The Art of Myrrhbearing: Encountering Christ through Serving Others prayer card given by God to contemporary

given by God to contemporary man

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The Art of Myrrhbearing: Encountering Christ through Serving Others prayer card given by God to contemporaryby Elissa Bjeletich Davis Each year after Pascha, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Holy Myrrhbearers, who cared for Jesus body after He was crucified. But myrrhbearing has a broader definition; it can serve as a metaphor for the practical, incarnate love to which Christ calls His followers. In The Art of Myrrhbearing, author Elissa Bjeletich Davis explores the lives of grace filled, myrrhbearing saints in Scripture and throughout the life of the