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Moreover, it is a day to remember the mothers who, from the Passion to the Resurrection, offered countless tearful prayers. Their tears watered the ground around the Cross; their hopes shone in the darkness of the tomb. On this holy day:
They exchanged their fear for fervent love;
They anointed Christ with spices, symbols of their love;
They journeyed to the tomb in prayer and expectation;
They were granted the vision of angels and, above all, the foretaste of the Resurrection.
Thus does Holy Church instruct us (Matthew 28:1-15; Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-18).
The Thirty-Six Holy Women
The Holy Tradition teaches that thirty-six women closely followed the Lord during His earthly ministry. Half among them were active in serving Him personally in the places where He traveled and taught. These women, too, after Pentecost, received the Holy Spirit with the Apostles on Mount Zion, becoming radiant lamps in the spreading of the Gospel.
Let us, therefore, revere their names and remember their memorials the days are in Ethiopian calander:
1. Elizabeth β February 16
2. Anna β September 7
3. Berzedan (Bersat) December 10
4. Melchizedek (Marna) βJanuary 4
5. Salome β May 25
6. Mary Magdalene β August 6
7. Mary, sister of Lazarus β February 6
8. Anna the Prophetess β February 20 and October 6
9. Mary, mother of Zebedee β January 18
10. Sophia (Berbera) β January 30
11. Juliana (Jonah) β November 18
12. Sophia (Merkeza) β January 30
13. Augustine (Pelagia)Β October 11
14. Arsema β May 11
15. Justina β January 30
16. Tegla β August 6
17. Arni (Sofia) β November 10
18. Eleni β January 29
19. Euparaklia β March 26 and August 2
20. Theokla (Theodra) β January 4
21. Christiana (Atriunis) β November 18
22. Aktmola (Amona) β January 30
23. Pis β January 30
24. Alapis β January 30
25. Agapis β January 30
26. Ersonia (Arni) β January 30
27. Pelagia β January 30 and October 11
28. Antolia (Lukia) β February 25
29. Ammon (Sofia) β January 15 and August 3
30. Yeluta β August 6
31. Merina β July 27
32. Martha, sister of Elazar β January 18 and May 27
33. Mary, mother of Mark β January 30
34. Sarah (Sophia), mother of Judah β January 30
35. Yohana (Yolana), wife of Kuza β December 26
36. Sosna β May 12
May the prayers of these thirty-six holy women be with us all.
May their blessed memory kindle in our hearts the same flame of love for Christ.
May the name of the Holy God be praised forever and ever in every tongue that He has created, today and always.
May the blessings of God's mother, the virgin, and the cross be upon us.
Amen.
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