The Great Equal-to-the-Apostles Holy Myrrh-bearing Mary Magdalene, who was especially famous in the Christian Church for her fiery, unshakably self-sacrificing love for the Lord Jesus Christ, was from the then rich city of Magdala, which was located in the Galilee region of Palestine, on the shores of Lake Gennesaret, or otherwise the Sea of Galilee, between the cities of Capernaum and Tiberias. The Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene, one of the myrrh-bearing women, was deigned to be the first person to see the Risen Lord Jesus Christ.Saint Mary Magdalene is considered the patroness of missionaries and preachers, teachers and social workers. She is addressed, asking to bestow faith, humility, virtue and courage.
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