Venerable Mary of Tarsus

Life

She had lived in utter depravity. Two monks traveling through Tarsus stopped at an inn where Mary was plying her sinful trade. When she approached the monks, they rebuked her and pushed her away as unclean. She at once repented and vowed from that hour never to sin again. The monks took her and brought her to a women's monastery, where Mary practiced asceticism until old age. She was deemed worthy of wonderworking even during her lifetime.