This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Mary of Bethany" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(December 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Disciple of Jesus
Saint
Mary of Bethany
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, Johannes Vermeer, before 1654–1655, oil on canvas (National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh) – Mary is seated at the feet of Jesus
Disciple of Jesus; Righteous Mary; Sister of Lazarus and Martha; The Anointer; Myrrhbearer
Born
Bethany, Judaea, Roman Empire [1]
Died
1st Century AD
Venerated in
Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodoxy Oriental Orthodoxy Anglican Communion Lutheranism
Canonized
Pre-congregation
Major shrine
The Holy Monastery of Martha and Mary in Al-Eizariya (Bethany), Palestine[2]
Feast
June 4 (Eastern), July 29 (Western)
Attributes
Woman holding an alabaster jar of myrrh perfume and holding her hair
Patronage
Patroness of Spiritual Studies, Lectors and Commentators in the Philippines [3]
Mary of Bethany[a] is a biblical figure mentioned by name in the Gospel of John and probably the Gospel of Luke in the Christian New Testament. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Martha, she is described as living in the village of Bethany, a small village in Judaea to the south of the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem.[4]
Western Christianity initially identified Mary of Bethany with Mary Magdalene and the sinful woman of Luke 7 (Luke 7:36–50). This influenced the Roman Rite liturgy of the feast of Mary Magdalene, with a Gospel reading about the sinful woman and a collect referring to Mary of Bethany. After the liturgical revision in 1969 and 2021, the feast of Mary Magdalene continues to be on 22 July, while Mary of Bethany is celebrated as a separate saint, along with her siblings Lazarus and Martha on 29 July. [5][6] In Eastern Christianity and some Protestant traditions, Mary of Bethany and Mary Magdalene are also considered separate persons.[7] The Eastern Orthodox Church has its own traditions regarding Mary of Bethany's life beyond the gospel accounts.
^Uraguchi, B. (1916). "The Bethany Family". The Biblical World. 48 (2): 101–114. doi:10.1086/475593. JSTOR 3142286. S2CID 144905453.
^"Holy Shrines outside Jerusalem".
^"Santa Maria de Betania of Miraculous Medal Parish - Molo, Philippines".
^See the Gospel texts, and Schiller, Gertud, Iconography of Christian Art, Vol. I, pp. 158–59, 1971 (English trans from German), Lund Humphries, London, ISBN 0853312702
^Martyrologium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2001 ISBN 978-88-209-7210-3), pp. 383, 398
^"Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus". usccb.org. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
^Carol Ann Newsom, Sharon H. Ringe, Jacqueline E. Lapsley (editors), Women's Bible Commentary, p. 532: "Although Eastern Orthodox Scholars never subscribed to this conflation of Mary Magdalene with Mary of Bethany and the unnamed sinner, Gregory The Great's interpretation cemented Mary Magdalene's reputation as a penitent sinner for most of her interpretive history in the West" (Westminster John Knox Press, 2012 Third Edition Revised and Updated, ISBN 978-0-664-23707-3)
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).
emphasized Mary Magdalene as a symbol of penance. In 1969, Pope Paul VI removed the identification ofMary Magdalene with MaryofBethany and the "sinful...
the Gospels of Luke and John. Together with her siblings Lazarus and MaryofBethany, she is described as living in the village ofBethany near Jerusalem...
named as Mary in the New Testament: Mary, mother of Jesus; Mary Magdalene; MaryofBethany; Mary mother of James the Younger; Mary mother of John Mark;...
unnamed village of Martha and Mary with Bethany in Judea. Meyer's NT Commentary (1880 English edition) noted that "Jesus cannot yet be in Bethany (see Luke...
Lazarus ofBethany (Latinised from Lazar, ultimately from Hebrew Eleazar, "God helped") is a figure within the Christian Bible, mentioned in the New Testament...
unnamed woman. In John, the woman is identified as MaryofBethany, the sister of Martha and Lazarus ofBethany. The event in Luke features an unnamed sinful...
24:10) Mary of Clopas (John 19:25), sometimes identified with Maryof Jacob MaryofBethany (Luke 10:38–42, John 12:1–3), not mentioned in any Crucifixion...
St MaryofBethany Church is located in Woking, England. The church is in the Diocese of Guildford. St MaryofBethany Church was founded to service the...
person. This led to a conflation ofMaryofBethany with Mary Magdalene as well as with another woman (besides MaryofBethany who anointed Jesus), the woman...
Bethany Joy Lenz (born April 2, 1981) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is known for her portrayal of Haley James Scott on The WB / The...
Bethany Platt is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She was born on-screen during the episode broadcast on 4 June...
Temple in Jerusalem, his friendship with MaryofBethany and Martha, the sisters of Lazarus, and the presence ofMary Magdalene, his mother, and the other...
avoid the plotting of the Pharisees and Chief Priests (John 11:54) Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus ofBethany, the town ofMary and her sister Martha...
Mary and Martha may refer to: Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary, a story in Luke 10 Mary and Martha, sisters of Lazarus ofBethany, in John 11 Mary...
Jesus MaryofBethany, follower of Jesus, considered by Western medieval tradition to be the same person as Mary Magdalene Mary, mother of James Maryof Clopas...
in John's narrative of the death of Lazarus ofBethany, a follower of Jesus. Lazarus's sisters—Mary and Martha—sent word to Jesus of their brother's illness...
Magdalena/Reina María Magdalena (Mary Magdalene) – She bears a perfume bottle as Catholic tradition once conflated her with MaryofBethany as the woman who anointed...
account ofMary and Martha in the Gospel of Luke, writing that "[By] Mary all contemplatives are understood, so that they should model their way of life...
with the family of Lazarus ofBethany, brought the body of Jesus to Provence, and there Mary had a child, Maximin, the fruit of her love for Jesus. The scenario...
Mary Sterling Bethany Cleveland Barclay Ottawa Hesston MidAmerica Nazarene The following is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Kansas...
crucial and important disciple of Jesus, along with MaryofBethany, whom some believe to have been the same woman. The relics of two martyred saints, Grand...
Global Information
