On this day, June 27 according to the Julian Calendar (July 10 civil calendar), the Georgian Orthodox Church commemorates Righteous Joanna the Myrrhbearer, one of the holy women who served the Lord Jesus Christ and witnessed His resurrection.
The Holy Joanna the Myrrhbearer was the wife of Chuza, the steward of Herod’s household. She was among the women who accompanied the Lord Jesus Christ during His public ministry and served Him and His disciples from their own means. After the crucifixion, Joanna was among those who went early in the morning to the tomb bearing myrrh, and there she heard from the angels the joyful proclamation of the Resurrection: “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen!”
Joanna thus stands among the first witnesses of the Resurrection, and the Church honors her as a myrrhbearer—one who came to anoint the body of Christ with spices and instead received the news of His victory over death.
May the intercessions of Righteous Joanna the Myrrhbearer be with us all.