Commemoration
Saint Joanna the Myrrh-Bearer
June 27 Old CalendarJuly 10 New Calendar
Life
The wife of Chuza, Herod's steward. When Herod beheaded John the Baptist, he had the head cast upon an unclean place. Joanna took the head of the Baptist and buried it honorably on the Mount of Olives, on Herod's estate. Only in the time of Constantine the Great was that head discovered. Saint Joanna is mentioned as present both at the Passion and at the Resurrection of the Lord. She reposed peacefully.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, June 27. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on June 27
The full reading for June 27 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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