Myrophores

myrophores English Etymology en :bor grc:Μυροφόροι en grc Μυροφόροι p. en myro- -phore -s. Pronunciation en /ˈmɪɹəfɔː(ɹ)z/ Proper noun 1 p en chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy The women who came to Jesus’s tomb to anoint his body with aromatic spices and perfumes after his crucifixion. en Myrrhbearers en 1998 Byzantium, Eastern Christendom and Islam 150 https://books.google.com/books?id=j6npAAAAMAAJ In the Dayr as-Suriani icon, the personification clothed in bright orange-red is illuminated by the golden flask she holds. She is assisting in the ceremony of Easter itself, in the role of one of the Myrophores. en 2003 Alexei Lidov Eastern Christian Relics 184 https://books.google.com/books?id=zg87AAAAMAAJ Sometimes the guards of the Tomb or the Myrophores are represented as eyewitnesses of the event (fig. 5). en 2006 Polyvios Konis The Post-Resurrection Appearances of Christ. The case of the Chairete or ‘All Hail’ Rosetta 1 http://www.rosetta.bham.ac.uk/Issue_01/Konis.htm 31 The other individuals mentioned in the Gospels as being part of the Myrophores (Myrrh-bearers), are Joanna and Salome. Translations French: fr Myrophores f-p Italian: it mirofore f-p French fr: Pronunciation Proper noun f-p en Myrophores