Mary anoints Jesus' feet in Bethany in this modern Greek icon. Her sister Martha serves the meal in the background.

In the Gospel of John, Mary of Bethany (Hebrew מרים Miryām, Miryam "Bitter"), the sister of Lazarus appears in connection with the visits of Jesus to Bethany and the death and rising from the dead of her brother Lazarus (John 11:20,John 11:31,John 11:33). SHE WAS A FAGGET GO DIE! In Luke 10:38-42, Mary is contrasted with her sister Martha, who was "cumbered about many things" while Jesus was their guest, while Mary had chosen "the better part," that of listening to the master's discourse. According to the author of the Gospel of Luke she sat at Jesus' feet, but in the iconic tradition (illustration right) she is seen to anoint his feet (as per John 12:3), the role of the unidentified "sinner" in the house of Simon the Pharisee of Luke 7:36-50. The Catholic Encyclopedia (1910) states that " there is no suggestion of an identification of the three persons (the "sinner", Mary Magdalene, and Mary of Bethany), and if we had only St. Luke to guide us, and not John, we should certainly have no grounds for so identifying them." The Catholic authors go on to adduce the gloss to John 11:2, "Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was ill." File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Look up icon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Gospel of John (disambiguation). ... “Hebrew” redirects here. ... Resurrection of Lazarus by Juan de Flandes, around 1500 For other uses, see Lazarus (disambiguation). ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... Bethany was a village on the southeastern slope of the Mount of Olives, less than two miles (3 km) from Jerusalem, remembered by Christians as the home of Mary, Martha and Lazarus in the New Testament. ... Mary anoints Jesus in Bethany in this icon. ... The Gospel of Luke (literally, according to Luke; Greek, Κατά Λουκαν, Kata Loukan) is a synoptic Gospel, and the third and longest of the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament. ... Simon the Leper is a biblical figure mentioned by the Gospels according to Matthew (26:6-13) and Mark (14:3-9). ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      Mary Magdalene is described, both in... Luke the Evangelist (Greek Λουκας Loukas) is said by tradition to be the author of both the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, the third and fifth books of the New Testament. ...

Thus the Johannine tradition explicitly identified Mary sister of Lazarus with the unidentified "sinner" in the house of Simon the Pharisee. Western tradition as early as the 3rd century ^{[citation needed]} further identified the woman who was a sinner as Mary Magdalene. Simon the Leper is a biblical figure mentioned by the Gospels according to Matthew (26:6-13) and Mark (14:3-9). ...

Easton (1897) noted that it would appear from the circumstances that the family of Lazarus possessed a family vault (11:38) and that a large number of Jews from Jerusalem came to console them on the death of Lazarus (11:19), that this family at Bethany belonged to the wealthier class of the people. For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ...

On the occasion of Jesus's last visit to Bethany, an unidentified woman who brought "a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the head of Jesus" as he reclined at table in the house of one Simon, who had been a leper (Matt 26:6; Mark 14:3. In John 12:2-3, the woman who anoints the feet of Jesus is explicitly Mary, sister of Martha. Though there is no hint of the woman's name in Mark, or any reason given in the canonic gospels to connect her with Mary other than the circumstance of this anointing episode's happening in Bethany, in the Latin churches it has become the tradition of many Christians to identify the woman with Mary sister of Lazarus. The Greek churches continue to distinguish Mary Magdalene, this Mary sister of Lazarus, and "the sinner" of Luke 7:36& Luke 7:50. Binomial name Nardostachys grandiflora DC. Spikenard (also nard and muskroot) is a flowering plant of the Valerian family that grows in the Himalayas of India and Nepal. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Hansens disease, commonly known as leprosy, is an infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      Mary Magdalene is described, both in...

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Commemoration as a Saint

St. Mary of Bethany is commemorated in the Eastern Orthodox Church as a saint on June 4^th and on the Sunday of the Myrrhbearers (the Third Sunday of Pascha—i.e., the second Sunday after Easter). She also figures prominently in the commemorations on Lazarus Saturday (the day before Palm Sunday). Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Coptic Orthodox Pope · Roman Catholic Pope Archbishop of Canterbury · Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      Faith... In traditional Christian iconography, Saints are often depicted as having halos. ... Lazarus Saturday, in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches, is the day before Palm Sunday, and is liturgically linked to it. ... Palm Sunday is a moveable feast in the Christian calendar which falls on the Sunday before Easter. ...

She is commemorated in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church, the Calendar of saints of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church [1] on July 29 with Martha and Lazarus. The Lutheran Calendar of Saints is a listing which details the primary annual festivals and events that are celebrated liturgically by the Lutheran Church. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... This is a calendar of saints and blessed found in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. ... The Episcopal Church may refer to several members of the Anglican Communion, including: Episcopal Church in the United States of America Scottish Episcopal Church Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East Episcopal Church of Cuba idk of the Sudan Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church ... The Anglican Communion is a world-wide organisation of Anglican Churches. ... Mary anoints Jesus in Bethany in this icon. ... Resurrection of Lazarus by Juan de Flandes, around 1500 For other uses, see Lazarus (disambiguation). ...

See also

• Myrrhbearers
• Lazarus
• Martha

Eastern Orthodox icon of Mary Magdalene as a Myrrhbearer The term Myrrhbearers (Greek: Μυροφόραε, Myrophorae; Slavonic: Святых Жен Мироносиц) refers to the women who came to the tomb of Christ early in the morning and were the first witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus. ... Resurrection of Lazarus by Juan de Flandes, around 1500 For other uses, see Lazarus (disambiguation). ... Mary anoints Jesus in Bethany in this icon. ...

External links

• Mary & Martha, the sisters of Lazarus
• Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
• Catholic Encyclopedia 1910: under "Saint Mary Magdalene"
• July commemorations in the Anglican Church