July 22 (old calendar) / August 4 (new) Holy Myrrhbearer and Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene (1st c.). Translation of the Relics of Hieromartyr Phocas, Bishop of Sinope (403-404). Repose of Ven. Cornelius of Pereyaslavl’ (1693). Martyr Markella of Chios (14th c.) SAINT MARY MAGDALENE The Holy Myrrh-Bearer Equal of the Apostles Mary Magdalene. On the banks of Lake Genesareth (Galilee), between the cities of Capharnum and Tiberias, was the small city of