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The church, dedicated to Mary Magdalene, is part of the Convent of St. Mary Magdalene, a sisterhood established in 1936 by an English convert, and since the 1920s has been under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR), an independent ecclesiastical entity until 2007 and part of the Moscow-based Russian Orthodox ...
Magdala was a city on the shore of the Sea of Galilee in the first century CE, with two synagogues and a menorah stone. It is also associated with Mary Magdalene, a follower of Jesus, and has a Christian shrine and a mosque.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is the holiest site in Christianity. It contains the traditional places of Jesus's crucifixion, burial, and resurrection, and is shared by several Christian denominations.
Learn about the human remains that purportedly belonged to the Christian saint Mary Magdalene, one of the female followers of Jesus Christ. The most famous relic is a blackened skull, displayed in a golden reliquary at the basilica of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, in Southern France.
The Talpiot Tomb is a rock-cut tomb in Jerusalem that contained ten ossuaries, six with inscriptions, including one possibly related to Jesus of Nazareth. The tomb's discovery and interpretation have sparked debate among scholars and the public, with claims of a lost tomb of Jesus and a statistical analysis of the names involved.
Researchers in Israel believe they may have discovered an ancient town that was home to Mary Magdalene — the first witness of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Father Juan Solana told CNN that ...
A Christian church in Jerusalem that claims to be the burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Learn about its history, architecture, and religious significance, as well as the different traditions and beliefs about Mary's death and assumption.
A commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, famous for its Gothic Basilica of Mary Magdalene. The basilica was founded in 1295 by Charles II of Anjou, after a sarcophagus of Mary Magdalene was discovered in the crypt in 1279.