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The great and holy [[myrrh-bearer]] '''Mary of Bethany''' is one of the women [[disciple]]s of [[Jesus]]. She and her sister [[Martha]] are celebrated as [[saints]] on their shared [[feast day]] of [[June 4]]. They are also commemerated on the [[Third Sunday of Pascha]] or [[Sunday of Myrrh-bearing Women]]. Martha and Mary were believers in Christ even before Jesus Christ raised their brother St. [[Lazarus]] ([[October 17]]) from the dead. After the [[Ascension]] of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the murder of the holy Archdeacon [[Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr|Stephen]] a persecution against the [[Church of Jerusalem]] broke out, and [[Righteous]] Lazarus was cast out of Jerusalem. The holy sisters then assisted their brother in the proclaiming of the [[Gospel]] in various lands. They reposed in Cyprus, where their brother became the first [[Bishop]] of Kition after his resurrection from the dead. We do not know how they died.