Some scholars believe that the Magdalene may be the same woman as Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, but there is no evidence to support this claim. Mary, or Miriam, was a very common name in ...

Mary Magdalene is one of the most intriguing figures in Christian history and has been portrayed in many different ways. Some say she was a sinner, others say she was a saint, some others say she ...

One the alleged reasons we have eggs, especially with red on them, is related to a fable about Mary Magdalene. She apparently brought a basket of boiled eggs to share with other women at Jesus’ tomb, ...

The governor, however, didn’t believe what he was told and announced that he would believe Mary Magdalene’s claims only if the eggs in a basket next to him turned red, which they instantly did. How to ...

Red, in particular, carries a strong meaning—it’s an Easter color that symbolizes God’s love, the blood of Christ, the fire of the Holy Spirit and the courage of martyrs.

When they realized that Christ had risen, the eggs in her basket miraculously turned bright red. Others say that when Mary Magdalene went to spread the word of his resurrection to the Emperor of Rome, ...

Historians suspect the Easter egg hunt dates to the late 16th century, when Martin Luther, the German theologian who helped birth the Reformation, organized egg hunts for women and children to ...

Mary Magdalene, Jesus’ mother Mary and the Apostle John were the only ones whom the soldiers who were crucifying Jesus could not drive away from the foot of the Cross. So say the Revs.

Then one Sunday this past Easter season I casually said to her, “You are our Mary Magdalene.” I received a blank stare. Later I realized she was thinking of the misconception that has endured ...

The post identified the images as showing "Mary Magdalene's alleged skull, displayed at the basilica of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, in Southern France." At the time of this writing, the post ...