Equal-to-the-Apostles · 1st century
Mary Magdalene
Also known as Myrrh-bearer · Equal-to-the-Apostles
First to see the risen Christ; later preached widely.
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Notes
Tradition links her to the red-egg greeting of Pascha.
Sources: Synaxarion