Joseph and Nicodemus. They were perplexed when they found the tomb empty except for the grave clothes. The angel appeared unto them and proclaimed the Resurrection. They believed and became the first evangelists of the Risen Christ!
This icon is by the hand of Nicholas Papas. This icon is one of the "cloud of witnesses" at St. Philip's Antiochian Orthodox Church, Souderton, Pennsylvania.
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