On Holy and Great Wednesday, the Divine Fathers decreed that we should commemorate the harlot who anointed the Lord with myrrh, because this took place shortly before His saving Passion.
Verses
The woman who applied myrrh to the body of Christ
Anticipated the myrrh and aloes of Nikodemos.
Anticipated the myrrh and aloes of Nikodemos.
Synaxarion for Holy and Great Wednesday
Holy and Great Wednesday: Scripture Readings
Holy and Great Wednesday (Elder Epiphanios Theodoropoulos)
Homily on the Sinful Woman (St. Ephraim the Syrian)
Homily for Holy Wednesday (St. Cyril of Alexandria)
St. Theodore the Studite: Sermon for Holy Wednesday
Homily for Holy and Great Wednesday (St. Luke of Simferopol)
The Central Message of Holy Wednesday
Elder Petroniu on Holy and Great Wednesday
Holy Wednesday - The Freedom of Love
Holy Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Fourth Century Jerusalem According to Nun Egeria
The Humble and Suffering Bridegroom of the Church
The Bridegroom of our Church
The Bridegroom Comes as a Mad Lover to Redeem His Creation
Behold, the Bridegroom is Coming - Ιδού, ο Νυμφίος έρχεται
"Bring More Evils Upon Them, O Lord"
Homily on the Sinful Woman (St. Ephraim the Syrian)
An Anacreontic Hymn of St. John of Damascus
The Sinful Woman: A Sheep Without a Shepherd
The Woman Who Anointed Christ's Feet With Myrrh
On the Blessed Tears of Repentance
The Despairing Woman
Υμνο: Η Απεγνωσμένη/The Despairing Woman
A Dramatic Representation of the Anointing of the Lord With Myrrh
Saint Kassiani Resource Page
P.B. Paschou on the Troparion of Kassiani
Thrasyvoulos Stanitsas and the Troparion of Kassiani
Hymn of Kassiani (Live Performance by Nektaria Karantzi)
Holy Unction and Holy Wednesday
Concerning the Mystery of Holy Unction
The Mystery of Holy Unction
About the Mystery of Holy Unction (Anointing)
Why Do Orthodox Constantly Seek God's Mercy?
St. John Climacus on the Love of Money (or Avarice)
What Would You Do If You Had More Money?
Holy Week Resource Page